Korea Sharing Movement, Civil Peace Forum, Korean Women's Movement for Peace, American Friends Service Committee are jointly hosting the 2021 International Conference on Peace & Development on the Korean Peninsula on June 22nd. This conference will serve as a forum to seek strategies for reestablishing linkages with the DPRK, to see how cooperation expands beyond the humantiarian sphere, and to see how this cooperation becomes a platform for building peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Pre-register here by June 17: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nTyInV3tuN2K4WKw5dOV9VTfGoZ2acqNnHc9FI…
Please double check the time differences against the original invitation.
9:00 - 9:15 pm ET / 10:00 ~ 10:15 KST <Opening Ceremony>
- Opening Remarks: Wankyu Choi (Co-Standing President, Korean Sharing Movement) ▪ Welcoming Remarks: In-ho Kim (Chairperson, Seoul Metropolitan Council)
- Congratulatory Remarks: In-young Lee (Minister of Unification)
9:15 - 9:35 pm ET / 10:15 ~ 10:35 KST <Keynote Speech> International Cooperation for the Peace on the Korean Peninsula
- Marilyn Strickland (US Congresswoman)
9:40 - 11 pm ET / 10:40 ~ 12:00 <Plenary 1: DPRK’s Humanitarian Situation & International Access to the DPRK in 2021>
Chair: Youngsik Kang (Chairman, South-North Exchange and Cooperation Support Association)
1. North Korea’s Economic Situation and Cross-Border Movement
- Moon-soo Yang (Vice-President, University of North Korean Studies)
2. DPRK’s COVID 19 Situation, Seeking a Response from International Society
- Keith Luse (Executive Director, National Committee on North Korea)
▪Discussion
- Kee B. Park (Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School)
- Hae-kyung Choi (Secretary-General, Okedongmu Children in Korea)
- Yeri Im (Operations Manager, World Vision North Korea)
- Hyoung Joon Lim (Director, World Food Programme Office in Seoul)
11:00 pm - 12:30 am ET / 12:00 ~ 13:30 KST Welcoming Luncheon
12:30 am - 2:00 am ET / 13:30 ~ 15:00 KST <Plenary 2: Humanitarianism, the Right to Development, and Peace on the Korean Peninsula>
Chair: Jung-eun Park (Chair of Steering Committee, Civil Peace Forum)
1. U.S Civil Society Activities Promoting DPRK Engagement & Korean Peninsula Peace
- Kate Parsons (Legislative Associate, Mennonite Central Committee)
2. DPRK Cooperation from the Perspective of the Rights to Peace and Development
- Bo-Hyuk Suh (Researcher, Korea Institute for National Unification)
3. DPRK Perspective on Development Cooperation & the Role of External Partners
- Sang-Young Hong (Secretary-General, Korean Sharing Movement)
Discussion
- Jeongsoo Kim (Standing Representative, Women Making Peace)
- Jerome Sauvage (Int’l Relations Consultant / Former UN Resident Coordinator in DPRK)
- Dong-Jin Kim (ISE Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Trinity College Dublin)
2:15 am - 3:45 am ET / 15:15 ~ 16:45 <Plenary 3: Expanding, ReestablishingContact with North Korea –Experience & Strategies fromCivil Society>
Chair: Youngmi Cho (Executive Director, Korean Women’s Movement for Peace)
1. Searching for Pan-Asian Civil Society Cooperation in Building Korean Peninsula Peace
- Emma Leslie (Executive Director, Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies)
2. A Civil Society Dialogue for Building Peace on the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asia - Focusing on the Ulaanbaatar Process
- Meri Joyce (Northeast Asia Regional Liaison Officer, GPPAC)
3. International-Northern-Southern Female Solidarity for Korean Peninsula Peace
- Christine Ahn (Executive Director, Women Cross DMZ)
Discussion
- Seung-Min Shin (Director of Reconciliation & Peace Dept., National Council of Churches in Korea)
- Taeho Lee (Directorof Center for Peace and Disarmament, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy)
- Jongdo Sohn (Director-General, Korean Sharing Movement)