For over two decades, former European Parliamentarian, Glyn Ford has been leading efforts to engage with the secretive regime inside North Korea (DPRK). No one else has come closer to the Kim dynasty or travelled as widely in the country as he has done.
Elected Member of the European Parliament (MEP) 1984-2009, Glyn served as Deputy Leader of the European Parliament’s (EP) Socialist Group. In the EP served on both the International Trade and Foreign Affairs Committees. During his time as an MEP, he was rapporteur for: the EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement; for implementation of the Scientific Partnership Agreement with the Republic of Korea; the EU participation in the KEDO Agreement; shadow on both the EU-Japan FTA and EU-China trade relations. He was a member of the Delegation with the Japanese Diet (1984 – 2009) and the Korea Peninsula Delegation (2004-2009).