30 June 2021, 14:00-17:30  (Korean Standard Time GMT+9) IFES, Seoul, Korea / Online

◆Hosted by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

◆Organized by the MOU-IFES Academic Exchange Fellowship Program for North Korean/Unification Studies

◆Sponsored by the Ministry of Unification

◆Simultaneous interpretation will be provided (Korean / English)

Session 1   14:10 - 15:40

Evaluations and Prospects on North Korea’s Economic Policy Since the Kim Jong Un Regime  

Presentation

North Korea’s Economic Policy in the Kim Jong Un Era: Achievements and Limitations  

◆ Eul-Chul Lim (Professor, IFES)

Directions and Prospects of North Korean Future Development after the 8th Congress of the WPK 

◆ Nikolai Pereslavtsev (Researcher, Executive Editor of Asia-Pacific Journal of Marine Science & Education)

Discussion

◆ Mark Kim (Fellow, IFES) 

◆ Sergey Smirnov (Program Coordinator, ADM Nevelskoy Maritime State University) 

Session 2   16:00 - 16:30

Evaluations and Prospects on North Korea-Russia Economic  Cooperation Since the Kim Jong Un Regime 

Presentation

On Russia's Eastern Policy and Economic Cooperation Between North Korea and Russia   

◆ Young-Sik Kim (Professor, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Dept. of International Commerce & Area Studies)

Russia-DPRK Economic Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects

◆ Anastasiia Barannikova(Researcher, ADM Nevelskoy Maritime State University /Fmr. IFES Fellow)

Discussion

◆ Jang-Ho Choi (Researcher, KIEP)

◆ Marina Kukla (Professor, Department of Korean Studies, Far Eastern Federal University)