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Editor's Note

 

The East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) and MBN jointly held the 2nd MBN-EAI Diplomacy Strategy Symposium on November 30 (Tuesday) at Glad Hotel, Yeouido. In each session, participants discussed the four major tasks of leading diplomacy: U.S.-China policies, the denuclearization of North Korea and the 21st century solution to the North Korea issue, the new ROK-Japan diplomacy and diplomacy after COVID-19.

 

This symposium was held in a hybrid format with pre-registered offline participants that was livestreamed for online audience.

 

Program

Program

8:40-9:00

Opening Remarks

Yul Sohn

President of East Asia Institute(EAI); Professor at Yonsei University

Welcoming Remarks

Ho Gil Ryu

CEO of MBN

Congratulatory Remarks

In-young Lee

Minister of Unification

Doeup Kim

Chief Policy Maker of the People Power Party

Kwangjae Lee

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly

9:00-9:15

Public Opinion Poll Result

Yul Sohn

President of East Asia Institute(EAI); Professor at Yonsei University

9:20-10:35

Session 1

Moderator

Yul Sohn

President of East Asia Institute(EAI); Professor at Yonsei University

Changwon Joung

Head of Newsroom Department, MBN

Panelist

Sunglac Wi

Chairman of the Practical Diplomacy Committee,

Election Polling Committee of the Democratic Party of Korea;

Former Korean Ambassador to Russia

Sunghan Kim

Diplomatic Security Consultant of the People Power Party;

Professor, Korea University;

Former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10:35-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:00

Session2

Moderator

Young-Sun Ha

Chairman of Board of Trustees, EAI;

Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University

Panelist

Chaesung Chun

Director of National Security Center of East Asia Institute;

Professor at Seoul National University

Won-Gon Park

Professor at Ewha Womans University

Youngho Tae

Member of People Power Party of Korea

Ihk-pyo Hong

Member of Democratic Party of Korea

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Closing Remark

Young-Sun Ha

Chairman of Board of Trustees, EAI;

Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University

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