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About the Asan North Korea Conference


Date:
Wednesday-Thursday, September 25-26, 2013
Place:
Auditorium (1F)
The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Seoul, Korea
Day 1: Wednesday, September 25
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:05 Welcoming Remarks
Hahm Chaibong, President, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
09:05-09:15 Keynote Address
Lee Hong Koo, Chairman, The Seoul Forum for International Affairs
09:15-09:30 Congratulatory Remarks
Ryoo Kihl-Jae, Minister of Unification, Ministry of Unification
09:30-11:00 Session I North Korea’s Nuclear Capability
Moderator Lee Chung Min, Yonsei University
Speakers Park Jiyoung, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Li Bin, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace/Tsinghua University
Joshua Pollack, Science Applications International Corporation
Markus Schiller, Schmucker Technologie
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
09:30-11:00 Session II Nuclear Strategy and Deterrence
Moderator Choi Kang, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Speakers Park Chang Kwoun, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Robert Manning, The Atlantic Council
Su Hao, China Foreign Affairs University
Sugio Takahashi, National Institute for Defense Studies
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session III International Coordination on North Korea
Moderator Patrick Cronin, Center for a New American Security
Speakers Gordon Flake, Mansfield Foundation
Chu Shulong, Tsinghua University
Shin Beomchul, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Noboru Yamaguchi, National Defense Academy of Japan
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Session IV Smart Sanctions
Moderator William Newcomb, United Nations
Speakers David Asher, Center for a New American Security
Yang Xiyu, China Institute of International Studies
William Newcomb, United Nations
Kim Joongho, Export-Import Bank of Korea
17:15-18:00 Reception
18:00 Dinner
Day 2: Thursday, September 26
09:00-09:15 Registration
09:15-10:45 Session V The State of the North Korean Regime
Moderator Yoo Ho Yeol, Korea University
Speakers Ken Gause, CNA
Jin Qiangyi, Yanbian University
Kim Keunsik, Kyungnam University
Andrei Lankov, Kookmin University
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session VI North Korea’s External Relations
Moderator Kim Hankwon, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Speakers Cha Duhyeogn, Korea Foundation
Narushige Michishita, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Wei Zhijiang, Zhongshan University
Alexander Zhebin, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, RAS
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session VII The State of the North Korean Economy
Moderator Nick Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute/The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Speakers Lee Suk, Korea Development Institute
Zhang Dongming, Liaoning National University
Vasily Mikheev, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
Zhang Huizhi, Jilin University
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Session VIII Long Term Scenarios
Moderator Jo Dongho, Ewha Womans University
Speakers Jo Dongho, Ewha Womans University
Go Myong-hyun, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Bruce Bennett, RAND Corporation
Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations
17:15-17:30 Closing Remarks
17:30 Dinner