The Experience and Training Program, which was held from January 11 for three days by the NEAR Secretariat, ended successfully with 11 high school students from the city of Pohang, South Korea attending the program.

The participants said that they gained understanding and fresh perspectives of the history and culture of neighboring countries through lectures delivered by Secretariat experts and resident officers from each country. They also expressed a deep interest in exchange between regional governments in Northeast Asia based on NEAR.