GROUP OF EXPERTS AND FORMER OFFICIALS TO RELEASE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRENGTHENING U.S.–KOREA TIES
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM ♦ Registration
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ♦ Discussion
This program is free, but RSVP is required before the end of the business day on Monday, April 14.
For more information or to register for the program, contact Samuel Jamier, Senior Program Officer for CI/CA:
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Tel: 212-759-7525 ext. 358, or fax: 212-759-7530
The Korea Society, 950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor
New York City
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
Members of New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group made up of former senior U.S. officials, academics and other experts on Korea, will release their recommendations for updating and strengthening the U.S.–South Korea alliance at a press conference at The Korea Society (950 Third Avenue, Eighth Floor) in New York on April 15 at 10 AM.
The
group travelled to
Seoul
recently to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, his top advisers and
other leading figures in the U.S.-ROK relations. The group believes that the
election of President Lee, who will visit
New York
and
Washington next week and hold a summit
with President Bush at
Camp David,
offers a major opportunity to further transform the U.S.-Korea alliance
into a global partnership.
Sponsored by The Korea Society and Stanford University's
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific
Research Center,
the New Beginnings project was launched in January 10, 2008 to recommend
current and next U.S.
administrations ways to improve bilateral relations with South Korea.
At the press conference, members
will summarize their report and recommendations, and answer questions
about their findings. Full copies of the report will be available. The group
members include:
Michael H. Armacost, Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow, Stanford University; former U.S. ambassador to Japan and the Philippines; former undersecretary of state for political affairs
Thomas C. Hubbard, McLarty Associates; former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and the Philippines
Evans J.R. Revere, president of The Korea Society; former principal deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs; former deputy chief of mission, U.S. Embassy, Seoul
Gi-Wook Shin, director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center; director of the Stanford Korean Studies Program; Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies; professor of sociology, Stanford University
David Straub, Pantech Research Fellow, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University former State Department Korean and Japanese Affairs director
