Impressive ceremony at the HoengSeong Monument to remember the sacrifices made by Dutch soldiers in the Korean War (1950-1953).

Dutch Remembrance Day.

Quite an early morning scene at Gimpo airport, with hundreds of fans and media seeing off K-pop girls group Illit for their trip to Japan.

My season opener: Yokohama World Triathlon Championship Series. A perfect race day.

Arrived! Royal Netherlands Navy air defence and command frigate HNLMS Tromp arrived in Busan on its Pacific Archer mission.

First age group podium of the season at Tri Rotterdam.

2nd place age group at the Wijchen triathlon. Beautiful river landscape.

Tough conditions - storm and rain - during the triathlon in Stiens, Friesland. Four done, one to go before I return to Seoul.

Another muddy and wet triathlon: Haarlemmermeer (Olympic Distance). Great fun! But time to go back to Seoul after five triathlons in less than four weeks in the Netherlands.

Commemoration of the 71st anniversary of the signing of the Armistice Agreement, with United Nations Command Commander Gen. LaCamera and German Ambassador Georg Schmidt at Panmunjeom (DMZ).

Ambassador Lee Won Ik and his preparatory team are working hard for a successful REAIM 2024 summit: Responsible AI in the Military Domain (9-10 September, Seoul).

4th place age group at the Boryeong Triathlon in Korea. Water temperature 29 degrees Celcius!

Post triathlon-training breakfast

Somewhere in South Korea. Feeling at home…

Towards responsible AI in the military domain m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…

The Iksan triathlon (OD) was turned into a run-bike-run because of too much green algae in the water. Not to my advantage, but pleased with my 6th place age group.

Congratulations to former ambassador to the Netherlands Choe Hyoung-chan on his appointment as Chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy KNDA.

Wishing Chairperson of the Seoul Metropolitan Council Ho Jung Choi a fruitful visit to the Netherlands later this month. Thank you for visiting the Dutch embassy in Seoul for talks about the great partnership between RoK and NL.

Strategies to avert Korea's extinction koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/202…

Great to have these selfdriving wheelchairs at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. But please change the sign to read: “Let me TAKE you to your gate.”