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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">North Korea’s Economy and Politics between Opening and
Isolation</span><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Date: </span><span style="">May 28 (Th), 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Venue: </span><span style="">Marronnier Room, Hoam Convention, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Organized
by <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style="">Institute</span></st1:PlaceType><span style=""> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Peace</st1:PlaceName>
and Unification Studies (IPUS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Hanns Seidel Foundation <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> (HSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Korean American Economic Association
(KAEA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Hosted
by <st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style="">Institute</span></st1:PlaceType><span style=""> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Peace</st1:PlaceName>
and Unification Studies (IPUS), <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Seoul</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Hanns Seidel Foundation <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> (HSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Language
<span style="">English Only<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It is our pleasure to invite
you to a joint international conference co-hosted by the Institute for Peace
and Unification Studies at Seoul National University (IPUS) and Hanns Seidel
Foundation (HSS), with partnership of Korean American Economic
Association(KAEA). This event, entitled “<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Economy and Politics
between</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Opening and Isolation,” aims at
being an opportunity to discuss the economic perspectives of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region> and
the assessment of current status of North Korean society</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">and politics. We hope this
conference would encourage the vigorous academic debate about the future of
Korean peninsular which is in serious trouble more than ever.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Sincerely,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">May
2009</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Park
Myoung-Kyu, Director, IPUS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">Bernhard
Seliger, Resident Representative, HSS</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">09.00-09.30 Registration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">09.30-10.00 Opening ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Opening remarks of Park Myoung-Kyu
(Director of IPUS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Bernhard Seliger (Resident
Representative, HSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Congratulatory remark Kim Shin-bok
(Vice President of SNU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Norbert Baas (German Ambassador)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">10.00-10.10 Coffee break<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">10.10 -12 .10 First Session : The
Current Economic Crisis and Perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">for Economic Reform in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Moderator : Lee Seung Hoon (SNU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Yang Un-Chul (Sejong Institute),
Reform without Transition :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Economic Situation in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>
after July 1st Economic Measures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Park Kang-H. (Southeast Missouri
State Univ.), <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
Trade and FDI : Does North Korea Follow Vietnam’s Path?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Lim Eul-Chul (Institute for Far
Eastern Studies), <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kaesong</st1:place></st1:City>
Industrial Complex : Implications, Assessment, and Challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Discussants : Lee Seok (KDI), Kim
Byung-Yeon (SNU), Daniel Schwekendiek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">(IPUS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">12.10 - 13.40 Lunch break</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">13.40-15.40 Second Session :
Political and Historical Perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">on <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Moderator : Lee Su-Hoon (Univ. of
North Korean Studies)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Kim Mikyoung (Hiroshima City Univ.),
The Social Construction of North Korean Women’s Identity : Victimization, Romanticization,
and Vilification in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South
Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Chang Seemon (<st1:City w:st="on">Univ.
of South</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Alabama</st1:State>), Likely Impact
of the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region> Economic Crisis
on Negotiations with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">North
Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Kim Suk-Hi (Univ. of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Detroit</st1:PlaceName> Mercy), The Northeast Asian Energy Situation
and the North Korean Factor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Discussants : Lee Taeho (SNU), Kim
Byung-Ro (IPUS), Emma Campbell (ANU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">15.40-15.55 Coffee break<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">15.55-17.15 Roundtable, Moderator :
Bernhard Seliger (HSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">17.15-17.30 Closing session<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="">Closing remarks : Kim Suk-Hi (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Univ.</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Detroit Mercy</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<br><br><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></td></tr></table><br>