Changing Politics and Economy in North Korea and the Future of the Korean Peninsula

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Recent developments on the Korean peninsula, including last month’s “25 August Agreement,” provide a new window of opportunity for North-South cooperation. What are the political and economic dynamics in North Korea that made this agreement possible? What policy options exist for the United States in response to these new developments?

Please join the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University for a discussion on changing politics and economy in North Korea, and a look at the future of the Korean peninsula.
 

September 25, 2015
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

Keynote Speakers:

Amb. Joseph DETRANI, President, Intelligence and National Security Alliance
Dr. Young-Kwan YOON, Professor, Seoul National University; Former Foreign Minister, Korea

Session I: Kim Jong Un’s Leadership and North Korea’s External Policy

Moderator:	Dr. Myoung-Kyu PARK, Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea
Speakers:	Dr. Byung-Yeon KIM, Deputy Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea
	Dr. Philo KIM, Professor, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea
Discussants:	Bradley BABSON, Chairman, DPRK Economic Forum, U.S.-Korea Institute, SAIS
	Alexandre MANSOUROV, Adjunct Professor, SAIS

Session II: U.S. Policy Towards the Korean Peninsula

Moderator:	Joel WIT,  Senior Fellow, U.S.-Korea Institute, SAIS
Speakers:	Frank JANNUZI,  President,  Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
	Dan BLUMENTHAL, Director, Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Discussants:	Amb. Joseph DETRANI, President, Intelligence and National Security Alliance
	Dr. Young-Kwan YOON, Professor, Seoul National University; Former Foreign Minister, Korea