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Book Launch: The Two Koreas (Revised & Updated)
The US-Korea Institute at SAIS invites you to join us for the DC book launch for the revised edition of The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. Korea uber-analyst and author Robert Carlin discusses the re-release of what many consider the foremost book on modern Korea, Don Oberdorfer’s The Two Koreas. Carlin wrote the updated foreward, bringing this arresting publication, loved by university students, business leaders and public alike, to a new generation of readers. Carlin will discuss the changes on the Korean Peninsula since the publication’s initial release, the publication’s continued relevance, and his labor of love saluting Van Fleet awardee and famed journalist Obderdorfer.
Book signing and reception to follow discussion. Copies of the book will be available for purchase from Politics & Prose. This event is free and open to the public.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Bernstein-Offit Building, Room 500
1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC
PLEASE RSVP HERE.
The Two Koreas Book Launch
Thursday, Dec 12, 2013 – The Two Koreas Book Launch
Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Public Hearings
The United Nations-mandated Commission of Inquiry (COI) will hold two days of public hearings to investigate the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The hearings will be part of a series of hearings in the United States and United Kingdom in October 2013, aimed at gathering information from witnesses addressing human rights violations alleged to have occurred in the DPRK.
The COI commissioners, Judge Michael Kirby, UN Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, and Sonja Biserko will conduct public hearings in Washington D.C. on October 30 and 31, facilitated by the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS. The hearings provide an important opportunity for witnesses to share information aimed at raising international awareness about the human rights situation in the DPRK, whose Government has so far declined to grant access into the country to the Commissioners. Those testifying before the UN panel will include individuals with first-hand accounts of conditions in the DPRK.
- Issues to be covered: Human rights and politics, Gender-based violence, Refugees, Prison camp situation, Access to food, Responsibility to protect
- Confirmed experts to testify: Joe Bermudez, Victor Cha, Roberta Cohen, Jared Genser, David Hawk, Andrew Natsios , Marcus Noland
Wednesday, October 30
1:45-6:00PM
Thursday, October 31
8:30AM- 3:45PM
(Registration begins 30 minutes prior to start)
Kenney Auditorium at SAIS
1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
The hearings are open to the public and on the record.
Please RSVP here.
Press Release: COI Press Release 10.17
For more information about the Commission of Inquiry please visit their website: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIDPRK/Pages/CommissionInquiryonHRinDPRK.aspx
Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Public Hearings
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 – Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Public Hearings
Samulnori: A Performance and Lecture
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS invites you to attend a special lecture and performance of the Samulnori. This is a form of music and dance based on the rhythms of traditional Korean folk percussion music.
The performance will feature different styles of this visually dynamic artform, directed by the famed Kim Duk Soo, one of the leading traditional performing artists in South Korea and artistic director of SamulNori Hanullim.
This performance is free and open to the public. The performance will start at 6pm, with a reception with Mr. Kim and the performers to follow.
September 25, 2013
6:00 – 7:30pm; reception to follow
Kenney Auditorium at SAIS
1740 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
The U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University