In this Global NK Zoom and Connect Online Seminar, EAI conducted an expert-driven analysis to explore the human rights policies that South Korea and the international community should pursue. Chaesung Chun (Chair, EAI National Security Research Center) moderated the event. Shin-wha Lee (Ambassador for International Cooperation on North Korean Human...

On May 10, 2023, the East Asia Institute (EAI) invited esteemed American and Chinese security experts from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Beijing University, and Grandview Institution to a half-day conference titled "Nuclear Competition and Escalation Pathways in East Asia: ROK, US, and PRC Perspectives on Cooperation for the Future of t...

As part of the Global NK Zoom & Connect project, the East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) held an online webinar titled “Is Denuclearization of DPRK Still Viable?” The webinar, participated by Bee Yun Jo (Associate Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses), John Park (Director of the Korea Project at the Harvard Kennedy S...

As part of the Global NK Zoom & Connect project, the East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) held “North Korea in 2022: Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Message and the Korean Peninsula." This webinar analyzed and forecasted North Korea's strategy in 2022 based on New Years' messages from the plenary meeting of the central committee of North Korean ...

The transition to a Joe Biden presidency foreshadows the emergence of a new Northeast Asian geo-political landscape amidst competition between U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and China's One Belt One Road policy. The U.S. is strengthening bilateral and multilateral alliances, including the QUAD, emphasizing middle-power diplomacy and democratic norms. O...

As part of the Global NK: Zoom & Connect project, the East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) held a launching event for the web journal entitled, “Inter-Korean Relations, Where Are We Headed” on August 17th. Unification Minister Lee In-young delivered congratulatory remarks at the launching event for Global NK Zoom & Connect.

As part of the Global NK: Zoom & Connect project, the East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) held a launching event for the web journal entitled, “Inter-Korean Relations, Where Are We Headed” on August 17th. Unification Minister Lee In-young delivered congratulatory remarks at the launching event for Global NK Zoom & Connect.

As part of the Global NK: Zoom & Connect project, the East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) held a launching event for the web journal entitled, “Inter-Korean Relations, Where Are We Headed” on August 17th. Unification Minister Lee In-young delivered congratulatory remarks at the launching event for Global NK Zoom & Connect.