{"slug": "un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week", "title": "UN secretary-general candidates to speak at Jeju Forum next week", "summary": "The Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity will host UN secretary-general candidates next week on Jeju Island, featuring sessions on AI governance, U.S.-China relations, and Korean Peninsula security. Confirmed participants include former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and former UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa.", "body_md": "The Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity opens on Jeju Island next week, bringing together candidates for the position of the next United Nations secretary-general alongside policymakers and scholars to debate cooperation in an increasingly divided world. The 21st edition of the annual international security forum runs from June 24-26 at Haevichi Hotel & Resort Jeju and Jeju Stone Park, under the theme \"Reinventing Cooperation in a Fragmented World.\" The three-day program includes up to 68 sessions spanning U.S.-China power games, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, the Korean Peninsula security situation, climate change and the role of local governments in global affairs. A plenary on June 25 titled \"Reimagining Multilateralism: A Dialogue with U.N. Secretary-General Candidates\" is among the most closely watched events on the agenda. Confirmed participants include Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile and former U.N. high commissioner for human rights; Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former president of the 73rd U.N. General Assembly and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuad", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260616/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-06-16 07:42:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-16 07:49:39.958378+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity", "United Nations", "Michelle Bachelet", "Maria Fernanda Espinosa", "Haevichi Hotel & Resort Jeju", "Jeju Stone Park"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/un-secretary-general-candidates-to-speak-at-jeju-forum-next-week.jsonld"}}