Negotiations, Denuclearization and Inter-Korean Progress

Join the Korea Society for a discussion on opportunities and next-steps in negotiations on Korea. Eminent thought leaders David Kang and Thomas Hubbard keynote the discussion and appear in conversation with Thomas Byrne. This event follows-on the Fall 2018 address by ROK President Moon Jae-in to the Council on Foreign Relations/Korea Society/Asia Society.

Register here: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1228-ne…

Members: $15.00

Non-members: $25.00

Speakers

David C. Kang is Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations, Business and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California, with appointments in both the School of International Relations and the Marshall School of Business. At USC he is also director of the Korean Studies Institute. Kang’s latest book is American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century.

Thomas C. Hubbard is Senior Director at McLarty Associates and served as US Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from 2001 to 2004 and as Ambassador to the Philippines from 1996 to 2000. He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs and a principal negotiator of the 1994 Agreed Framework. He is the Chairman of the Korea Society.

Thomas J. Byrne joined the Korea Society as its President in August of 2015. He came to the Society from Moody's Investor Services, where he was Senior Vice President, Regional Manager, spokesperson, and director of analysis for the Sovereign Risk Group in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. He served in South Korea for three years as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer.