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Korea's Growing Role in Asia: Regional Cooperation and National Unification

How does the U.S. policy of re-balance to Asia work to promote peace and stability in Korea and the region?

Date & Time

Wednesday
Oct. 7, 2015
4:00pm – 5:00pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center
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Overview

South Korea's geopolitical position dictates that the country needs to maintain a strong alliance with the US while exploring a harmonious partnership with China to protect and pursue its national interests. Preventing excessive conflicts between China and Japan also serves the interests of South Korea in terms of preserving peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

President Park Geun-hye has visited Beijing to attend a historic ceremony to commemorate the anti-Japanese War while proposing to resume the triangular summit diplomacy among Korea, China, and Japan. President Park is also scheduled to visit Washington. D.C. soon to meet with President Obama to discuss issues of mutual concern including the denuclearization of North Korea. On the Korean Peninsula, she is pursuing a trust-building process with North Korea to achieve the goal of peaceful national unification.

Wilson Center Global Fellow Dr. Park Jin will speak on Korea's growing role in Asia and what it means for regional cooperation and national reunification. Some of the questions to be explored in this presentation include:

  • How does the U.S. policy of rebalance to Asia work to promote peace and stability in Korea and the region?
  • What should be achieved in the upcoming summit meeting between President Park and President Obama?
  • Will China play a more active role to dissuade North Korea from dangerous course of action?
  • What are the impacts of Japan's proactive foreign and security policy under Abe government on the regional security environment?

Hosted By

North Korea International Documentation Project

The North Korea International Documentation Project serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for the scholarly and policymaking communities, disseminating documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.  Read more

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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