North Korea: Humanitarian and Human Rights Dilemmas

The San Francisco-based Intercultural Institute of California's Korea Center held the first in a three-part series "North Korea: The Human Face" on February 3. Inviting specialists on North Korea from around the world, the first lecture featured Peter Beck of APARC, who discussed the challenges the world faces in dealing with humanitarian assistance and human rights in North Korea.

• » Koreatimes (article in Korean)

Beginning with Children: Reflections on UNICEF's Work in North Korea

Students had a chance to hear life in North Korea from former head of UNICEF's office in Phyongyang.

• » The Stanford Daily

Korean Ethnic Nationalism in an Era of Globalization

At the 4th Social Science Workshop held at Yonsei University in Seoul, Gi-Wook Shin, director of Asia-Pacific Research Center, discussed how the politics of ethnic nationalism have played out in various contexts including anti-colonialism, civil war, authoritarian politics, democratization, territorial division, and, now, globalization. The video of his presentation is available (in Korean).

• » Korean Studies at Yonsei University

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