North Korea’s 7th Party Congress and its Implications
Join the Hyundai Motor–Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and the National Committee on North Korea for a discussion of North Korea's recent Seventh Party Congress and its implications. Panelists will assess the event's implications for North Korea's ruling institutions and personnel, discuss what it might portend for Pyongyang's domestic policies and external relations, and look at the Party Congress in its historical context. Held for the first time since 1980, North Korea's Party Congress invoked symbols of continuity with both the country's recent policies and its earlier practices under Kim Il Sung.
Overview
Join the Hyundai Motor–Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, the National Committee on North Korea, and the Korea Society for a discussion of North Korea's recent Seventh Party Congress and its implications. Panelists will assess the event's implications for North Korea's ruling institutions and personnel, discuss what it might portend for Pyongyang's domestic policies and external relations, and look at the Party Congress in its historical context. Held for the first time since 1980, North Korea's Party Congress invoked symbols of continuity with both the country's recent policies and its earlier practices under Kim Il Sung.
Panelists
- Dr. James F. Person, Coordinator, Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- Chad O'Carroll, Founder and Chief Correspondent, NK News
- Michael Madden, Visiting Scholar, U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; Founder and Editor, North Korea Leadership Watch
Moderated by
- Dr. Alexandre Mansourov, Adjunct Professor of Korean Studies, U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS
Speakers
James Person
Professor of Korean Studies and Asia Programs, JHU SAIS; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS
Chad O'Carroll
Michael Madden
Alexandre Mansourov
Hosted By
Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy
The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond. 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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