[KS] Korean independence movements and current issues in Korean peninsular in Portland, Oregon

[Junghee Lee]

Hi,

I am forwarding an information about a panel discussion on Feb. 8, 2003 at
Portland State University.  I hope those near Portland, Oregon attend.

Subject: Panel Discussion on Korean Independence Movements and Its Relevancy
to the Current Issues in Korean Peninsular

Time:  3:00 –5:00 P.M. Saturday, February 8, 2003

Place:  Room 190, School of Business Administration (SBA) Building, Portland
State University, 631 S.W. Harrison Street, Portland, OR (kitty-corner from
McDonald on Sixth and Harrison). Parking is free on Saturdays at the PSU
parking lot.



Admission: Free

This year the Korean Americans are celebrating the centennial year of their
first immigration to the U.S.  As part of the centennial celebration the
FKAA Northwest States and ACDPU Oregon Sub-Council present prominent
panelists to discuss Korean independence movements and its relevancy in the
current issues in Korean peninsular.

Panelists:

Kihyong Yi  The 86-year-old poet and author of biographies of two well-known
Korean leaders, Ahn Chang-ho and Yo Un-hyong who led the Korean Independence
Movement.  He has published many resistant poems against the undemocratic or
military regimes of Korea promoting human rights and peaceful unification of
Korea.  Mr. Yi studied Creative Arts in Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.

Wonmo Dong (Ph.D. in Government from Georgetown University in 1965) Prof.
Dong is Korea Program Scholar in Residence and Senior Research Fellow of the
Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies, Henry M. Jackson School
of International Studies, University of Washington since 2000.  He served as
Director of The Asian Studies Program, Southern Methodist University for six
years.  He has taught Political Science at Southern Methodist University for
32 years and became a Professor Emeritus in 2000.  He served as president
for Association of Korean Christian Scholars in North America, Southwest
Conference on Asian Studies, and Association of Korean Political Studies in
North America. He has authored three books, including The Two Koreas and the
United States: Issues of Peace, Security and Economic Cooperation (edited)
(Armonk: M. E. Sharp, 2000), in addition to publishing more than 90
scholarly articles and research papers on Korean politics and US-Korea
relations.

Young Sik Kim (Ph.D in nuclear physics from the Purdue University in 1962)
Prof. Kim taught physics at the Ohio State University from 1962 to 1980.  He
performed research at nuclear laboratories in the United States,
Switzerland, and the Great Britain.  Since 1980 to-date, he has been in the
computer application software business.  In addition, he teaches computer
science at a number of American universities.  He publishes Korea WebWeekly
(http://www.kimsoft.com/) and IntelligenceCounterIntelligence
(http://www.kimsoft.com/kim-spy.htm), web-based news and information
magazines.

Organizer: Federation of Korean American Associations (FKAA) Northwest
States, and the Advisory Council of Democratic and Peaceful Unification
(ACDPU) Oregon Sub-Council

Contact: Ki-Won Rhew @541-344-4464, kiwon at rhew.us

Sincerely yours,
Junghee Lee