2013 Nov 21
Engaging North Korea with Soft Power: Knowledge Sharing with Pyongyang
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Kyung-Ae Park, Korea Foundation Chair, Institute of Asian Research; Director, Centre for Korean Research, The University of British Columbia
Professor Kyung-Ae Park holds the Korea Foundation Chair at the...
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2013 Oct 17
“Everlasting Fraternal Friendship”: North Korea and the End of Communism
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Charles K. Armstrong, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences, Columbia University
Charles K. Armstrong is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the...
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2013 Oct 10
The Economic Reintegration of the Koreas: Time to Get On With It
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Thomas P. Pinansky, Senior Foreign Attorney (Partner), Barun Law LLC
Mr. Pinansky is the Senior Foreign Attorney at Barun Law LLC. He plays a leading role in the firm’s international practice and advises an extensive...
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2013 Apr 18
From Rubens to Viktor Tsoi: Conceiving an Archive of the Korean Diaspora
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Porté Seminar Room (S250), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs jointly sponsored with the Harvard Asia Center

Y. David Chung, Professor, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan; Kim Koo Visiting Professor, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
...
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2013 Mar 28
Bridled by the Past? The ‘History Problem’ and Korea-Japan Security Relations
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Yongwook Ryu
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, The Australian National University
Chaired by Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director...
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2013 Feb 28
Star Wars vs. Seopyeonje: Science in Popular Culture in South Korea
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Dong-Won Kim
Visiting Professor, Johns Hopkins University; Visiting Professor, Harvard University
Dong-Won Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1960. He studied computer science and statistics at Seoul...
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2012 Dec 20
The Republic of Korea Presidential Election Panel Discussion
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Kathleen Stephens, Senior Associate, Georgetown University; Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
Andrew Gordon, Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History, Harvard University
Sung-Yoon Lee, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation...
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2012 Dec 12
North Korea in the Socialist World: Integration and Divergence, 1945-1972
4:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

Avram Agov, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University
Avram Agov received a B.A. in philosophy (second major, history) from Sofia University, Bulgaria in 1988. He was a visiting scholar at...
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2012 Nov 08
Reading the Commercial Tea Leaves: New Insights into Regime Dynamics in Pyongyang
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

John S. Park, Stanton Foundation Junior Faculty Fellow, Security Studies Program, MIT (starting in August 2012); Associate, Belfer Center, Harvard University (starting in...
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2012 Oct 18
Korea’s Transformation over Six Decades
4:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs

David C. Cole
David Cole’s first engagement with the Far East involved working on a tractor project in North China in 1946-47 for the United Nations. He next was sent to Korea with the US Army (1951-52) ...
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2012 Apr 17
The Expected and the Unexpected: U.S. Grand Strategy and Asia
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Special Series on International Relations of East Asia
Victor Cha
D.S. Song KF Endowed Chair in Government and Asian Studies and Director of Asia Studies, Georgetown University; Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Affairs (CSIS) and Director for Asian Affairs, the National Security Council (2004-07) 
Professor Cha is a leading scholar of contemporary Korea, East Asian security, and U.S. foreign policy in Asia. His latest book is The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future ...
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2012 Apr 12
Territorial Disputes in East Asia and the US Responsibility and Role
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations


Joon-woo Park
Koret Fellow, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University

Chaired by Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea...
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2012 Mar 29
Five Years in Pyongyang: Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation in North Korea
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

People Involved: 
Katharina Zellweger, Pantech Fellow in Korean Studies, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
Chaired by Sung-Yoon Lee, Adjunct...
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2012 Feb 09
Unified Tuberculosis Control on the Korean Peninsula: Promise and Perils
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

People Involved: 
Stephen Linton, Associate, Korea Institute, Harvard University; Chairman, Eugene Bell Foundation
Chaired by Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se...
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2012 Feb 02
Politics and Truth: An Analysis of Richard E. Kim's Novel, The Martyred
4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations - Co-sponsored by the Modern Asia Series

People Involved: 
Jung In Kang, Professor, Department of Political Science, Sogang University (Korea)
Edward J. Baker, Member of the...
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2012 Feb 02
After Kim Jong Il: The Korean Peninsula and East Asian Security
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations, the Korea Institute and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; United States Special...
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2012 Jan 23
Succession in North Korea: Perspectives from Harvard
4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location: 
Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Special Event: A Panel Discussion by Harvard Faculty

Carter J. Eckert, Yoon Se Young Professor of Korean History
Mark Kramer, Program Director, Project on Cold War Studies, Davis Center for Russian and...
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2011 Nov 04
East Asian Development and Human Security Workshop: Peace and Development in Post-Conflict Society
9:00am to 6:00pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Co-sponsored by the Asia Center, Ewha Womans University, KAIDEC

Contact Person: Peter Kwon
Sponsored by: Kim Koo Foundation
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2011 Oct 24
Mapping the Globalization of Legal Education: What is a 'Global Law School'?
12:15pm
Location: 
Hauser Hall 101, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA 02138
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

People Involved:
Seung Wha Chang, Professor of Law, Seoul National University School of Law; Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Jasper Kim,...
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2011 Oct 20
China, Inc. Engages North Korea, Inc.: What Are the Policy Implications of Growing Bilateral Commercial Activities?
4:15pm
Location: 
Thomas Chan-Soo Kang Room (S050), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
China Business Seminar, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies - Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on U.S.-Korea Relations

People Involved:
John S. Park, Senior Program Officer (Northeast Asia), Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, United States Institute of Peace
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