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                                                          North Korea<br>
                                                          National
                                                          Intelligence
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                                                          Peninsula
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                                                          We are pleased
                                                          to share with
                                                          you that
                                                          Sydney Seiler
                                                          will virtually
                                                          address the<i>
                                                          ICAS </i>Spring
                                                          Symposium
                                                          Special slated
                                                          <u>May 21,
                                                          2021</u> in
                                                          Washington DC.
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                                                          <div><font
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                                                          Seiler, a
                                                          member of the
                                                          Senior
                                                          National
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Service since
                                                          2006, is the
                                                          National
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Officer (NIO)
                                                          for North
                                                          Korea. In this
                                                          role, he
                                                          oversees the
                                                          production of
                                                          coordinated
                                                          intelligence
                                                          community
                                                          strategic
                                                          analysis on
                                                          North Korea
                                                          while serving
                                                          as the DNI’s
                                                          senior subject
                                                          matter expert
                                                          and analytic
                                                          advisor on
                                                          North Korea
                                                          issues in
                                                          support of the
                                                          DNI's role as
                                                          the principal
                                                          intelligence
                                                          adviser to the
                                                          President. Syd
                                                          also leads
                                                          analytic
                                                          outreach
                                                          efforts to
                                                          leverage
                                                          expertise and
                                                          capabilities
                                                          from outside
                                                          the US
                                                          intelligence
                                                          community to
                                                          enhance the
                                                          community's
                                                          analysis on
                                                          North Korea
                                                          issues.<span> 
                                                          </span>He
                                                          assumed the
                                                          NIO role after
                                                          having served
                                                          as the Senior
                                                          Defense
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Expert for
                                                          North Korea at
                                                          U.S. Forces
                                                          Korea, where
                                                          he was the
                                                          principal
                                                          advisor and
                                                          senior expert
                                                          on Korean
                                                          Peninsula
                                                          security
                                                          issues to the
                                                          Commander and
                                                          the broader
                                                          Defense
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Enterprise.<span> 
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                                                          face="Arial,sans-serif">From
                                                          2014 to 2015,
                                                          Syd served as
                                                          the U.S.
                                                          Special Envoy
                                                          for the Six
                                                          Party Talks,
                                                          where he
                                                          coordinated
                                                          U.S. diplomacy
                                                          and policy on
                                                          the DPRK, led
                                                          negotiations
                                                          with North
                                                          Korea, and
                                                          conducted
                                                          day-to-day
                                                          engagement
                                                          with Six-Party
                                                          and other
                                                          international
                                                          partners.<span> 
                                                          </span>Before
                                                          that Syd
                                                          served as the
                                                          Director for
                                                          Korea on the
                                                          National
                                                          Security
                                                          Council Staff
                                                          from April
                                                          2011 to August
                                                          2014, advising
                                                          the President
                                                          and senior
                                                          White House
                                                          officials on
                                                          Korea issues
                                                          while serving
                                                          as the senior
                                                          White House
                                                          representative
                                                          in
                                                          negotiations
                                                          with North
                                                          Korea.<span> 
                                                          He</span>
                                                          participated
                                                          in numerous
                                                          Six-Party
                                                          Talks between
                                                          2003 and 2005,
                                                          and played a
                                                          central role
                                                          as the IC lead
                                                          in the Illicit
                                                          Activities
                                                          Initiative
                                                          targeting
                                                          North Korea.<br>
                                                            <br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          </font><font
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                                                          face="Arial,sans-serif">Syd
                                                          has also had a
                                                          variety of
                                                          assignments
                                                          across the
                                                          intelligence
                                                          community to
                                                          include the
                                                          DNI National
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Manager for
                                                          North Korea,
                                                          the Central
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Agency
                                                          Directorate of
                                                          Analysis,
                                                          CIA’s
                                                          Directorate of
                                                          Operations,
                                                          and CIA’s Open
                                                          Source Center.<span> 
                                                          </span>He also
                                                          served with
                                                          the National
                                                          Security
                                                          Agency and the
                                                          Defense
                                                          Attaché
                                                          Office, Seoul.
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                                                          <font
                                                          face="Arial,sans-serif">Syd
                                                          is a
                                                          native-level
                                                          speaker of
                                                          Korean,
                                                          received his
                                                          Masters of
                                                          Arts degree in
                                                          Korean Studies
                                                          from Yonsei
                                                          University's
                                                          Graduate
                                                          School of
                                                          International
                                                          Studies, and
                                                          is a graduate
                                                          of the Korean
                                                          language
                                                          programs of
                                                          the Defense
                                                          Language
                                                          Institute and
                                                          Yonsei
                                                          University.<span> 
                                                          </span>He is
                                                          the author of
                                                          the book, <i><span>Kim
                                                          Il Song
                                                          1941-1948: The
                                                          Creation of a
                                                          Legend, the
                                                          Building of a
                                                          Regime</span></i>,
                                                          and is a
                                                          recipient of
                                                          the National
                                                          Intelligence
                                                          Superior
                                                          Service Medal,
                                                          and the ROK
                                                          Order of
                                                          National
                                                          Security Merit
                                                          Cheonsu Medal.</font><br>
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                                                          spoke before
                                                          the <i>ICAS</i>
                                                          audience on
                                                          the Hill twice
                                                          in the past; <i><font
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                                                          Symposium and
                                                          <i><font
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                                                          2014 Winter
                                                          Symposium.</font></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true"><i><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</font></i>
                                                          Winter 2010
                                                          Symposium
                                                          (icasinc.org)</a><br>
                     <i><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">   
                                                                  </font></i><a
href="https://www.icasinc.org/2014/2014w/2014wsym.html" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><i><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICAS</font></i>
                                                          Winter
                                                          Symposium
                                                          (icasinc.org)</a><br>
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                                                          you.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                          Sincerely,<br>
                                                          <br>
                                          Sang Joo Kim<br>
                                          Senior Fellow & Executive
                                                          Vice President<br>
                                <i>          ICAS</i></font><span
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                                                          valign="top"><br>
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="width:851.55pt;padding:0cm
                                                          5.4pt"
                                                          width="1135"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="width:851.55pt;padding:0cm
                                                          5.4pt"
                                                          width="1135"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
                                                          </td>
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
                                                          lang="EN-US">             
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                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          </tr>
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                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          style="padding:0cm"
                                                          valign="top"><br>
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
                                                          lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
                                                          lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Gulim,sans-serif;color:black"
                                                          lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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