On May 25th, 2021, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies (AIPS) signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Foreign Policy Research Institute under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (FPRI). In his celebratory remarks, Dr. Sung-Joo Han, Chairman of the Asan Institute noted the significance of the agreement given strong and growing bilateral ties between the republics of Korea and Kazakhstan and their shared memories of thousands of ethnic Koreans forcibly migrated from the Russian Far East to Central Asia in the early twentieth century. Dr. Han also expressed hope that Kazakhstan’s unique experience of voluntarily dismantling its nuclear stockpiles and testing site would serve usefully to find practical measures towards denuclearization of D.P.R.K. Reciprocating with his remarks, H.E. Bakyt Dyussenbayev, Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan said he was pleased to sign the meaningful agreement on the thirtieth anniversary of the independence of Kazakhstan and of the closure of the Semei Nuclear Test Site and would like both institutes to advance joint activities and exchange of views on pressing security, economic, and foreign policy issues in the region.