As part of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) project, the East Asia Institute (EAI) held a luncheon meeting on August 5, 2022 to discuss Korea-U.S. cooperation issues and areas where Korea can contribute to restoring global democracy. The event was attended by U.S. participants as part of Sunnylands Seoul, including the National Institute of Democracy (NDI) and the Foundation for Democracy Promotion (NED), as well as lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties of the Republic of Korea. Participants discussed in-depth areas where Korea can contribute to the restoration of global democracy and issues that Korea can cooperate with the United States on.

 

A list of attendees

 

Sunnylands Seoul Participants

Michael Abramowitz

(The Freedom House) President

 

Brian Joseph

(National Endowment for Democracy) Vice President

 

Shanthi Kalathil

Former White House National Security Council Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights

 

Johanna Kao

(International Republican Institute) Regional Director for Asia-Pacific

 

Lynn Lee

(National Endowment for Democracy) Associate Director for Asia

 

Derek Mitchell

(National Democratic Institute) President

 

Manpreet Singh Anand

(National Democratic Institute) Regional Director for Asia Pacific

 

Damon Wilson

(National Endowment for Democracy) President and CEO

 

Korean Attendees

Eung Cheon Cho

Member of the 21st National Assembly (Democratic Party of Korea)

 

Hyund Du Choi

Member of the 21st National Assembly (People Power Party)

 

Tae-Keung Ha

Member of the 21st National Assembly (People Power Party)

 

Hye Yeong Jang

Member of the 21st National Assembly (Justice Party)

 

Hae Young Kim

Woorimaru Law Firm Representative Lawyer, Former Member of the National Assembly

 

Se Yeon Kim

Former Member of the National Assembly

 

Yong Sun Lee

Member of the 21st National Assembly (Democratic Party)

 

Won Sik Shin

Member of the 21st National Assembly (People Power Party)

 

Ju Keyng Yun

Member of the 21st National Assembly (People Power Party)

 

Sook Jong Lee

Sungkyunkwan University Professor of Public Administration, Senior Fellow, East Asia Research Institute

 

Yul Sohn

President of the East Asia Institute, Professor at the Yonsei GSIS