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November 19, 2009

North Korea Unlikely to Give Up Nuclear Weapons

David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies Program, told a Korea Foundation-organized seminar in Seoul that he sees "no indication that North Korea, in the foreseeable future, is prepared to give up its nuclear weapons programs on terms that the US will find politically acceptable." While supportive of Ambassador Bosworth's upcoming visit to Pyongyang, Straub, a former State Department Korean affairs director, noted that North Korea's recent words and deeds had left most American observers increasingly skeptical about North Korean intentions.


October 29, 2009

First Curriculum unit "U.S.-South Korean Relations" in U.S. High Schools

"Despite the long and established alliance, U.S.-South Korean relations and Korean history are not adequately taught in American secondary schools. The first curriculum unit, "U.S-South Korean Relations," seeks to fill the gap by exposing students to four core pillars of the alliance: democracy, economic prosperity, security, and socio-cultural interaction," says Gary Mukai, director of the Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE).


September 28, 2009
Importance of U.S.-South Korea relations in dealing with North Korea

September 23, 2009
Obama keeping steady course on North Korea

September 21, 2009
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September 22, 2009
Stanford Kyoto Trans-Asian Dialogue on energy, environment, and economic growth in Asia

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