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

2013OCT22

Press Release

[Public Lecture] Suzanne Scholte, “How the Free World Should Address the North Korea Human Rights Crisis”

Date October 22, 2013 Page 10 Contact (Ms.)Kahye Oh, Pr […]

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 …

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 …

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

2013JUN04

Past Events

Asan Transitional Justice Conference 2013

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies held a conference […]

Tags : Amnesty International, Andrew Natsios, Asan Transitional Justice Conference, David Cohen, Frank Jannuzi, human rights, human rights violation, Korean unification, North Korea, post-unification Korea, Raijiv Narayan, Robert King, Roberta Cohen, Ruti Teitel, Shin Dong-hyuk, transitional justice

2013MAY09

Issue Briefs

Think Twice: A Comparative Perspective on the Political Transition in Egypt

By. Jang Ji-Hyang, J. James Kim

Korea's democratization suggests that conflict does not necessarily contradict the spirit of change in Egypt.

Tags : Arab Spring, democracy, Egypt, Libya, Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, political transition, regional security

2013MAY01

Past Events

"Escape From Camp 14" Book Launch

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a book lau […]

Tags : Blaine Harden, book launch, Camp 14, North Korea, political prison camps, Shin Dong-hyuk