Event Archive
Previous DPRK-related events.
Thursday, May 17: Korea and the World: Iran, North Korea, and the U.S.-ROK Partnership (New York City)
How do international efforts to curtail Iran’s development of nuclear weapons echo on the Korean Peninsula? What are the implications for North Korea’s nuclear weapons development? And how does the U.S.-ROK strategic partnership address these concerns? His Excellency Kim Young-mok, ROK Consul General to New York, appears in conversation with Ambassador Mark Minton, President of The Korea Society, to present his perspectives on non-proliferation and steps forward for peace. Ambassador Kim previously served as Korea’s Ambassador to Iran and with the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), making him uniquely qualified to address the nexus of Iran and North Korea, as well as U.S., ROK and international responses.
Wednesday, May 16: Asia and the Future of American Strategy (Washington, DC)
Hosted by the Center for National Policy
Tuesday, May 15: Donald N. Clark: Art and Politics in North Korea (Houston, Texas)
Hosted by the Asia Society
Monday, May 14: Senator John McCain: "Defining American Interests in Asia" (Washington, D.C.)
CSIS cordially invites you to a watch live online a Trans-Pacific Partnership Speaker Series event.
Friday, May 11: Insights Into North Korea (Stanford, CA)
Katharina Zellweger will share her insights into North Korea based on her experience as a development and humanitarian aid worker and a resident of Pyongyang. Closely interacting with North Koreans daily, Zellweger lived in Pyongyang for five years as the North Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). She is a Swiss national with over 30 years of experience in humanitarian work from an Asian base. Her primary engagement has been with China and North Korea.
Thursday, May 10: A Quiet Opening: North Korea in a Changing Media Environment (Washington, D.C.)
Presented by InterMedia, in partnership with the Korea Economic Institute.
Thursday, May 10: Knowing North Korea: Covering North Korea
The Korea Society hosts Ivan Zakharchenko, New York and United Nations Bureau Chief for RIA-Novosti. Dr. Stephen Noerper, Senior Vice President of the Korea Society, will moderate.
Friday, May 4: Controlling Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in North Korea and China: An Agenda for a New Foreign Policy (Stanford, CA)
SPEAKERS: Gary K. Schoolnik - professor of medicine/infectious diseases, of microbiology and immunology; FSI senior fellow Sharon Perry - Senior research scientist, department of medicine; affiliate, FSI/Center for International Security and Cooperation
Friday, May 4: The Path to Lower Nuclear Weapons? (Washington, D.C.)
Hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center’s International Security Studies and the Los Alamos National Laboratory, featuring Jon Wolfsthal.
Wednesday, May 2: Workshop on Challenges of North Korea (Washington, D.C.)
SAIS M.A. students will present their class research papers on the challenges of North Korea relating to economics, security and relationships in the region. For more information, contact achoi14@jhu.edu
Wednesday, May 2: "U.S. Nonproliferation and Nuclear Policies: A Former Insider's View," a Belfer Center Director's Seminar with Jon Wolfsthal (Cambridge, MA)
The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs will host a Director's Seminar with Jon Wolfsthal, Deputy Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, in the Belfer Center Library (L369).
Tuesday, May 1: Knowing North Korea: Negotiating North Korea (New York City)
What is the current trajectory of U.S.-DPRK relations? Should denuclearization continue to be the central focus of U.S. approach? Joining us for this next installment of The Korea Society’s highly popular Knowing North Korea series, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), speaks from his groundbreaking paper suggesting change. Cronin served prior as the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at National Defense University and has a nearly thirty-year career inside government and academic research centers, spanning defense affairs, foreign policy, and development assistance.
Monday, April 30: The Nuclear Security Summit Process: Accomplishments and Lingering Challenges (Washington, D.C.)
Hosted by the Connect U.S. Fund and Hudson Institute's Center for Political-Military Analysis
Tuesday, April 24: The Implications of Democracy and Dynasty: The Foreign Policy Futures of the Two Koreas (Washington, D.C.)
Presented by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution
Monday, April 23: Conversations with Ambassador Stephen Bosworth (Los Angeles, CA)
The USC Korean Studies Institute will be hosting Ambassador Stephen Bosworth for a conversation regarding North Korea under the new leadership of Kim Jong-Un. The title of the discussion is "Enter Kim Jong-Un: Continued Uncertainty on the Korean Peninsula." Ambassador Bosworth currently serves as the Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts. He recently served as the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy (2009-2011) and was the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea during President Clinton’s second term. The conversation will be moderated by David Kang, Professor and Director of the USC Korean Studies Institute.
Friday, April 20: North Korea’s Missile Launch (Washington, D.C.)
A discussion of North Korea's April 12 rocket launch, with Dr. David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists, Senior Scientist & Co-Director, Global Security Program. Moderated by Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow, Proliferation Prevention Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Wednesday, April 18: The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future (Washington, D.C.)
Book launch featuring Victor Cha, sponsored by the Heritage Foundation.
Wednesday, April 18: North Korea after Kim Jong-il: Still Erratic and Dangerous (Washington, D.C.)
Hearing held by the full House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tuesday, April 17: Advancing Human Rights and the Prospect for Democracy in North Korea (Vienna, VA)
Korea Club hosts Mr. Carl Gershman, President of the National Endowment for Democracy who will give a presentation on the current status of North Korea’s human rights and humanitarian situation. Having recently received the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Heungin Medal from the South Korean government, Mr. Gershman will highlight the way forward with North Korean human rights policy.
Tuesday, April 17: ROK General Elections Results and their Implications: A Talk by Dai-sik Kim (Washington, DC)
Presented by the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS. Featuring Dai-sik Kim Former Vice Chairman, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission; Professor, Department of Literature, Dongseo University
