| DATE: | Friday, April 7, 2000 |
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| TIME: | 9:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| PLACE: | The Alumni House, U.C., Berkeley Campus |
| FORMAT: | Regional Seminar |
| SPONSOR: | Center for Korean Studies |
10:00 am
Hong Yung Lee (Professor of Political Science and Chair, Center for Korean Studies)
Welcome and Introductory Remarks.
10:10 am
Robert A. Scalapino (Robson Research Professor of Government, emeritus, U.C., Berkeley)
"What is the current situation in North Korea? An overview of the changing North Korean system."
11:15 am
Dr. C. Kenneth Quinones (Director, Northeast Asia Project, Mercy Corps International)
"Change in the DPRK and the impact of humanitarian assistance."
1:30 pm
Dr. Bradley O. Babson (Senior Advisor to the Vice President of the East Asia and Pacific Region, the World Bank)
"Challenges of expanding external economic relations for North Korea"
2:15 pm
Dr. Heather Smith (Research Fellow and Director, Korea Economy Program, Division of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies/Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University)
"What caused North Korea's agricultural crisis?"
3:15 pm
Dr. Yong-Sup Han (Professor of Defence Policy and Arms Control, Korea National Defence University and Research Fellow, RAND Corporation)
"North Korea's changing security dilemma"
Sponsored by a grant from the Korea Foundation
Free and open to the public
