• The North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later

    The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the Korea Economic Institute of America Present:     The North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later   Friday | October 17, 2014 9:30 am - 1:30 pm KEI Conference Facility   While much of the attention on North Korea relates to its nuclear weapons program, the regime has […]

  • The North Korea Human Rights Act: A Decade Later

    While much of the attention on North Korea relates to its nuclear weapons program, the regime has a long record of human rights violations. In the fall of 2004, the United States Congress took up this issue with the intent of finding ways to improve the human rights situation in North Korea. The culmination of […]

  • Japan-North Korea Rapprochement: Dare to Dream or Doomed to Fail?

    North Korea agreed in May to reopen an investigation into the abductions of Japanese nationals in the 1970s and ‘80s in exchange for sanctions relief from Tokyo. Some thought this step could lead to a breakthrough in Japan-North Korea ties, but there has been little progress. Is this another North Korean deal gone bad, or […]

  • Outpost-Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir

    Many Americans believe that working as an ambassador comes with a lavish and extravagant lifestyle. There is still much confusion about the work that ambassadors do. “Outpost- Life on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy: A Memoir” by Ambassador Christopher Hill provides a vivid description of Hill’s life and work as an ambassador. The memoir touches […]

  • Negotiating with North Korea: Proliferation, Peninsular Stability, Power Consolidation

    John Park, Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School will speak at a lecture co-sponsored by the Korea Institute and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Moderator: Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University