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U.S.-North Korea Relations: Tensions Rising?

April 8, 202118:26

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Jean Lee, Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy. She provides an update on the latest North Korea ballistic missile tests and how the Biden administration may approach relations with the DPRK.

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Jean H. Lee

Former Public Policy Fellow;
Journalist and former Pyongyang Bureau Chief, Associated Press

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John Milewski

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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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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