The Korea Program is part of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.
Conflict
Scholarly Publications
Divergent Memories: Opinion Leaders and the Asia-Pacific War
July 2016
No nation is free from the charge that it has a less-than-complete view of the past. History is not simply about recording past events—it is often contested, negotiated, and reshaped over time.
Asia's Middle Powers? The Identity and Regional Policy of South Korea and Vietnam
December 2013
South Korea and Vietnam established diplomatic relations only twenty years ago. Today these former adversaries enjoy unexpectedly cordial and rapidly expanding bilateral ties.
Restitution for Reconciliation: The US, Japan, and the Unpaid Assets of Asian Forced Mobilization Victims
July 2011
More than six decades after the end of World War II, the Japanese government has yet to return an estimated ¥278 million worth of unpaid financial assets owed to Asian victims of forced...
Other Publications
The North Korean Missile Test Pushes Xi and Putin Closer
July 2017
The most dangerous impact of North Korea’s long-range missile test this past week may not have been the one in the Sea of Japan, felt in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
Analyzing the Structure and Performance of Kim Jong-un's Regime
June 2017
As Kim Jong-un begins his sixth year as leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), it is appropriate to shift the focus from his moves to consolidate power to the impact that the...
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
News
On Korean Nationalism and Its Role in the Escalating Japan-South Korea Friction
September 2019
Tension and discord in Japan-South Korea relations are nothing new, but the unfortunate, intensifying conflict between the two countries — a manifestation of right-wing Japanese nationalism and...
Video: KQED Newsroom Talks to Yong Suk Lee about the Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit
March 2019
Following the anticlimactic conclusion of the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, KQED Newsroom spoke with our Korea Program Deputy Director Yong Suk Lee about the surprising outcome of the summit and what...
Whence Korean Denuclearization
January 2019
North Korea’s state-owned news agency ran a wire story with tremendous significance just before Christmas, making clear that unilateral denuclearization is not going to happen.
Events
The Politics of Peace and Security in Northeast Asia: Lessons from Anti-Base Protests on Jeju Island
January 22, 2013
Why do government policymakers and peace activists often come to radically different conclusions on issues pertaining to peace and security?
Territorial Disputes in East Asia and the Role of the United States
November 11, 2011
KSP's 2011–12 Koret Fellow, recently retired Korean senior career diplomat Ambassador Joon-woo Park, will discuss the U.S. role in current territorial disputes in East Asia.
Korean Strategic Thoughts on Regional Security Cooperation
October 2, 2009
This talk will examine the evolution of Korean strategic thought on regionalism, with particular focus on regional security cooperation: How does South Korean regional thinking differ from that of...
Multimedia
The North Korea Crisis
June 2017
Video and transcript from the joint CISAC/Shorenstein APARC panel discussion, "The North Korea Crisis," on May 30, 2017, with James Person, director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation at the Center for Korean History and Public Policy; Gi-Wook...
North Korean Nuke, THAAD, and South Korean Debates
March 2017
Video and transcript from Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program seminar on March 3, 2017, titled "North Korean Nuke, THAAD, and South Korean Debates," with Chung-in Moon, the Krause Distinguished Fellow at U.C.
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