Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Center on Food Security and the Environment
Stanford Health Policy
The Europe Center
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
Rural Education Action Program
Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education
Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
Ford Dorsey Program in International Policy Studies
Center for Innovation in Global Health
Stanford Center at Peking UniversityJune 25th, 2012
Book recounts UK ambassador's experiences in North Korea
Shorenstein APARC NewsOnly Beautiful, Please, released in June from Shorenstein APARC, recounts former UK ambassador to North Korea John Everard's experiences during his stay in Pyongyang. Everard discussed highlights from the book at two special engagements: New York City (June 19) and Washington, DC (June 25). 
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June 20th, 2012
U.S.-Korea diplomatic exchange program
Shorenstein APARC NewsThis year, the U.S. State Department and Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) established a new exchange program for their diplomats. Kim Hyejin, an IPS 244 student in 2009, is MOFAT's inaugural representative to the program and has been working alongside State Department colleagues in the Washington, D.C. headquarters. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently singled her out for high praise.
June 15th, 2012
North Korean propaganda art and signs of modernization
Shorenstein APARC in the news: Radio Free Asia on June 8, 2012Katharina Zellweger sat down recently to speak with Radio Free Asia in conjunction with the launch of her Korea Society-hosted exhibition of North Korean propaganda posters. She also described her current writing about modernization in North Korea, and the need to build more trusting, transparent relations with its government.
- » RFA interview on exhibition (in Korean)
- » RFA interview on Zellweger's writing (in Korean)
- » Video of Zellweger's Korea Society gallery talk
- » Voice of America report on exhibition (in Korean)
May 3rd, 2012
Twenty years of inter-Korean relations and the North Korean nuclear issue
Shorenstein APARC NewsLim Dong-won, former South Korea unification minister and architect of Nobel Peace Prize winner Kim Dae-jung's Sunshine policy, spoke at Stanford on May 18 in conjunction with the English-language release of his memoir Peacemaker.
April 23rd, 2012
An on-the-ground perspective of North Korean society
Shorenstein APARC NewsLife in North Korea today is much more vibrant than the stark slopes and muted grey concrete buildings Katharina Zellweger encountered when she began traveling to North Korea in the mid-1990s. The 2011-12 Pantech Fellow spoke with Shorenstein APARC about the positive change she has watched slowly ripple throughout the country for 17 years. Read more »
April 19th, 2012
Looking at future relations with North Korea
Shorenstein APARC NewsEven before it took place, North Korea's Apr. 13 rocket launch generated great debate. Pyongyang has since officially denounced its Feb. 29 agreement with the United States and the question of a nuclear test now hangs in the air. David Straub and Daniel C. Sneider discuss what we could possibly expect moving forward. Read more »
April 16th, 2012
A critical analysis of South Korea's parliamentary election results
On April 11, South Koreans went to the polls and elected new National Assembly members, with the current ruling party winning the majority of seats. Shorenstein APARC director Gi-Wook Shin's insightful after-election analysis, including audio and remarks, is now available online.
April 12th, 2012
What's next after third North Korea rocket launch?
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford in the newsAfter stirring international media attention and drawing criticism from its neighbors and the United States, North Korea's controversial launch of a rocket under the guise of installing an "Earth observation" satellite in orbit took place on Apr. 13. David Straub, associate director of Stanford's Korean Studies Program, assesses the situation. Read more »
April 10th, 2012
Stanford students hear from young North Korean defectors
Shorenstein APARC in the news: Stanford Daily on April 9, 2012North Korean defectors and refugees risk beatings, imprisonment, and even death for a chance at a better life in China and South Korea. David Straub moderated a recent annual Stanford student-organized panel looking at the plight of young defectors.
March 26th, 2012
Praise for Beyond North Korea
Shorenstein APARC in the news: International AffairsBeyond North Korea: Future Challenges to South Korea's Security (Shorenstein APARC, 2011) takes a broad, long-term look at the security of South Korea. A recent International Affairs review calls it: "an excellent examination of the dynamism that characterizes contemporary South Korea."
- » Beyond North Korea: Future Challenges to South Korea's Security
- » International Affairs review (subscription required)
March 16th, 2012
Straub addresses abrupt change in North Korea agreement
Shorenstein APARC NewsNorth Korea announced it will launch a long-range rocket in mid-April. Coming less than three weeks after an important North Korean agreement with the United States specifically not to conduct "long-range missile launches," the statement raises serious questions about the intentions and judgment of the new leadership in Pyongyang, says David Straub, associate director of Stanford’s Korean Studies Program. Read more »
March 1st, 2012
Straub on U.S.-North Korea nuclear agreement
Shorenstein APARC NewsIn an agreement with Washington, Pyongyang will allow nuclear inspectors into North Korea and also receive much-needed nutritional assistance. David Straub speaks with the media on Pyongyang's moratorium on nuclear testing, cautioning that denuclearization is still a distant goal but arguing that the deal is a positive move overall. Read more »
February 17th, 2012
Shin Reflects on colonial era change in Korea
Shorenstein APARC NewsJapanese rule in Korea was harsh but the country witnessed significant social and economic transformation. In the process, Koreans were not simply victims or passive bystanders but active participants in the formation of colonial modernity, said Gi-Wook Shin during his keynote presentation at a conference held Feb. 16 and 17 at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Read more »
February 10th, 2012
Shin suggests balance, few changes as Lee's term ends
Shorenstein APARC in the news: Korea Times on February 8, 2012With less than a year before South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's term ends, Gi-Wook Shin says that Lee should maintain his current North Korea policy, and keep balanced relations with growing trade partner China and long-time ally the United States. Shin spoke recently with the Korea Times about Lee's final months in office.
