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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Dear list members, </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>please find below an invitation to a conference on Denuclearization and the prospects for North-South relations. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>All interested members are invited. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Yours, </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT size=3>Bernhard Seliger</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><STRONG>Program of the Conference on the Occasion of the Anniversary of the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute for Peace Affairs<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">a) Conference on the Occasion of the 20<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary of the Hanns Seidel Foundation <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region> and the 25<SUP>th</SUP> Anniversary of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Peace</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> Affairs<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">b) Topic: Denuclearization and the Relationship between North and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>: Can We Break out of the Vicious Circle?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">c) Sponsors: Hanns Seidel Foundation <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> (HSS), Institute for Peace Affairs (IPA)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">d) Date and time, venue<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Date and time: Thursday 10<SUP>th</SUP> July, 2008, 2 pm – 6 pm<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Venue: Grand Hilton Hotel (Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Seoul</st1:place></st1:City>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">a) Opening ceremony: (2 pm – <st1:time w:st="on" o:ls="trans" Hour="14" Minute="30">2:30 pm</st1:time>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=DE style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: DE"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Opening speech</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">: Hyun Kyung-Dae, President of the IPA <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 40pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Congratulatory remark: Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Representative of Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Korea<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">b) Keynote address (<st1:time w:st="on" o:ls="trans" Hour="14" Minute="10">2:10 pm</st1:time> – <st1:time w:st="on" o:ls="trans" Hour="14" Minute="50">2:50 pm</st1:time>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">c) Statements and discussion (2.50 - 4.10)</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Part 1: Denuclearization in three steps: What can we do?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation: Prof. Hyeon In-Taek (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Korea</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Statement 1: Dr. Jeon Seong-Hoon (Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Korea Institute for National Unification)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Statement 3: Dr, Jeon Bong-Geun (<st1:country-region w:st="on">North Korea</st1:country-region>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Foreign Affairs</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and National Security)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Answering of further questions by the discussants<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">BREAK (4:10 pm – 4:20 pm)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Part 2: The relationship between North and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">South Korea</st1:country-region></st1:place>: How can the <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>problems be solved? (panel discussion) (4.20-6.00 p.m.)</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Panel 1: Gong Seong-Jin or Deputy Lee Dong-Bok (the basis of the North-South-relationship)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Panel 3: Dr. Baek Seung-Ju (the military dimension, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses), <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Panel 4: Dr. Dong Yong-Seung (economy, Samsung Economic Research Institute)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 79.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -20pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 79.75pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">l<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Panel 5: Prof. Kim Byeong-Ro (India, Seoul National University Institute for National Unification)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR> </DIV>
<P>Dr. Bernhard Seliger</P>
<P>Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul Office</P>
<P>Room 501, Soo Young Bldg., 64-1, Hannam 1 Dong, Yongsan-gu</P>
<P>Seoul, Republic of Korea</P>
<P>Tel.+ 82 2 790 5344</P>
<P>Fax. + 82 2 790 5346</P>
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