[KS] Conference of Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute for Peace Affairs, Seoul: Denuclearization and the Relationship between North and South Korea: Can We Break out of the Vicious Circle?

Bernhard Seliger bjseliger at yahoo.de
Wed Jul 2 05:09:14 EDT 2008


Dear list members, 
please find below an invitation to a conference on Denuclearization and the prospects for North-South relations. 
All interested members are invited. 
Yours, 
Bernhard Seliger
Program of the Conference on the Occasion of the Anniversary of the Hanns Seidel Foundation and the Institute for Peace Affairs
 
 
1. Overview
 
a) Conference on the Occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea and the 25th Anniversary of the Institute of Peace Affairs
 
b) Topic: Denuclearization and the Relationship between North and South Korea: Can We Break out of the Vicious Circle?
 
c) Sponsors: Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS), Institute for Peace Affairs (IPA)
 
d) Date and time, venue
            Date and time: Thursday 10th July, 2008, 2 pm – 6 pm
            Venue: Grand Hilton Hotel (Hongeun-dong, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul)
 
 
2. Itinerary
 
a) Opening ceremony: (2 pm – 2:30 pm)
 
            Opening speech: Hyun Kyung-Dae, President of the IPA 
Congratulatory remark: Dr. Bernhard Seliger, Representative of Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Korea
 
b) Keynote address (2:10 pm – 2:50 pm)
 
President of Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Dr. h.c.mult. Hans Zehetmair, “Denuclearization and North-South relations”
 
c) Statements and discussion (2.50 - 4.10)
 
            Part 1: Denuclearization in three steps: What can we do?
l       Moderator: Yang Yeong-Sik (Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Unification)
l       Presentation: Prof. Hyeon In-Taek (Korea University)
l       Statement 1: Dr. Jeon Seong-Hoon (Nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Korea Institute for National Unification)
l       Statement 2: Prof. Lee Hee-Ok (China, Sungkyunkwan University)
l       Statement 3: Dr, Jeon Bong-Geun (North Korea, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security)
l       Answering of further questions by the discussants
 
BREAK (4:10 pm – 4:20 pm)
 
            Part 2: The relationship between North and South Korea: How can the    problems be solved? (panel discussion) (4.20-6.00 p.m.)
 
l       Moderator: Lee Bong-Jo (Former Director of the Institute for National Unification and former Vice Minister of Unification)
l       Panel 1: Gong Seong-Jin or Deputy Lee Dong-Bok (the basis of the North-South-relationship)
l       Panel 2: Chung Se-Hyun (former Minister of Unification) (the basis of the North-South-relationship)
l       Panel 3: Dr. Baek Seung-Ju (the military dimension, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses), 
l       Panel 4: Dr. Dong Yong-Seung (economy, Samsung Economic Research Institute)
l       Panel 5: Prof. Kim Byeong-Ro (India, Seoul National University Institute for National Unification)
 
Dr. Bernhard Seliger
Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul Office
Room 501, Soo Young Bldg., 64-1, Hannam 1 Dong, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tel.+ 82 2 790 5344
Fax. + 82 2 790 5346
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