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Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University Hosts the 69th Unification Strategy Forum “North Korean State of Affairs in 2021 and Prospects for 2022”
Date | 2022-01-13 |
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type | Event |
North Korean State of Affairs in 2021 and Prospects for 2022
2022.01.07
Conference Room, Peace Hall (Webinar)
Go to YouTube
Session-1. https://youtu.be/N8NW-VELwLc
Session-2. https://youtu.be/6a_ec45WAc4
IFES (Director Kwan-Sei Lee), Kyungnam University hosted its 69th Unification Forum (webinar with simultaneous interpretation) at IFES, Samcheong-dong on January 7th (Friday). The forum’s topic was “North Korean State of Affairs in 2021 and Prospects for 2022,” and it proceeded with five subtopics in two sessions: politics, military, economy, and North Korea’s foreign and South Korea policies.
The first session was moderated by Director Kwan-Sei Lee. In this session, Dr. Kap-Sik Kim of Korea Institute for National Unification presented “Evaluation and Propsects of North Korea’s Military” and Professor Eul-Chul Lim of IFES spoke on the topic of “Evaluation and Prospects of North Korea’s Five-Year National Economic Development Plan.”
Several experts paticipated in the follow-up discussion. Senior research fellow Ki-dong Lee from the Institute for National Security Strategy and research fellow Hisashi Hirai from IFES spoke on North Korean politics; Professor Kyung-Mo Ahn from Korea National Defense University and Professor Ildo Hwang from the Korea National Diplomatic Academy comment on North Korea’s military; Deputy Director Moon-Soo Yang from University of North Korean Studies and Professor Hye-ji Jang from Jilin University talked about the North Korean economy.
The second session was also moderated by Director Kwan-Sei Lee, with Professor Bong-geun Jun from the Korea National Diplomatic Academy speaking on “Evaluation and Prospects of North Korea’s Foreign Policy” and Professor Moo-Jin Yang presenting on the topic “Evaluation and Prospects of the North’s South Korea Policy.”
Professor Lee Jung-chul of Seoul National University and Professor Won-gon Park of Ewha Woman’s University discussed issue pertaiming to North Korean foreign policy, and researcher Yong-hwan Choi from the Institute for National Security Strategy and Professor Gye-young Jung from Fudan University debated on the North’s South Korea policy. The two sessions were followed by a roundtable discussion in which the moderator, speakers, and discussants all participated.
Director Kwan-Sei Lee, the host of the event, described the forum as one that “evaluates the achievements and limits of projects that were proposed at the WPK’s 2021 Eighth Party Congress and analyzes the various aspects of North Korea through looking at prospects for 2022.” He further described the forum as “meaningful in that it offered a direction for the next government in terms of unification and North Korea policies.”