The Korean Peninsula in Flux: Nuclear Weapons, Trade, Peace
Tuesday 1 October, 11.00 – 15.00 PM, Press Club
11.00 Opening remarks by H.E. Kim Hyoung-zhin, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Belgium and the EU
11.10 – 12.30
Session 1 | Nukes or Peace? Dealing with North Korea
Mr. Glyn Ford | Founder of Polint & Former MEP
Speaker
Amb. Kim Won-soo | Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University and former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the UN
Speaker
Dr. Tongfi Kim | Senior Researcher at KF-VUB Korea Chair and Assistant Professor at Vesalius College
Speaker
Ms. Linde Desmaele | Researcher at the KF-VUB Korea Chair
Moderator
12.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00
Session 2 | Global and Regional Wars: Addressing Trade Tensions
Dr. Choi Byung-il | Professor at Ewha Graduate School of International Studies and Member of the Trade Negotiations Advisory Council
Speaker
Dr. Weinian Hu | Research Fellow in the Regulatory Policy unit at CEPS
Speaker
Dr. Tat Yan Kong | Reader in Comparative Politics & Development Studies at SOAS, University of London
Mr. Maximilian Ernst | Researcher at the KF-VUB Korea Chair
Moderator
