Sunday, November 28, 2010
The ongoing border dispute between North and South Korea has led to the cancellation of an event that would have commemorated the anniversary of The Korean War, the University announced Wednesday.
Han Duk-soo, Republic of Korea ambassador to the United States, and Kathleen Stephens, U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea, were to attend The Dole Institute of Politics Nov. 29.
“We regret that these events must be canceled at this time,” Dole Institute Director Bill Lacy said in a press release. “We hope to reschedule this important meeting between the two countries’ ambassadors at a later date.”
The dispute intensified Tuesday when North Korea reportedly fired on a South Korean island, killing two South Korean soldiers and two civilians.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little spent a week in South Korea earlier this month. She was there to visit with universities involved with exchange programs at the University and received a $100,00 donation from a member of the KU Korean Alumni Association. Korea is third among foreign donors to KU Endowment.
While there, Gray-Little visited the demilitarized zone between the two countries. She said her visit was within just a day of warning shots being fired in the area.
“It’s sobering to see it,” she said in the Nov. 10 article, “Chancellor Gray-Little returns from Korea trip.”
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