NEAR Secretary General Kim participated in the Farewell and Welcome Reception to bid farewell to TCS (The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat) Secretary General NEAR Secretary General Kim participated in the Farewell and Welcome Reception which was held to bid farewell to TCS (The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat) Secretary General at Lotte Hotel in Seoul, on August 28, 2013. In the Reception, Secretary General Kim had pleasant conversation with Shin Bong-kil, Secretary General of TCS and expressed his sincere gratitude to Mr. Shin for efforts for Cooperation of Northeast Asia. He met new Secretary General, IWATANI Shigeo (former Ambassador to Austria) and new Deputy Secretary Generals, CHEN Feng (former Director General of Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) and Lee Jong-heon (former Councilor of Embassy of South Korea in Germany). Meanwhile, Secretary General Shin Bong-kil requested NEAR’s active cooperation to promote exchange of Northeast Asia. The reception was also participated by Kim Sung-whan (former Foreign Minister) and Sung Kim (the United States Ambassador to Korea), and Bessho Goro(the Japanese Ambassador to Korea).