Filed Under: Events, North Korea, Nuclear Issues, Politics, Publications, South Korea, Trade, U.S.-ROK relations, Unification

November 29, 2007

The International Reporting Project (IRP) at SAIS provided editors and producers from top U.S. news organizations with the opportunity to take a 10-day fact-finding tour of Korea, including a 26-hour visit to North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS cosponsored this program with IRP to provide a space for them to discuss their findings on the future of Korean unification, South Korean presidential politics, prospects for the Free Trade Agreement and the future of U.S.-Korean relations.

The Gatekeepers’ visit to Korea coincided with a trip to North Korea by a U.S. technical team that arrived to dismantle North Korea’s nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. The IRP Gatekeepers spent most of their trip in South Korea, where they interviewed a wide cross-section of leaders in government, politics, business, health, academics, media and other walks of life.

Download Crossing the Divide: IRP Gatekeeper Editors Cover the Two Koreas.

Listen or download audio from the event.

Featured speakers

Will Englund, Associate Editorial Page Editor, The Baltimore Sun
Ray Locker, National Security Editor, USA Today
Michael Mosettig, Senior Producer, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Patrick Pexton, SAIS alum and Deputy Editor, The National Journal