2016 Wilson Center-PeaceCorea Conference: The Future of US and ROK Policy toward North Korea
Please join the Wilson Center’s Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and Peace Corea, Seoul, for a timely discussion on U.S. and ROK policies toward North Korea. Panels will assess the policies of the current U.S. and ROK governments toward North Korea, and provide recommendations for the next administrations.
Overview
Please join the Wilson Center’s Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and Peace Corea, Seoul, for a timely discussion on U.S. and ROK policies toward North Korea. Panels will assess the policies of the current U.S. and ROK governments toward North Korea, and provide recommendations for the next administrations.
10:30-12:00
Session 1: Korean and U.S. Governments policies toward North Korea
Moderator: Dr. Min-ki Kim (Director of Peaceful Unification Research Center, Soongsil University)
Presenters:
Dr. Kyu-Young Lee, Graduate School of International Studies, Sogang University
The Park Geun-Hye Administration’s Unification Policy and the North Korean Nuclear problem
Dr. John Merrill, US Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Obama Administration’s current policy toward North Korea and its limitations
Discussants:
Dr. Yin-Hay Ahn, Korea University
Dr. Yang-Ho, Hong, Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Unification
Dr. James F. Person, Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, Wilson Center
12:00-1:30
Luncheon
Welcoming Remarks by Ambassador Ahn Ho-Young, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the United States of America
Keynote remarks by Dr. Un-Chan Chung, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
1:30-3:00
Session 2: The Next Korean and U.S. Governments’ policy direction toward North Korea
Moderator: Dr. James Person, Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, Wilson Center
Presenters:
Dr. Yun-Young Cho, Chungang University
The Unification Policies of the Next Korean Administration: North Korean Stability and the Nuclear Problem
Keith Luse, Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea
The Next US Administration’s policies toward North Korea
Discussants:
Dr. Moon-Young Huh, Chair-Researcher, Korea Institute for National Unification
Dr. Robert Litwak, Vice President and Director of International Security Studies, Wilson Center
Dr. In-Sub Mah, Vice President, Sungkyunkwan University
Hosted By
Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy
The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond. Read more
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