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The Culture, Policy and Society programming promotes cross-cultural understanding through public lectures, panel discussions, symposia and workshops that present the rich diversity of Korea and U.S.-Korea relations in historical and contemporary contexts. These programs feature authors, scholars, artists, practitioners from the nonprofit sector, politicians, business leaders and others who are willing to share with the American public their unique expertise on Korea and U.S.-Korea relations.
The focus of this project area is an in-depth exploration of the social, cultural, economic, political, historical and security dimensions of the U.S.-Korea relationship. The objective is to foster a greater awareness, appreciation and understanding of the complexity of these underlying factors, which fuels the power of imagination that is the indispensable wellspring of the capacity for empathy. While divergences of perspectives between Americans and Koreans on many fundamental issues may be inevitable, it is equally inevitable that these divergences must be brought within the realm of imagination to be channeled toward productive engagement based on mutual respect.
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with
Lee Tae-sik
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States
Alex Arvizu
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, United States Department of State
Charles Armstrong
Professor of History, Columbia University
Victor Cha
Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University
John Park
Director, Korea Working Group, USIP
Haeran Lim
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Scott Snyder
Senior Associate, International Relations, The Asia Foundation
J.J. Suh
Associate Professor and Director of the Korea Studies Program, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
L. Gordon Flake
Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Charles Pritchard,
President, Korea Economic Institute
Thursday, December 6, 2007
2007 was a year of tremendous activity on the Korean Peninsula. In early February, the Six-Party Talks resulted in an agreement to de-nuclearize the Korean Peninsula. A major deadline in the agreement is looming, since North Korea has committed to disable its nuclear program and declare all of its nuclear weapons-related facilities and materials later this month. The United States and South Korea signed a landmark free trade agreement (FTA) in June. In October, the leaders of the two Koreas met for the first time at the second Inter-Korean Summit. In addition, South Korea will soon hold a presidential election, which has the potential to change the political landscape at home and abroad. Please join us for a discussion of these and other pressing issues.
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 Book Café
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Cullen Thomas
Author, Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea’s Prisons Thursday, November 29, 2007 In 1993, Cullen Thomas was a young man who wanted to see the world and South Korea was one of his first stops. Convicted of smuggling hashish and sentenced to 3 ½ years in Korean prison, the world he ended up seeing—one in which the Confucian customs of Korean society take on a harsh character—wasn’t the one he expected.  Reading from his new memoir Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea’s Prisons (published by Viking in March 2007) and taking questions, Thomas will share the gritty reality of an American’s life in a foreign prison: its unforgettable pains and its unexpected and beautiful lessons. About the Speaker
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Perspectives from the Former Prime Minister of South Korea with Han Myeong-sook Former Prime Minister, Republic of Korea Thursday, November 8, 2007 As the first woman to serve as the Republic of Korea’s prime minister, Han Myeong-sook has a singular perspective on Korean politics and society. Both are now in flux, as South Koreans prepare to head to the polls to elect a new president, North-South ties continue to break new ground and significant progress is being made at the Six-Party Talks. At this program, Han will share her views on all these subjects, as well as on U.S.–Korea ties and South Korea’s evolving social norms. About the Speaker
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Wednesday and Thursday, November 7 and 8, 2007
The NCAFP and The Korea Society co-hosted a conference on the future of U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) relations with the International Policy Studies Institute of Korea (IpsiKor) in New York City on November 7-8, 2007. Officials and former officials, as well as academics, from both countries attended.
Download the conference report here .
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