As part of a continuing effort to encourage dialogue in an informal atmosphere between the United States and the DPRK, The Korea Society and the National Committee for American Foreign Policy hosted a Track II meeting between a group of experienced and interested American citizens and an official delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) led by Ambassador Ri Gun.

Participants discussed various topics, including the future of the Six Party Talks, economic and cultural engagement opportunities, the denuclearization of the Peninsula and efforts to improve relations between the two countries. Both sides welcomed the opportunity to examine, in detail, these matters of mutual concern.

These efforts are supported by The Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Henry Luce Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Korea Foundation and the Ploughshares Fund.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Charles Armstrong

Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences

 Department of History and Director

Center for Korean Research

Columbia University

The Honorable Donald Blinken

Trustee

National Committee on American Foreign Policy

Frederick Carriere

Professor

Syracuse University

Victor D. Cha

Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song Chair

Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service

Georgetown University

Choe Son Hui

Senior Researcher

Institute for Disarmament and Peace

DPRK Foreign Ministry

Gerald L. Curtis

Burgess Professor

Department of Political Science

Columbia University

John Delury

Director, China Boom Project and Associate Director

Center on U.S.-China Relations

Asia Society

Stephen Del Rosso, Jr.

Chair, International Peace and Security Division

Carnegie Corporation of New York

The Honorable Donald Gregg

Chairman Emeritus

The Korea Society

Corey Hinderstein

Director, International Program

Nuclear Threat Initiative

The Honorable Thomas C. Hubbard

Senior Director, McLarty Associates, Inc. &

Chairman, The Korea Society

Hwang Myong Sim

Researcher

Institute for Disarmament and Peace

DPRK Foreign Ministry

Frank S. Jannuzi

Senior Professional Staff Member

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Minister Kim Myong-gil

Minister

DPRK Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Kwon Jong Gun

Researcher

Institute for Disarmament and Peace

DPRK Foreign Ministry

The Honorable James T. Laney

President Emeritus

Emory University

The Honorable Winston Lord

Chairman Emeritus

International Rescue Committee

Keith Luse

Senior Professional Staff Member

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Pak Song-il

Consul

DPRK Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Evans J.R. REVERE

President & CEO

The Korea Society

Ambassador Ri Gun

Director-General, U.S. Affairs Department

DPRK Foreign Ministry

William M. Rudolf

Executive Vice President

National Committee on American Foreign Policy

George D. Schwab

President

National Committee on American Foreign Policy

Leon Sigal

Director

Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project

Social Science Research Council

Song IL Hyok

Senior Researcher

Institute for Disarmament and Peace

DPRK Foreign Ministry

Donald S. Zagoria

Senior Vice President & Project Director

Forum on Asia-Pacific Security

National Committee on American Foreign Policy