The political and security environment in Korea and East Asia is in a constant state of flux. As such, it is in the best interests of scholars, policymakers, strategists and others to constantly reassess these issues and build a deeper understanding of them over time so as to better inform the policy development of each nation in the region. To this end, EAI together with US Embassy and Department of Public Affairs of Sungkyunkwan University held the North Korea Policy Conference 2013 on May 21 at Sungkyunkwan University.

* Korean-English simultaneous interpretation was provided in all sessions.

Program

10:00-10:05	Opening Session Moderator Brent Byers, Public Affairs Officer of US Embassy Opening Remarks Brent Byers
10:05-10:25	Welcoming Remarks Sung Kim, US Ambassador to Korea Young-Sun Ha, Chairman of East Asia Institute
10:25-10:45	Keynote Speech “North Korean Human Rights Issues” Leslie A. Bassett, Deputy Chief of Mission of US Embassy Seoul (on behalf of Amb. Robert King)
11:00-13:00	Session I “North Korean Human Rights Questions” Moderator Brent Byers Presentation Changrok Soh, Professor of Korea University “Human Rights Policies on North Korea” Chan-Il An, Director of World Institute for North Korea Studies “What Have We Been Missing in North Korea Policy So Far in terms of North Korea Human Rights?” Panel Discussion Edward K.H.Dong, Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs of US Embassy Seoul Tae-keung Ha, Member of National Assembly, Saenuri Party Jeong-Woo Koo, Professor of Sungkyunkwan University Andrei Lankov, Professor of Kookmin University Gi-Woong Son, Director of Center for North Korean Human Rights, Korea Institute for National Unification Q&A
14:30-16:30	Session II “US-Korea Policy Coordination toward North Korea” Moderator Yong Sup Han, Professor of Korea National Defense University Presentation Andrei Lankov, Professor of Kookmin University “North Korean Society of the 2000s Seen from the Soviet Experience” Yong-Hyun Kim of Professor, Dongguk University “Direction of US-Korea Policies toward North Korea” Terence Roehrig, Professor of US Naval War College “South Korea and the US Nuclear Umbrella” Panel Discussion Sang-Hun Choe, Journalist of International Herald Tribune Sungbae Kim, Senior Research Fellow of Institute for National Security Strategy Patrick McEachern, Acting Unit Chief of Political External Unit, U.S Embassy Seoul Jae Jeok Park, Research Fellow of Korea Institute for National Unification Seongji Woo, Professor of Kyung Hee University Q&A
16:30-16:45	Closing Session Wrap Up by Brent Byers