South Korean Democracy Storytelling Debate - Transitional Justice and South Korean Democracy

South Korea Democracy Storytelling | Events | 2021-09-01

As part of the Korean Democracy Storytelling Project run by the East Asia Institute (EAI), a research team led by Professor Hun Joon Kim of Korea University invited experts from non-profit and non-governmental organizations to hold a meeting on “Transitional Justice and South Korean Democracy” on August 19. This project, supported by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), will conduct research under the theme of “South Korea’s Democratic Resilience.” Four research teams will publish issue briefings based on the online meetings and roundtable talks held in June, July, and August.

Program

14:00-14:05	Opening remarks	Sook Jong Lee	Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, EAI Senior Fellow
14:05-14:50	[Presentation] Transitional Justice and South Korean Democracy
	15 minutes	Hun Joon Kim	Professor, Korea University
	15 minutes	Gibong Lee	Secretary General, The May 18 Memorial Foundation
	15 minutes	Jeong-sim Yang	Head of Research Department, Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation
14:50-16:00	Debate (70 minutes)	Full participation
16:00	Closing remarks	Sook Jong Lee	Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, EAI Senior Fellow

Participants (alphabetical order)

Moderator

Sook Jong Lee

Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, EAI Senior Fellow

Presenters

Hun Joon Kim	Professor, Korea University
Gibong Lee	Secretary General, The May 18 Memorial Foundation
Jeong-sim Yang	Head of Research Department, Jeju 4.3 Peace Foundation

Participants

Buhm-suk Baek	Professor, Kyung Hee University
Haewon Lee	Lecturer, Sookmyung University
Hogi Jung	Professor, Wonkwang University
Hubert Yonghwan Lee	Founder & Executive Director, Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG)
Jiwon Suh	Professor, Changwon National University
Sung Hyun Kang	Professor, SungKonHoe University
Hyun Jin Choi	Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University