Tag: Policy

Evolving Roles of the UN in the Korean Peace Process

With a new US administration incoming and North Korea’s January Party Congress, there exists room for new and creative approaches toward the DPRK, to include the role of the United Nations. Join the former UN Undersecretary General Jeff Feltman, Carnegie Endowment’s Suzanne Dimaggio, and former UNC/CFC/USFK Commander General (ret.) Vincent Brooks, in conversation with NCNK […]

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Being in North Korea A special podcast interview with Andray Abrahamian

In this podcast interview, Andray Abrahamian offers insights from his new book, Being in North Korea, an exploration of North Korean society from the inside, citing personal experiences gained by the author over 30 trips to the DPRK. In conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado, Abrahamian discusses interactions from his time working at a nonprofit […]

Kim Koo Professional Series: Fall 2020

  This by-invitation series brings together senior professionals from the corporate sector, media and United Nations for intimate and in-depth discussions with thought leaders on Korea and Northeast Asia. The Fall 2020 online class addresses diplomacy in the wake of the US Presidential elections, challenges of North Korea, and South Korea’s management of relations with […]

North Korean Sanctions and Adaptation

Join us for a discussion on international economic sanctions on North Korea with William Newcomb, Fellow at the Center for Advanced Defense Studies and former Member of the Panel of Experts on DPRK Sanctions at the United Nations, Darya Dolzikova of the Royal United Services Institute, and Cameron Trainer of the James Martin Center for […]

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After the US Presidential Election: Gauging the Results for Korea and Northeast Asia

Washington insiders Keith Luse, Executive Director of the National Committee on North Korea, and Frank Jannuzi, President and CEO of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, reflect on the results of the US Presidential election for Korea and Northeast Asia in conversation with Senior Director Stephen Noerper. Luse and Jannuzi, both longtime, former Senate Foreign […]

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New Views on Korean Peace Regime and Unification

Join us for this discussion on prospects for a peace regime and inter-Korean social integration with Frank Aum, United States Institute of Peace, Hannah Song, President & CEO at Liberty in North Korea, Rachel Minyoung Lee, former intelligence analyst for the U.S. government, and Joseph Kim, Human Freedom Initiative, George W. Bush Institute. How might the U.S. and South […]

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Looking Toward the US Presidential Election and Korea and Northeast Asia Policy

Daniel Russel, Vice President for International Security and Diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, and Susan Thornton, Project Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale University, join Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on the upcoming US Presidential […]

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Prospects for Diplomacy with North Korea

Join us for a discussion on challenges and opportunities for continued nuclear negotiations with North Korea, featuring Markus Garlauskas, former U.S. National Intelligence Officer for North Korea, Soo Kim, RAND, and Ankit Panda, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. What are the chances that North Korea denuclearizes and what can the U.S. and South Korea do to increase those […]

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US-Korea Relations: Defining the Alliance Anew

USC Professor and Korean Studies Institute Director David Kang joined Senior Director Stephen Noerper to discuss progress and challenges in Korea-US relations. They weighed the fallout from the host nation support talks, shifts in joint military exercises, and priorities in US-ROK relations, with an eye toward invigorating the alliance seventy years since the start of […]

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Architecture as Kisul in Postwar Korea: Building the Industrial Nation-State: 2020 Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture

Join the Society for a live webcast of the 2020 Sherman Family Emerging Scholar Lecture. The 2020 awardee is Sun-Min Park, a doctoral candidate at Harvard University, who discusses Architecture as Kisul (Science-Technology) in Postwar Korea: Building the Industrial Nation-State. Ms. Park addresses architecture’s relationship to state-led, large-scale industrial development in post-war Korea. Melany Park is […]

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