Korea’s Soft Power and East Asia

On November 30 2010, CNAPS and the Korea Development Institute convened a seminar examining Korea’s growing soft power. Three panels, featuring Brookings and CNAPS scholars as well as other experts, analyzed Korea’s role in global development, East Asian perspectives on hard power versus soft power, and The Korean Wave. Brookings President Strobe Talbott and SaKong Il, chair of the Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit, provided keynote remarks.

Read the welcome remarks and keynote address » 
Read the panel 1 transcript »
Read the panel 2 transcript » 
Read the panel 3 transcript »