08:30-17:00
* Opening Remarks:
- Christian Ostermann(History and Public Policy Program Director)
- Joun-yung Sun(University of North Korean Studies)
[Panel 1]
: Post-World War II North Korean Internal Politics and Their Relation to the DPRK’s Foreign Policy
* Chair: Joun-yung Sun(University of North Korean Studies)
1. Various Models for Characterizing the North Korean System in the 1960’s and 1970’s
* Presenter: Kihl-jae Ryoo(Univ. of North Korean Studies)
* Discussant: Charles K. Armstrong(Columbia University)
2. The Myth of Factionalism as It Relates to North Korean Political History
* Presenter: James Person(NKIDP Coordinator)
* Discussant: Narushige Michishita(Johns Hopkins SAIS)
[Panel 2]
: The Korean Peninsula during the Mid 1960’s Through the 1980’s
* Chair: James Person(NKIDP Coordinator)
1. The security Triangle That was Formed in the Late 1960’s Between the US, South Korea, and North Korea
* Presenter: Sung-ji Woo(Kyunghee Univ.)
* Discussant: Bernd Schaefer(CWIHP)
2. How North Korea Served as a Model for Economic Development for Many Third World Countries throughout the 1970’s
* Presenter: Charles K. Armstrong(Columbia University)
* Discussant: Jong-dae Shin(Univ. of North Korean Studies)
[Panel 3]
: The Future of Inter-Korean Relations and the Korean Peninsula’s Ongoing Nuclear Crisis
* Chair: Don Oberdorfer(Johns Hopkins Univ.)
1. Against South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s Decision to Hold Bilateral Negotiations with the North
* Presenter: Joun-yung Sun(University of North Korean Studies)
* Discussant: Jae-jung Suh(Johns Hopkins Univ., SAIS)
2. The Bush Administration’s Policy on North Korean Nuclear Proliferation, and How It Has Been Affected by Domestic Politics in the US
* Presenter: Jack Pritchard(KEI)
* Discussant: Maureen Cormack(Deputy Director of Korean Affairs for the US State Department)