U.S.-Korea Relations in Public Diplomacy
Public opinion is playing an ever-increasing role in forging diplomatic ties, including relations between the United States and Korea. Public diplomacy between and within the two countries, and the role the media plays in shaping foreign policy will be assessed in a joint conference with Ewha Womans University and the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Overview
Public opinion is playing an ever-increasing role in forging diplomatic ties, including relations between the United States and Korea. Public diplomacy between and within the two countries, and the role the media plays in shaping foreign policy will be assessed in a joint conference with Ewha Womans University and the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two panel discussions, one on national images in different cultures and one on the role of the media in the U.S.-Korea alliance, will be held.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2014
WOODROW WILSON CENTER
6th Floor Board Room
10:00am-11:30am
Roundtable Interplay between Civil Society and Government Moderator: Kisuk Cho (Director, Public Diplomacy Center, Ewha Womans University)
Speaker: Taehwan Kim (Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy)
Panelist: Il Song Hong (President, Korean-American Assoc. of Virginia)
Panelist: Thomas Bowman (Associate Director, Washington Program, Council on Foreign Relations)
Panelist: Kang Duk Lee (Correspondent, Korea Broadcasting System)
Panelist: Matthew S. Stumpf (Director, Asia Society Policy Institute)
Hosted By
Indo-Pacific Program
The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. 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
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
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