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Conference on ‘Future of North Korea 2032’

2010-11-04

The East Asia Institute (EAI) held conference on “Future of North Korea 2032” on November 4, 2010. The Future of North Korea Panel consisted of six experts in politics, economics, diplomacy, national security, and human rights, has suggested comprehensive strategy for North Korea’s future development. The final report was published and the EAI invited academia, government officials, politicians, media, and diplomats to evaluate and supplement the book through in-depth discussion on given topic.

Detailed schedule of the conference was as follow: 

Program

4:00~4:10

Opening Remark
Sook-Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute)

4:10~5:00

Presentations
"Future of North Korea 2032: Strategy of Coevolution for the Advancement"
Young-Sun Ha (Professor, Seoul National University)
Dongho Jo (Professor, Ewha Woman's University)

5:00~6:30

Discussion

Moderator
Young-Sun Ha (Professor, Seoul National University)

Authors
Politics Seungji Woo (Professor, Kyung Hee University)
Diplomacy Chaesung Chun (Professor, Seoul National University)
Military Jihwan Hwang (Professor, Myongji University)
Economics Dongho Jo (Professor, Ewha Woman's University)
Human Rights Soo-Am Kim (Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification)

Discussants
Hyun-Dong Cho (Director General, North Korean Nuclear Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Kun Shik Cho (Senior Advisor, Hyundai Asan)
Yong-Sueng Dong (Senior Fellow, Samsung Economic Research Institute)
Chang-Kyun Kim (Political editor, Chosun Ilbo)
Ki Woong Kim (Senior Policy Planning Officer, Ministry of Unification)

Young Se Kwon (Politician, Grand National Party)

Sook-Jong Lee (President, East Asia Institute)

Hideaki Mizukoshi (Minister, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea)
Hoe-chan Roh (Leader, Jinbo Sin-dang or New Progressive Party)
Duk Min Yun (Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)

▶ Professor Chun, the author of chapter on diplomacy, is absent due to the sabbatical term so Professor Ha will take on the discussion for his part.

* Simultaneous interpretation from Korean to English will be provided.