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A Workshop on the Naming
 of East Sea/Sea of Japan

Thursday, July 9, 2015
 9:00AM – 1:00 PM
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

The US-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Society for East Sea will hold a workshop on the naming issue of East Sea/Sea of Japan. Since the early 1990’s, the name of the sea area between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago has been a cause of friction and debate. The workshop aims to engage in a constructive discussion on the naming issue.

 Featuring the following speakers/discussants:

CHOO Sungjae, President, The Society for East Sea
PARK Nohyoung, Honorary President, The Society for East Sea
Joseph STOLTMAN, Professor, Western Michigan University
Albert PARK, Professor, Claremont McKenna College
Charles NORCHI, Professor, University of Maine
 Dennis HALPIN, Former Senior Professional Staff, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
John SHORT, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
KIM Young-Hoon, Professor, Korea National University of Education
Norman CHERKIS, Five Oceans Consultants
RYU Yeon-Taek, Professor, Chungbuk National University
KIM Young Won, Visiting Professor, Seoul National University
YOO Euy-sang, Ambassador-at-Large for Geographic Naming, South Korea

 

*This event is invitation only.