Tag: North Korea

North Korea and America’s Second Summit: Here’s What Stephen Noerper Thinks Will Happen

In a new article for The National Interest, Korea Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper says that the Trump-Kim summit will yield “a limited declaration of some North Korean missile and nuclear capabilities and some acceptance of verification in exchange for a lessening of sanctions, aid package & move towards normalization.”

Human Rights and North Korea

Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Executive Director Greg Scarlatoiu, Bush Institute Director for Human Freedom Lindsay Lloyd, and CSIS Korea Chair Victor Cha speak to the landmark UN COI human rights report a half decade on from its release. This private round table discussion is by invitation.   Human Rights and North Korea: […]

Talking to North Korea with Glyn Ford

Track2Asia Director Glyn Ford discusses his new book Talking to North Korea with Society senior director Stephen Noerper. Informed by extraordinary access to the country’s leadership, Ford investigates the regime from the inside, acknowledging that North Korea is a deeply repressive state that nonetheless has sections of its leadership determined to end its isolation.   […]

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Reading North Korea, with Chad O’Caroll and Jan Janowski

Korea Risk Group CEO Chad O’Carroll and German diplomat Jan Janowski examine how to navigate information deficits when communicating within or reporting on North Korea. Lean into the new year with this informative session aimed at policy and corporate supporters, members, and media. Reading North Koreawith Chad O’Carroll and Jan Janowski Tuesday, January 15, 2019 […]

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There was ‘frustration’ in Kim Jong Un’s message: Expert

Thomas Byrne of The Korea Society says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year address had an “underlying element of frustration” over a lack of progress in negotiations with the U.S.

Podcasts/Videos 2017

A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society in 2017. |                      2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |     Heungnam RememberedThursday, December 14, 2017 | 4:00 PM Author Ned Forney and […]

Podcasts/Videos 2018

A collection of original audio and video products made in-house by The Korea Society in 2018. |                      2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |     Negotiations, Denuclearization and Inter-Korean Progress |Thursday, December 20, 2018 | 11:00 AM […]

I am one American who would like to see South Korea in the lead of this process, bringing North Korea into the world…

“I am one American who would like to see South Korea in the lead of this process, bringing North Korea into the world… and perhaps the U.S. advising caution here and there.” – Korea Society Chairman Thomas Hubbard

Kim Jong Un’s Puppy Diplomacy Pays Off With Korea Railway Study

Stephen Noerper, senior director at the Korea Society in New York says, “Should South Korea request some sanctions relief aimed at economic aid that is part of inter-Korean easing, the U.S. should be able to live with that… North Korea has to show progress to give Moon the political space he needs to proceed.”

Focus Now on Second Trump-Kim Summit (Radio)

Thomas Byrne, President, Korea Society, joined Doug Krizner and Paul Allen on Daybreak Asia, discussing the latest on relations between the U.S. and North Korea, starting with President Trump’s reaction to reports of undeclared nuclear sites.