IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea
Friday, December 5, 2014
Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Luncheon: 'Next Steps at the United Nations on North Korea Human Rights'
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Robert R. King
Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues
Marketization, Social Change, and the Impact of the Korean Wave in North Korea
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm
Reporting on North Korea: Challenges, Problems, and Pitfalls
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
The 2014 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea is co-sponsored by Kyungnam University’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS).
Travel for this conference is made possible by the generous support of Korean Air, the official international carrier of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Speakers:
Robert R. King, Ambassador and Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, US Department of State
Joun-Yung Sun, Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Seoul
Choi Jinwook, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for North Korean Studies, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU),
Hyeong-Jung Park, Senior Research Fellow, Director of Center for North Korean Studies, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
Gwi-nam Noh, Director of the Northeast Asian Micro-Social Institute
James Person
Jean H. Lee, Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow and former Associate Press Pyongyang Bureau Chief
Chad O'Carroll, Founder of NK News
Sukho Shin, Washington Correspondent, Dong-a Ilbo
Kang Duk Lee, Correspondent, Korea Broadcasting System
