[Global NK NuclearSIDE Talk] 2020 East Asia Institute North Korea Reunification Strategy Discussion

Global NK Zoom & Connect | Events | 2020-01-21

As a part of the Global North Korea project, the East Asia Institute, with support from the UniKorea Foundation, organized the [Global NK NuclearSIDE Talk] 2020 East Asia Institute North Korea Reunification Strategy Discussion on 21st January, 2020. The purpose of this event was to discuss balanced strategies for dealing with the North Korea problem and suggest new policy directions in accordance with the framework of the four major strategies for North Korea proposed by the EAI (Sanctions, Engagement, Internal-transformation and Deterrence).

The debate was held by a panel of experts from South Korea, Japan and China who discussed the current status of the North Korea nuclear issue, the future of the Korean peninsula and the prospect of unification of the Korean Peninsula.

Welcoming and Opening Remarks	Yul Sohn President, EAI Professor, Yonsei University
	Byeong-hun Ahn Chairman, UniKorea Foundation
Session 1 "The Four Strategies and the Future of the Korean Peninsula"
Moderator	Seong-ho Sheen Professor, Seoul National University
Presentations	Young-Sun Ha Chairman, EAI Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University	North Korea's head-on breakthrough of internal and external challenges and the complex four-point strategy of engagement, internal transformation, sanctions and deterrence.
	Masao Okonogi Professor Emeritus, Keio University	A voyage without a route: balance of power regime on the Korean Peninsula?
Panel Discussion	Won Gon Park Professor, Handong Global University	Discussion Papers from the First Session, "Complex Four-Point Strategy for the North Korea Problem and the Future of the Korean Peninsula"
	Won-Deong Lee Professor, Kookmin University	Discussion Papers from the First Session, "Complex Four-Point Strategy for the North Korea Problem and the Future of the Korean Peninsula"
Session 2 "The Current State of the North Korean Nuclear Problem and the Possibility of Reunification of Korea"
Moderator	Dong Ryul Lee Director, EAI China Research Center Professor, Dongduk Women’s University
Presentations	Byung-Yeon Kim Professor, Seoul National University	The North Korean Economy and Denuclearization
	Tingting Li Professor, Peking University	Status and Prospect of North Korea-US Denuclearization Negotiations
	Sang-hun Choe Journalist, The New York Times	A New Path for Negotiations on North Korea's Denuclearization
Panel Discussion	Wooyeal Paik Professor, Yonsei University	Discussion Papers from the Second Session, "North Korean Nuclear Issue and Prospects for Unification of the Korean Peninsula"
	Ji-yeong Kim Professor, Institute for Unification Education	Discussion Papers on 'The North Korean Economy and Denuclearization'
	Shibue Chiharu Journalist, Mainichi Shimbun	US-North Korea denuclearization negotiations and the unification issue from the Japanese perspective