Ute Katzsch-Egli, counselor for political affairs, and Henning Oberbeck, legal assistant at the German Embassy in Seoul, hold a meeting with Prof. Nae-Young Lee, director of the Asiatic Research Institute, and Research Professor Key-young Son on January 21, 2013. They discussed the current political situation in East Asia and some future plans to promote academic exchange between the institute and its German counterparts.