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North korea expert, scholar and author for the sister, dr. Sungyoon lee. His bio is on the website, but i do want highlight that outside of his Academic Work research. Chair dr. Lee has been an Expert Witness for us congressional. Hearings on north korea policy, including the Otto Warmbier versus dprk trial this evening. We have a unique opportunity to hear his insights about country that keeps us awake, continues to present challenging policy problems for the region and beyond and. As if that w...

The allies of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have suffered a resounding defeat and lost their majority in parliament. Yoon might yet get a chance to recover, however, as his rivals battle legal issues.

Former Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) Chairman Lee Nak-yon’s call for Rep. Lee Jae-myung, the current party chairman, to resign is failing to get responses from within the party, despite the former chief’s threats to create a breakaway party.

The U.S.-East Asian relationship requires two qualities not alwaysin evidence: far-sighted American leadership and good common sense.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2000 was awarded to Kim Dae-jung "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular"

(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 22 January 25, 1985 KIM DAE'JUNG.TESTS SEPUL AND HIM-SELF INTRODUCTION

(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 35 September 16, 1985 SOUTH KOREA'S KWANGJU INCIDENT REVISITED INTRODUCTION South Korean university students occupied the United States Information Service Building in Seoul for four days this May, demanding a U.S. apology for its alleged complicity in what is known as the "Kwangju incident" of May 1980. The Kwangju incident was in fact-a major civil uprising in the Republic of Korea (ROK) that resulted in the death of 191 Koreans.

  The death of Nelson Mandela, at age 95 on 5 December 2013, brings genuine sadness. As his health deteriorated over the past six months, many asked the more durable question:  how did he change South Africa ? Given how unsatisfactory life is for so many in society, the follow-up question is,  how much room was there for Mandela to maneuver ? South Africa now lurches from crisis to crisis, and so many of us are tempted to remember the Mandela years – especially the first democratic governm...