On July 22 2026, RADM (ret.) Yasuhiro Kawakami, Director of General Affairs and Networking Program at Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) and Mr. Sanghoe Lee, former Research Fellow at the SPF paid a visit to the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS). Participants of KIMS included VADM Taeho Won (President), Dr. Samman Chung (Director of Center for Maritime Security), Dr. Seung Mo Kang (Research Fellow), Dr. Yeseul Kim (Research Fellow), Mr. Jae Hyeok Lee (Associate Researcher), and Ms. Hye Won Kang (Research Intern). The two parties shared various thoughts on Indo-Pacific and maritime affairs, and Dr. Yeseul Kim and Mr. Jae Hyeok Lee delivered presentations about China’s maritime salami slicing strategy and China-Russia-North Korea alignment around the Korean Peninsula respectively. VADM Won and RADM Kawakami agreed to maintain regular exchanges between KIMS and SPF moving forward, and concluded the meeting.
