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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">As the international community reconsiders its engagement with the DPRK amidst unprecedented extent of economic sanctions, an online course launching soon invites participants to contemplate
the variety of possible implications of economic engagement initiatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'Considering Economic Engagement' is a course that provides participants with knowledge of economic data analysis, international law, the DPRK legal system, geopolitical history and other
relevant disciplines to help </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; display: inline;">them make sophisticated economic and ethical judgements about existing or potential economic projects and/or policies. The course is
hosted by Engage Korea, a humanitarian initiative.</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Our lecturers include leading scholars and practitioners with first-hand experience of economic engagement who include:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Stephen Haggard (UC San Diego and Peterson Institute of International Economics)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Kim Byung-Yeon (Seoul National University)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Erich Weingartner (Cankor, founding Head of the Food Aid Liaison Unit during 1997-1999 in DPRK)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Balazs Szalontai (Korea University)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Ramon Pacheco Pardo (Kings College London and Vrije Universiteit Brussel)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Adam Cathcart (University of Leeds)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">- Tristan Webb (University of Kent, formerly UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The course runs for 8 weeks from August 5, 2019. There will be live on-line Q&A sessions with selected lecturers during the course.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is the third iteration of the course that has received strong positive feedback from participants. In previous years those taking the
course have included many university students (last year the Hamburg University Korean Studies department offered credit to students successfully completing the course) as well as academics, think tank researchers, experienced Korea-watchers and international
financial institution professionals.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Engage Korea is a voluntary initiative and a $5 course fee will cover online programming expenses. We are accepting applications until July
31, 2019.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Course title:
</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Considering Economic Engagement</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Dates:</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> August 5
- Sept 29 2019</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Application Deadline:</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
July 31, 2019</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Application Form:
</span><a style="color: rgb(56, 88, 152); cursor: pointer;" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSdIW0JEIeSGCbQaJ_7p9xYVctlZHqsoW-Bv6iUXEuqcxjdRjA%2Fviewform%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2rPfYT3sHWmicr6ZvoJl2wRghb1sESw7V4Kr-he3GH3qDQfqBDzqtTD9U&h=AT2eZhSjQkboxDsDrLu34xIQqYzFFZGDjtur8W4_Gn4gAcdAV80gXFGXikAQGtR2sjHYp-3oKgPFjCurpwvwBY63k9yahyvnMbw7gz-NSHlwnb1xVb_Z5KQ6yQR9kxrjTqVWrtfV4stRnS9WM9k" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIW0JEIeSGCbQaJ_7p9xYVctlZHqsoW-Bv6iUXEuqcxjdRjA/viewform</span></a></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600;">Participant testimonies:</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"This online class encouraged me to continue my North Korea study and supported me academically and emotionally. I want to express my appreciation
again!”</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"Finally, can I thank you both for putting this course together and for accepting my application - I really can't stress enough how much
I enjoyed the course and the huge amount I learnt whilst taking part and hopefully the opportunity will arise such that our paths cross again!”</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 6px 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">"I can't find the right words to describe my amazement from attending your course. I feel very lucky to attend your course as an observer.
At the beginning I was very skeptical, but after watching and participating in the Q&A with all the well-known scholars and practitioners, I must admit that I have learnt a lot about North Korea. I want to thank you for allowing me to participate in this course.”</span></div>
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<span><font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Engage Korea is a student-driven humanitarian and educational initiative on the DPRK (or "North
Korea") (</span><a href="http://www.engagekorea.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">www.engagekorea.org</span></a><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">).
Since 2013, we have hosted academic conferences on the topic of humanitarian </span>
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with the DPRK and offered web-based courses on health and </span><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">economic</span><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
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