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<b>CANCELED:</b> The 1968 Pueblo Incident and the Origins of North Korea's Military Adventurism: Objectives and Lessons Learned

Based on newly available documentation from the archives of North Korea's former communist allies, panelists will discuss the January 1968 North Korean seizure of the intelligence-collecting ship USS Pueblo and the lessons learned from the eleven months of negotiations over the release of the ship's 82 surviving crewmembers.

Date & Time

Wednesday
Feb. 10, 2010
2:30pm – 4:00pm ET

Overview

Based on newly available documentation from the archives of North Korea's former communist allies, panelists will discuss the January 1968 North Korean seizure of the intelligence-collecting ship USS Pueblo and the lessons learned from the eleven months of negotiations over the release of the ship's 82 surviving crewmembers.

Panelists

Narushige Michishita, Associate Professor of the Security and International Studies Program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo.

Jongdae Shin, Associate Professor at the University of North Korean Studies, Seoul, South Korea, and Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Bernd Schaefer, Senior Scholar with the Cold War International History Project and 2010 Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Mitchell Lerner, Associate Professor of history, Ohio State University.

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North Korea International Documentation Project

The North Korea International Documentation Project serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for the scholarly and policymaking communities, disseminating documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.  Read more

History and Public Policy Program

The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs.  Read more

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