January 31st, 2012
Shin and Stanford's Korean Studies Program
Shorenstein APARC in the news: Stanford Daily on January 31, 2012Gi-Wook Shin, founding director of Stanford's Korean Studies Program (KSP), spoke with the Stanford Daily about creating a unique niche for KSP over the past 11 years, and about being a student during an era of change in Korea.
1st Annual Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies
AnnouncementThe Center for East Asian Studies and the Korean Studies Program are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies. The Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies recognizes and rewards outstanding examples of writing in an essay, term paper, or thesis produced during the current academic year in any discipline within the area of Korean Studies, broadly defined. This competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The prize will be awarded at a special ceremony in the spring, and the winning essays will be published in the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs. The first place winner will receive a certificate, a copy of the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, and $1,000; honorable mention winner(s) will receive a certificate and a copy of the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs. Read more »
January 13th, 2012
Shin and Izatt article explores Korean views of America
Shorenstein APARC NewsU.S.-Korea relations are stronger than ever, but there has not always been support in Korea for Americans or for the alliance. As Korea has both general and presidential elections this year whose outcome might affect U.S.-Korea relations, it is important for U.S. policymakers to appreciate the complexity of Korean sentiments. A recent article by Gi-Wook Shin and Hilary Izatt in Asian Survey sheds new light on anti-American and anti-alliance sentiments of the 1990s and early 2000s.
January 9th, 2012
Straub discusses North Korean leadership succession
Shorenstein APARC NewsSince Kim Jong Il's death, North Korea has a young new leader: Kim's 28-year-old son Kim Jong Un. David Straub, who attended the seventh U.S.-Korea West Coast Strategic Forum in Seoul just days before Kim’s death, shares highlights from the Forum and offers insight into the current North Korea situation. Read more »
December 20th, 2011
After Kim Jong Il's death, Stanford experts consider North Korea's future
Shorenstein APARC, FSI Stanford in the newsSince news broke of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death, the world is waiting to see what will happen next with the country's leadership, policy toward the United States and South Korea, and nuclear program. Shorenstein APARC Korea experts Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel Sneider, and David Straub weigh in. Read more »
December 19th, 2011
Stanford's Shin on Kim Jong Il's death and what's next for North Korea
FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC NewsAs the world reacts to the death of Kim Jong Il, Stanford’s Gi-Wook Shin talks about the transition of power in North Korea. He discusses what’s in store for relations between Pyongyang and Washington, and what to expect of what is perhaps Kim’s most troubling legacy: his nuclear weapons program. Read more »
December 2nd, 2011
Food aid would set North Korea's capacity free
Shorenstein APARC in the news: New American Media and Yonhap News on December 1, 2011Life in North Korea is not as bleak as people imagine, says former humanitarian aid worker Katharina Zellweger, who lived in Pyongyang for five years. Food scarcity, however, is a serious concern and Zellweger says that other countries should consider providing more food aid to North Korea in order to set its economic and creative capacity free.
- » New American Media: Food aid can change North Korea
- » Yonhap News: Former aid official says N. Korean children suffer from poor diet
November 11th, 2011
Development aid to North Korea urged
in the news: Voice of AmericaDevelopment cooperation with North Korea is critical to dealing with the country's chronic food shortage. Katharina Zellweger, Stanford KSP 2011-2012 Pantech Fellow and the former head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation office in Pyongyang for the past five years, spoke with the Voice of America about her observations and experiences of the country and its people.
November 10th, 2011
Korean-American community is important for the future of U.S.-ROK relations
During the recent North American Chasedae Forum, 2011 Koret Fellow Joon-woo Park stated: "[...As the United States and Korea] grow closer together, the role of the Korean-American community becomes crucial for the future of U.S.-ROK relations." The forum, held November 4-6, was organized by the San Francisco Chapter of the National Unification Advisory Council.
October 26th, 2011
Stable peninsula important to China's economy
Shorenstein APARC in the news: New York Times on October 25, 2011North Korea is launching several joint mining projects with China and Russia, including copper and coal, which will help boost its economy. David Straub, associate director of the Korean Studies Program, spoke with the New York Times about how China's policy toward North Korea is influenced by its own economic interests.
October 11th, 2011
In final year, President Lee Myung-bak should pave the way for the next administration
Shorenstein APARC in the news: Korea Times on October 10, 2011South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's term will come to a close in December 2012 and a new administration will take office. What does this mean for the country's North Korea policy in the coming year? In an interview with the Korea Times, Gi-Wook Shin urges that Lee stay consistent with his current hard-line stance rather than adopt any new strategies before exiting.
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