Filed Under: Politics, Social Issues, South Korea, U.S.-ROK relations

USKI and the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) co-sponsored a conference on July 1, 2010, titled “Trust Building and Cooperation in Korean-American Relations: Changing Contexts and Actors.” Bringing in two teams of scholars from the U.S. and South Korea, the panelists discussed findings from their three years of personal research, as well as offered commentary and opinions on the works of their colleagues.

The first panel, “Trust, Mistrust, and Bilateral Relations” featured Byoung Kwon Sohn (Chung-Ang University) as the moderator, and panelists Youngshik Bong (School of International Service, American University), Joon-Hyung Kim (Handong Global University), Seonjou Kang (Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security), and Abraham Kim (Vice President, KEI).

The second panel, “Domestic Determinants of Trust Building and Cooperation” was moderated by Dr. Geun Lee (Korea Institute for Future Strategies) and discussed by Taeku Lee (University of California, Berkeley), Thomas Kim (Executive Director, Korea Policy Institute and Scripps University), Dr. Yoonhee Kang (Kookmin University), and Katharine Moon (Wellesley College)

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Transcript | “Trust Building and Cooperation in Korean-American Relations: Changing Contexts and Actors” (July 1, 2010)