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Events

DPRK Event Calendar

This calendar lists public events about or related to North Korea. It focuses on events held in Washington, DC, although it will also list notable events held elsewhere in the US. The sidebar to the right notes dates of interest to Korea-watchers, such as high-level diplomatic summits, upcoming elections, and important anniversaries. If you have an event that you think should be included in the calendar, please contact us.

Thursday-Friday, May 23-24: Transitional Justice in a Reunified Korea: Peace-Building & Reconciliation (Washington, D.C.)

1111 19th Street NW, Room 12F of the Stimson Center, Washington, DC, from May 23, 2013 12:30 PM to May 24, 2013 07:00 PM

No one knows when Korean reunification will take place. However, when it does, undertaking a fair and transparent process of transitional justice will be one of the key elements for peace-building and reconciliation in a reunified Korea. This conference, hosted by The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, will bring together renowned experts on North Korea, human rights, and transitional justice to examine the issue of transitional justice in a post-reunified Korea.

Friday, Jun. 14: 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea (Washinton, D.C.)

Woodrow Wilson Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004 6th Floor, from Jun 14, 2013 09:30 AM to Jun 14, 2013 03:30 PM

The 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea will include several high profile keynote addresses, a roundtable on leadership changes in East Asia moderated by veteran ABC anchor Sam Donaldson, and a panel discussion on patterns of confrontation in United States-North Korea relations. Co-hosted by Kyungnam University's Institute for Far Eastern Studies and the Woodrow Wilson Center.