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The Korea Society and the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University will host a day-long conference entitled “The Korean War Today” to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the conflict. Leading scholars and policy observers will address the causes and consequences of the Korean War, and examine its lasting impact on Korea, the United States, Northeast Asia, and international relations; the roles of the United Nations; and prospects for an end to hostilities and a peace regime in Korea. This event concludes The Korea Society’s summer 2010 War and Remembrance series, and is a last chance to see Steel Helmets: U.S. Korean War Graphics and Korean War in Color, exhibitions on view at The Korea Society Gallery.

Friday, September 10, 2010                           
8:30 AM-3:30 PM
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Welcome and and Opening Remarks (Mark Minton, President, The Korea Society)
Panel 1: The Korean War in History

“The United States, South Korea, and the United Nations”
Steven Hugh Lee, University of British Columbia

“North Korea and the Communist Alliance”
Charles Armstrong, Columbia University

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Panel 2: The Korean War in the Present

“Diplomacy and the Koreas”
Ambassador Chuck Kartman

“Divided Korea in the Contemporary International System”
Stephen Noerper, The Korea Society

“War, Trauma, and Historical Memory in Korea”
Heonik Kwon, London School of Economics

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Keynote Address
“The Korean War, Lessons in Development and Security Cooperation and Implications Forward”
The Honorable Jin-Ha Hwang, Korean National Assembly

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Panel 3: Ending the War: Prospects for a Permanent Peace on the Peninsula

“Changing Views on Unification”
Gordon Flake, Mansfield Foundation

“The UN Role in Korean Peace”
Alexandre Ilitchev, United Nations

“Toward a Working Peace System in Korea and Northeast Asia”
Samuel Kim, Columbia University

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Closing Keynote Remarks

The Honorable Young-Mok Kim, Korean Consulate General
(Introduced by Mark Minton, President, The Korea Society)

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Schedule

The Korean War Today
Friday, September 10, 2010                           
8:30AM-3:30PM

8:30AM Light Breakfast
8:45AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
Ambassador Mark Minton
President, The Korea Society

9AM Panel 1: The Korean War in History
“The United States, South Korea, and the United Nations”
Steven Hugh Lee, University of British Columbia

“North Korea and the Communist Alliance”
Charles Armstrong, Columbia University

10:30AM Panel 2: The Korean War in the Present
“Diplomacy and the Koreas”
Ambassador Chuck Kartman

“Divided Korea in the Contemporary International System”
Stephen Noerper, The Korea Society

“War, Trauma, and Historical Memory in Korea”
Heonik Kwon, London School of Economics

(LUNCH)

Keynote Address
“The Korean War, Lessons in Development and Security Cooperation and Implications Forward”
The Honorable Jin-Ha Hwang, Korean National Assembly

1:30PM Panel 3: Ending the War: Prospects for a Permanent Peace on the Peninsula
“Changing Views on Unification”
Gordon Flake, Mansfield Foundation

“The UN Role in Korean Peace”
Alexandre Ilitchev, United Nations

“Toward a Working Peace System in Korea and Northeast Asia”
Samuel Kim, Columbia University

3PM Closing Keynote Remarks
The Honorable Young-Mok Kim, Korean Consulate General

Associated Programs
Book Cafe/The Red Room: Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea, September 13, 2010, 6PM

The Korea Society
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Contact: Natalee Newcombe or 212-759-7525, x328.