About this Event
Please join us for a panel discussion involving representatives of the Republic of Korea’s Institute for National Unification (KINU), and leading UK Korea specialists. The discussion will consider the human rights’ situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the wider issue of how international law might be used to address the strategic implications of North Korea’s military cooperation with Russia.
More about the speakers:
Kim Chun-Sig – President of KINU
Kim Chun-Sig was Emeritus Professor at Sehan University (2022-2023), Visiting Professor at Ewha Womans University (2019-2020), Senior Researcher at The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies of Seoul National University (2013-2016), Vice Minister of Unification (2011-2013), Director General of Policy for Ministry of Unification, Administrative Officer of Presidential Secretariat, Director of Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Bureau, Director of Unification Policy Office, Ministry of Unification (1985-2011), Forum Leader of Korean Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation (2016-2018) and Chairman of the Unitiative Inc. Association (2017-2023).
Lee Kyu-Chang – Director of Human Rights Research Division
Kyu-Chang Lee is a Director/ Senior Research Fellow at KINU. His main research areas are the South and North Korean Legal Systems, Unification Law, and North Korean Human Rights. He received a Ph.D. in law from Korea University.
Kim Soo-Am – Emeritus Research Fellow
Soo-Am Kim is an Emeritus Research Fellow at KINU. His main research areas are North Korean human rights, humanitarian assistance toward North Korea, humanitarian issues including separated families, and exchange and cooperation between the two Koreas. He received a Ph.D in political science from Seoul National University and he served as president of the Korean Association of North Korean Studies in 2020.
Lee Keum-Soon – Emeritus Research Fellow
Dr. Lee is an Emeritus research fellow at the Human Rights Research Division, KINU. She has worked on humanitarian assistance to North Korea, human rights in North Korea, and inter-Korean humanitarian affairs. Previously, she served as the chairperson of the National Committee for the Compensation of the Victims of North Korean Abduction (2007-2009), Assistant Minister for Unification Education at the Ministry of Unification (2015-2017), and President of the Centre for North Korean Human Rights Records, MOU (2018-2020), Ministry of Unification.
Choi Gyubin – Research Fellow
Gyubin Choi is a Research Fellow at KINU. His main research areas are Sustainable Development, Development Cooperation for North Korea, and inter-Korean relations. He received a Ph.D. in Politics and International Studies from the University of Leeds.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
John Bradfield Room, Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
