2014JUL17

Issue Briefs

Unknown Horror or Deliberate Indifference?

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

A Comparative Analysis of Human Rights Violations in North Korea and Syria.

Tags : North Korea, North Korean human rights, Regional Issue, Syria

2014MAR10

Issue Briefs

How Korea Can Better Manage Maritime Piracy and Terror

By Bridget Leehy Coggins, J. James Kim

An up to date assessment of maritime piracy and terror and recommendations for Korea.

2014FEB15

Books

[Palgrave Macmillan] The Arab Spring

  About the Book Produced as the result of an Asan […]

Tags : Regional Issue

2013DEC24

Past Events

International Law Perspectives on China’s ADIZ and Japan’s …

International law forum co-hosted by the Asan Institute and the Seoul International Law Academy (SILA).

2013OCT27

Past Events

Suzanne Scholte, “Will North Korea Ever Be Free?”

Special lecture by Suzanne Scholte, President of the Defense Forum Foundation.

Tags : Defense Forum Foundation, human trafficking, North Korea, North Korea Human Rights Act, North Korean defectors, North Korean human rights, repatriation policy, special lecture, Suzanne Scholte

2013SEP22

Past Events

Rajiv Narayan, “The Human Rights Situation in North Korea and the UN …

37th Asan Dosirak Series with Rajiv Narayan, Researcher (East Asia) for Amnesty International.

Tags : Amnesty International, Asan Dosirak Series, DPRK, human rights, human rights violation, North Korean human rights, Rajiv Narayan, UN, UN Commission of Inquiry

2013SEP05

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Intervening in Syria and Lessons for North Korea

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

South Korea should begin planning for North Korean collapse scenarios that may resemble the Syrian civil war.

Tags : Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, civil war, contingency planning, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian intervention, international anti-Assad coalition, Middle East, Regional Issue, responsible global actor, Syria

2013AUG13

Past Events

Greg Scarlatoiu, "Human Rights in North Korea under the Kim Jong-un …

36th Asan Dosirak Series with Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea.

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, Greg Scarlatoiu, HRNK, human rights, international legal framework, Kim Jong-un regime, North Korean human rigths

2013JUL04

Issue Briefs

Time to Address North Korea’s Prison Labor Camps

By Roberta Cohen

The U.S. and South Korea must end the exceptionalism accorded North Korea in the human rights area.

Tags : Commission of Inquiry, North Korea, North Korean human rights violation, prison labor camps, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution

2013JUL03

Past Events

Mostafa Dolatyar, “Iran’s Strategic Choices”

Closed Roundtable with Mostafa Dolatyar, Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies (Iran).

Tags : Institute for Political and International Studies, Iran, Iran's foregin relations, Mostafa Dolatyar, nuclear program, regional security outlook, Syria, Syrian crisis