[KS] Lecture by Peter Beck (May 28, 2014): Putting Korea-Japan Relations Back on Track (28 May 2014)

[Frank Joseph Shulman]

Peter Beck: Putting Korea-Japan Relations Back on Track

Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date:  Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Time:  Door opens at 7:00pm, Program starts at 7:30pm
Venue: Temple University Japan Campus, Mita Hall 5F
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Speaker:
Peter Beck,  Country Representative of the Asia Foundation and an Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) Adjunct Fellow

Moderator:
Robert Dujarric, Director of ICAS
Admission:  Free. Open to public
Language:  English
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Overview
Relations between Seoul and Tokyo have reached a low point.  Seemingly unresolvable disputes surrounding Japan’s occupation of Korea (1910-1945)  cast a dark shadow over bilateral ties. Fortunately, the Korean and Japanese public's attitudes about one another remain positive.  At the same time, cooperating on a host of security and economic issues remains vital.  Beck will outline strategies for improving bilateral ties.

Speaker
Peter Beck is the Country Representative of the Asia Foundation and an ICAS Adjunct Fellow.  Peter Beck joined The Asia Foundation in January, 2012. He is a seasoned Korea specialist and former Asia Foundation Haas intern. Prior to joining the Foundation, Beck was the Council on Foreign Relations Hitachi Fellow at Keio University in Tokyo, and the Pantech Research Fellow at Stanford University. Previously, he was the Northeast Asia Director for the International Crisis Group in Seoul (2004-2007) and Director of Research at the Korea Economic Institute in Washington, DC (1997-2004). He has also served as a member of the Ministry of Unification's Policy Advisory Committee (2005 -2007).

Beck has published numerous articles, including in such journals as Asian Survey and Foreign Affairs as well as the Bangkok Post, Japan Times and Wall Street Journal. He has served as a columnist for the Korea Herald, Weekly Chosun and Daily Dong-a.

He received his bachelor's degree in Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and conducted his graduate studies in Comparative Public Policy and International Relations at the University of California at San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies. Beck studied Korean at Seoul National University, Yonsei University, and Hanguk University of Foreign Studies.
http://asiafoundation.org/about/profile/peter-beck

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