[KS] New webinar series announcement: North Korea in the World Series on North Korea's historical and contemporary relations with the Global South

[Esther Im]

 *New webinar series announcement: North Korea in the World Series on North
Korea's historical and contemporary relations with the Global South*

The North Korea in the World Webinar Series will examine North Korea’s
historical and contemporary relations with countries in the Global South. A
joint initiative of the National Committee on North Korea
<http://www.ncnk.org> and the East-West Center in Washington
<https://www.eastwestcenter.org/>, the North Korea in the World (
www.NorthKoreaintheWorld.org) project collects and curates information and
data on North Korea’s external economic and diplomatic relations.

Each seminar will take place on Zoom via its Webinar platform. All seminars
will be on-the-record, live streamed to YouTube, and recorded on Zoom to be
made available after the seminar on YouTube
<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsRkwlosqNjPqMCnWnxuEIQ> and SoundCloud.

Series Link: https://www.ncnk.org/NKWorldSeries

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*June 1 @ 9:30 am EDT: From KL with Love: North Korea-Malaysia Relations
<https://www.ncnk.org/event-calendar/webcast-kl-love-north-korea-malaysia-relations>*

In March 2021, North Korea severed diplomatic relations with Malaysia,
breaking ties with a country that until a few years previously had been on
friendly terms with Pyongyang. In this North Korea in the World webinar,
we’ll talk with Dr. Chiew-Ping Hoo about the history of North Korea’s
relations with Malaysia, and the scope of the country’s relationship in
recent years. The discussion will take a close look at the Kim Jong Nam
assassination and its aftermath, and look at how it changed the scope of
this relationship, culminating with Malaysia’s 2021 extradition of a DPRK
businessman to the US and Pyongyang’s subsequent decision to cut diplomatic
ties.

   - Featuring Dr. Chiew-Ping Hoo, Senior Lecturer, Strategic Studies and
   International Relations Program, National University of Malaysia (UKM)
   - Moderated by Mr. Ross Tokola, Executive Associate to the Director,
   East-West Center in Washington
   - Opening Remarks by Mr. Keith Luse, Executive Director, National
   Committee on North Korea
   - Register here: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/Zf3

*June 23 @ 12:00 pm EDT: Distant Comrades? North Korea and Vietnam
<https://www.ncnk.org/event-calendar/webcast-distant-comrades-north-korea-and-vietnam>*

   - Featuring Mr. Khang X. Vu, Doctoral Candidate, Political Science
   Department, Boston College
   - Moderated by Ms. Esther S. Im, Program Officer, National Committee on
   North Korea
   - Opening Remarks by Dr. Satu P. Limaye, Vice President, East-West
   Center & Director, East-West Center in Washington
   - Register here: www.eastwestcenter.org/ZfU

This webinar will examine the broad arc of relations between North Korea
and Vietnam,beginning with Pyongyang’s relations with Hanoi during
Vietnam’s “American War” and the impact that Hanoi’s victory in that
conflict had on North Korea. It will discuss the changing scope of the
North Korea-Vietnam relationship in the post-Cold War era, and the
relevance(or lack of relevance) of Vietnam’s Doi Moi reforms to *North
Korea. Finally, it will assess contemporary relations between the countries
in light of contemporary geopolitics and the2019 Hanoi summit meeting
between the U.S. and North Korea.*

*July 14 @ 12:00 pm EDT:  Comrades in Arms: North Korea and Syria
<https://www.ncnk.org/event-calendar/webcast-comrades-arms-north-korea-and-syria>
*

This webinar will discuss Pyongyang’s relationship with Damascus in the
context of its broader involvement in the Middle East, from the 1967 and
1973 wars with Israel to Pyongyang’s contemporary support for the Assad
regime during the Syrian Civil War. It will look at how Pyongyang’s
relationship with Damascus fits into the broader context of North Korea’s
engagement with the Middle East, and examine the continuing value the
relationship has for both countries.

   - Featuring Dr. Samuel Ramani, Politics and International Relations
   Tutor, University of Oxford
   - Moderated by Mr. Ross Tokola, Executive Associate to the Director,
   East-West Center in Washington
   - Opening Remarks by Mr. Keith Luse, Executive Director, National
   Committee on North Korea
   - Register here: www.eastwestcenter.org/Zfw

*August 4 @ 12:00 pm EDT: Exporting Revolutionary Discipline: North Korea
and Guyana during the Cold War
<https://www.ncnk.org/event-calendar/webcast-exporting-revolutionary-discipline-north-korea-and-guyana-during-cold-war>
*

This webinar will look at North Korea’s Cold War era involvement in Latin
America and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on Guyana, where the
socialist regime of Forbes Burnham was heavily influenced by Kim Il Sung’s
political and economic model. The discussion will focus on scope and
development of this little-known relationship, and ask what lasting impact
it may have had.

   - Featuring Dr. Moe Taylor, Social Sciences and Humanities Research
   Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of
   Wisconsin-Madison
   - Moderated by Mr. Daniel Wertz, Program Manager, National Committee on
   North Korea
   - Opening Remarks by Dr. Satu P. Limaye, Vice President, East-West
   Center & Director, East-West Center in Washington
   - Register here: www.eastwestcenter.org/Zfi

*August 25 @ 9:30 am EDT: A Monumental Relationship: North Korea and
Southern Africa
<https://www.ncnk.org/event-calendar/webcast-monumental-relationship-north-korea-and-southern-africa>*

This webinar will look at North Korea’s historical involvement in
anti-colonial and anti-Apartheid movements in southern Africa, looking
particularly at its support for Namibianindependence. The discussion will
then turn to North Korea’s continuing economic andmilitary ties, and its
“statue diplomacy” with Namibia and other countries in the region,
lookingat whether UN sanctions have largely brought these relations to a
close.

   - Featuring Mr. Tycho van der Hoog, PhD Candidate, African Studies
   Centre Leiden
   - Moderated by Mr. Ross Tokola, Executive Associate to the Director,
   East-West Center in Washington
   - Opening Remarks by Mr. Keith Luse, Executive Director, National
   Committee on North Korea
   - Register here: www.eastwestcenter.org/Zf5


Past Webinars

May 12:  Beyond the Hermit Kingdom: North Korea and the Postcolonial World

This webinar, a partnership between the East-West Center in Washington and
National Committee on North Korea, will discuss the long arc of North
Korea’s engagement with Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and
Southeast Asia, beginning with Pyongyang’s early involvement in the
Non-Aligned Movement and its support for various revolutionary and
anti-imperialist causes. The discussion will highlight key turning points
as North Korea’s activities with countries in the “Global South” became
less about ideological affinity and more transactional, and will ask what
significance these relationships continue to have.

   - Featuring Dr. Ben R. Young, Assistant Professor, Cyber Leadership &
   Intelligence, Dakota State University
   - Moderated by Mr. Daniel Wertz, Program Manager, National Committee on
   North Korea
   - With Opening Remarks from Dr. Satu P. Limaye, Vice President,
   East-West Center & Director, East-West Center in Washington
   - Video recording forthcoming


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Poster Link: https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/NKWSeriesPoster.pdf

*Esther S. Im*
Program Officer
The National Committee on North Korea
eim at ncnk.org
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