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Seoul-Washington Forum

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  • Monday, May 14, 2007 -

    12:00 am EDT

Seoul, South Korea
Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC


The Brookings Institution and the Sejong Institute co-hosted the second session of the Seoul-Washington Forum on May 14 and 15, in Seoul, South Korea. The Forum brought together scholars and former officials from the United States and the Republic of Korea to address the pressing issues facing the Korean peninsula and the U.S.-ROK alliance. Panel topics addressed by senior scholars and former officials from both sides included: the U.S.-ROK alliance; the six-party talks; replacing the armistice; and Korea-U.S. economic cooperation. The Forum was made possible by the generous support of the Korea Foundation.
SCHEDULE
May 14, 2007  

Opening Remarks

Park Kie-duck President,
The Sejong Institute
Strobe Talbott President,
The Brookings Institution

Congratulatory Remarks

Lim Dong-won Chairman,
Seoul-Washington Forum
Yim Sung-jun President,
The Korea Foundation

The Alliance in Transition:
Seeking Political Trust and Adaptability

Hong Soong-yong
Former ROK foreign minister		 Chair
James Kelly
CNA Corp. 		Presenter
Yang Sung Chul
Former ROK ambassador to the U.S.		 Presenter
David Straub
Visiting Scholar,
Seoul National University		 Discussant
Yim Yong Soon
Fmr. Dean of Graduate School, Sungkyungwan University 		Discussant

Luncheon

Shim Yoon-joe
ROK Deputy Minister of
Foreign Affairs and Trade

Keynote address

The Six-Party Talks: Seeking a Nuclear-Free North Korea

Jack Pritchard
President, Korea Economic Institute		 Chair
Robert Einhorn
Senior Advisor, CSIS		 Presenter
Paik Haksoon
Senior Fellow, Sejong Institute; Executive Director, Seoul-Washington Forum 		Presenter
Robert Carlin
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University 		Discussant
Chung Chong-Wook
Former ROK ambassador to China 		Discussant
May 15, 2007  

A Peace Process in the Korean Peninsula

Kim Young Hee
Adviser and Senior Columnist,
JoongAng Daily 		Chair
Joel Wit
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University		 Presenter
Park Kun Young
Professor, Catholic University of Korea		 Presenter
Richard Bush
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution		 Discussant
Lee Sang-man
Professor, JoongAng University 		Discussant

Luncheon

Alexander Vershbow
Ambassador of the United States
to the ROK		 Keynote address

Beyond KORUS FTA:
Toward Mutually Beneficial Economic Relations

Tami Overby
President, American Chamber of Commerce, Korea		 Chair
Charles Pritchard
President, Korea Economic Institute 		Presenter
Kim Sung-hoon
Former ROK Minister of Agriculture
and Forestry 		Presenter
Thomas Hubbard
Kissinger McLarty Associates		 Discussant
Cho Kun-ho
Vice Chairman, Federation of Korean Industries 		Discussant

 

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Program

Foreign Policy

Region

Asia & the Pacific North Korea Northeast Asia South Korea

Center

Center for Asia Policy Studies