A Conference Sponsored by The Center for Korean Studies
April 22, 2005
2:00 p.m. to 5:20 p.m.
Center for Korean Studies Auditorium
This conference is free and open to the public.
For additional information about the program, contact Jungmin Seo, Dept. of Political Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa (seoj@hawaii.edu).
For additional information about the conference facility, including information about access for the handicapped, contact the Center for Korean Studies at (808) 956-7041 (lindamiy@hawaii.edu).
The conference will be bilingual with limited interpreter service available.
Parking is available in University of Hawaii Manoa visitor parking areas at a cost of $3.00.
Security in the Korean Peninsula: Issues and Challenges
The security environment of East Asia is changing rapidly. In addition to the North Korean nuclear program, which is now perceived as a crisis rather than a problem, all directions of bilateral relations are under serious reconsideration.
The new political consciousness in South Korea is asking for more equal political, economic, and military relations with the United States. The relations between the Korean peninsula and its neighbors are being strained by a series of public controversies over the historicity of the ancient kingdom of Koguryo, Japanese textbooks, Tokto/Takeshima, and the kidnapping of Japanese by North Korean agencies in the 1970s. Many scholars are wondering how the new political epistemology of Washington, D.C., after the September 11 tragedy would impact U.S. policy toward East Asia. The rise of China from a regional military power to a global economic powerhouse is also reshaping the long-lasting balance of power in this region.
This conference is an effort to clarify the key issues of East Asian security relations and to illuminate the challenges to the conventional understanding of the bilateral and multilateral relations in this region.
Program
2:00 p.m. > Opening Address
Ho-min Sohn, Director, Center for Korea Studies
2:05 p.m. > Keynote Address
Chang Ul Byong, Sungkyunkwan University
2:30 p.m–3:50 p.m. > Part I: Korea-U.S. Relations
A Transition in Korean-American Relations: Issues and Prospects
전환기에 처한 한미관계 : 쟁점과 전망
Choong Nam Kim
The Political Economy of North Korean Regime Survival
북한정권 생존성의 정치경제학
Han Taejun
The Korea-U.S. Alliance and FDI
한미동맹과 해외직접투자
Yi Siyoung
3:50 p.m.–4:00 p.m. > Tea Break
4:00 p.m.– 5:20 p.m. > Part II: Korea and Its Neighbors
The Transformation of Korea-Japan Relations—The 1998 New Fishery Agreement
한일관계의 변용—1998 년 한일 신어업협정 사례
Yang Kiwoong
Structural Change of Korea-Japan Relations and Its Limits
한일관계의 구조와 변용
Kimiya Tadashi
Nationalism in China and Its Implications for Sino-Korean Relations
중국 신민족주의와 한 - 중관계
Jungmin Seo
Russian Interest and Policy in the Korean Peninsula
러시아의 한반도 이해와 정책
Alexander Mansourov
Participants
Chang Ul Byong
Sungkyunkwan University
Han Taejun
Joongang University
Choong Nam Kim
East-West Center
Kimiya Tadashi
University of Tokyo
Alexander Mansourov
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Jungmin Seo
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ho-min Sohn
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Yang Kiwoong
Hallym University
Yi Siyoung
Joongang University