The coming week in North Korea

The week ahead in North Korea

North Korea’s Cyber Operations: Strategy and Responses

• The Korea Chair at CSIS is hosting this discussion in Washington D.C. on September 14.
• The discussion will revolve around an upcoming CSIS report on North Korea’s cyber capabilities authored by Jenny Jun and Scott LaFoy.
• For more information and to RSVP click here.

Northeast Asian Dynamism and the U.S.-ROK Alliance: Past, Present, and Future

• The Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the East Asia Foundation, and the Hyundai-Motor Korea Foundation Center for Korea Policy will host this conference in Washington D.C. on September 15.
• Panel 1: “70 Years of Korea’s Liberation and Division” will be moderated by Robert Hathaway, senior fellow and former director of the Asia Program at the Wilson Center. Presenters include Amb. Kathleen Stephens, distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Asia Pacific Center; Gong Ro-myung, chairman of the East Asia foundation and former ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs; Kim Sung-hwan, former ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Gilbert Rozman, professor emeritus at Princeton University.
• Panel 2: “Emerging Trading Blocs in the Asia-Pacific: TPP, RCEP, and ROK-US Cooperation” will be moderated by Kent Hughes, senior fellow at the Wilson Center. Presenters include Meg Lundsager, fellow at the Wilson Center and former Executive Director of the IMF and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment at the Treasury Department; Ahn Choong-yong, chairman of the National Commission for Corporate Partnership; and Jang Ho-hyun, Minister of Economic Affairs at the ROK Embassy in D.C.
• Panel 3: “50 Years of Japan-ROK Diplomatic Normalization: Status Assessment and Implications for Japan-ROK-US Relation will be moderated by Moon Chung-in, professor of political science at Yonsei University. Presenters include Michael Green, senior vice president for Asia and Japan Chair at CSIS; James Schoff, senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment; Yu Myung-hwan, former ROK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Park Cheol-hee, professor at Seoul National University.
• Amb. Ahn Ho-young, the current ROK Ambassador the United States, and Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, will give luncheon remarks at the conference.
• For more information and to RSVP click here.

Inside North Korea

• The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, EXPO Chicago, and the French Consulate in Chicago will host this event in Chicago on September 15.
• This lecture and accompanying art exhibit were constructed around the theme of interpreting the images that come out of North Korea.
• Speakers include Jieun Baek, fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University; Philippe Chancel, artist; and Marc Prust, photography consultant and curator. Karl Friedhoff, fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, will moderate the discussion.
• Admission for council members is $10 dollars and $20 for non-members.
• For more information and to RSVP click here.

Future of U.S.-Korea Relations and the Status of the Free Trade Agreement

• The World Affairs Council of St. Louis, the Boeing Institute of International Business, and the Korea Economic Institute of America are hosting this discussion in St. Louis on September 16.
• Speakers include Jang Ho-hyun, Minister for Economic Affairs at the ROK Embassy in D.C.; Donald Manzullo, president of KEI; Troy Stangarone, senior director for congressional affairs and trade at KEI; and Mintaro Oba, Korea Desk Officer at the U.S. Department of State.
• There is a $35 admission fee to attend this event.
• For more information and to purchase tickets click here.

Structural Challenges to Working in North Korea: A 20 Year Assessment

• The Korea Club will host this dinner event in Vienna, Virginia on September 16.
• Dr. Stephen Linton, chariman of the Eugene Bell Foundation, will discuss humanitarian aid to North Korea drawing on over 24 years of experience.
• The cost of dinner is $25 dollars.
• To RSVP email Linda Butcher at lb@keia.org.

The Hidden Gulag IV Gender Repression & Prisoner Disappearances & Camp 15 Imagery Update

• The Committee for Human Rights in North Korea will lecture in Washington D.C. on September 18.
• Presenters include David Hawk, author of Hidden Gulag IV, and Joseph Bermudez Jr., author of North Korea Imagery Analysis of Camp 15 “Yodok.” Roberta Cohen, co-chair of HRNK, and Jung Gwang Il, founder and executive director of No Chain, will be discussants.
• RSVPs should be sent to Rosa Park at rosapark@hrnk.org by COB on September 14.
• For more information click here.