This business and foreign policy series explores commercial, political, and strategic relationships of interest to both the United States and Korea, with a focus this fall on “MIR:” Mongolia, India, and Russia. Mongolia enjoys deep ties with the United States, which has provided it with significant development assistance, investment, and political support, as well as Korea, the number one destination for Mongolian labor, a principal investor in Mongolia, and an early model for Mongolian democracy. This session, includes Christopher Atwood, Associate Professor from the Central Eurasian Studies Department of Indiana University, The Korea Society’s Ambassador Mark Minton (U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia, 2006-2009), and Dr. Stephen Noerper (Visiting Professor, National University of Mongolia, The Asia Foundation Resident Representative, 2000-2003), explores opportunities for business and foreign relations among the three players.
Thursday, October 6
Korea, the United States, and Strategic Relations: Mongolia
with
Christopher Atwood
Associate Professor, Central Eurasian Studies Department, Indiana University
&
Ambassador Mark Minton
Former U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia (2006-2009), President of The Korea Society
Moderated by
Dr. Stephen Noerper
Visiting Professor
National University of Mongolia, The Asia Foundation Resident Representative (2000-2003) & SVP of The Korea Society
Marcus Noland, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, addresses The Korea Society on his and Professor Stephan Haggard’s study of surveys conducted in China and South Korea of North Korean refugees. Their work both illuminates the plight of the refugees and explores the implications for North Korea’s ongoing internal transformation. Noland, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, discusses the survey findings and his new release. Former ROK Foreign Minister Yoon Young-kwan writes of the book: “Human rights and the protection of refugees is not a concern of left or right, or of the U.S. only; it is an issue of importance to all Koreans, and indeed all countries. Haggard and Noland provide compelling evidence of the ongoing transformation of North Korean society and offer thoughtful proposals as to how the outside world might facilitate peaceful evolution.”
With the support of Pantech and the Korea Foundation, The Korea Society travels to the Windy City to share Korea policy and arts programs. On June 10, The Korea Society and partner Chicago Council on Global Affairs co-host an invitation-only luncheon on The Korea-U.S. Partnership, Free Trade and Security, featuring Ambassador Han Duk-Soo, Korea’s Ambassador to the United States, and Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of The Korea Society.
On March 26, 2010, The Korea Society presented a panel discussion at the Association for Asian Studies annual meeting in Philadelphia on the security challenges that North Korea poses to Northeast Asia. Moderated by The Korea Society president Evans J.R. Revere, the conversation included Scott Snyder, director of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at the Asia Foundation; Gordon Flake, executive director of the Mansfield Foundation; and Sydney Seiler, deputy North Korea mission manager in the office of the Director of National Intelligence. The group discussed the internal political and economic drivers influencing North Korea’s foreign policy, the successes and failures of South Korea’s “sunshine policy,” China’s role on the Korean Peninsula, and possible strategies for the future.