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Peter M. Beck
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Peter M. Beck teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. and Ewha University in Seoul. He also writes a monthly column for Weekly Chosun and The Korea Herald. Previously, he was the executive director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and directed the International Crisis Group's Northeast Asia Project in Seoul. He was also the Director of Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute in Washington. He has served as a member of the Ministry of Unification's Policy Advisory Committee and as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown and Yonsei universities.
He also has been a columnist for the Korean daily Donga Ilbo, an instructor at the University of California at San Diego, a translator for the Korea Foundation, and a staff assistant at Korea's National Assembly and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has published over 100 academic and short articles, testified before Congress, and conducted interviews with the world's leading media outlets. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, completed the Korean language program at Seoul National University, and conducted his graduate studies at U.C. San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
2009-10 Pantech Fellow
Korean Studies Program welcomes visiting fellows and scholars for 2009-2010 academic year
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The Korean Studies Program at Asia-Pacific Research Center welcomes Pantech Fellow, Koret Fellow, and visiting scholars from diverse backgrounds and experiences for 2009-2010 academic year.
Pantech Fellow
- Peter Behk: former executive director of the U.S. Commitee for Human Rights in North Korea
Koret Fellow
- Byungwon Bahk: former Senior Advisor to President Lee Myung-bak of Korea
Visiting Scholars
- Young Whan Kihl: Professor Emeritus, department of Political Science, Iowa State University
- Tong Ki Woo: former President of Yeungnam University, Korea
- Na-Ree Lee: Chief Reporter, JoonAng Ilbo, Korea
- Hyungkuk Youm: Attorney at Law, Korean Public Interest Lawyers' Group
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Korean Strategic Thoughts on Regional Security Cooperation
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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 its
neighbors, and how has it evolved over time?,
- Was there any
discernable strategic thought to realize regional aspirations during
the cold war era, and afterward how has it responded to the dynamics of
regionalism in Northeast Asia?,
- Is South Korean strategic thought
on regionalism long-term, goal-oriented, and consistent? Does it set
priorities, recognize trade-offs, and change in response to actual
results or new developments in the region? How do competing visions of
domestic forces define its scope and direction?,
- Under what
circumstances has Seoul given regional multilateral cooperation a
prominent place in its strategic thinking and national security
doctrine? Is it based on careful deliberations and a realistic
understanding of costs and benefits?,
- Wither to the 6 Party Talks
(given North Korea said the Talks are dead) and a five-party proposal
by Profesident Lee Myung Bak, about which China seems reluctant?
The speaker will review Seoul’s strategic thought on regional multilateral cooperation in Northeast Asia during and after the cold war, followed by consideration of the challenges and opportunities for growing regionalism with Korean “centrality.”
Shin-wha Lee is currently a visiting professor at School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University and also serving as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Korean Permanent Mission to the United Nations. She worked at the World Bank and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Sudan. She served as Special Advisor to the United Nations, 'Rwandan Independent Inquiry,' Chair's Advisor of East Asian Vision Group (EAVG), and Coordinator of UNESCO Chair on Peace, Democracy and Human Rights. She has published numerous articles and books on global security, international organizations, East Asian security cooperation, UN peacekeeping operations, and nontraditional security such as environmental and human security. Lee holds a Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park.
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Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University
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First Drafts of Korea
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Few regions rival the Korean Peninsula in strategic importance to U.S. foreign policy. For half a century, America has stationed tens of thousands of troops in South Korea to defend its ally from the threat of North Korean aggression. South Korea, in turn, is critical to the defense of Japan, another ally and the linchpin of American interests in East Asia. The rise of a nuclear-armed North has upped the ante.
Yet despite the stakes, the two Koreas have registered only episodically on the radar of the United States. The troubling gap between American perceptions of the peninsula and its strategic importance remained an unexplored phenomenon until now. First Drafts of Korea breaks new ground in examining how the American mass media shape U.S. perceptions of both Koreas and, as a result, influence U.S. foreign policy.
Beginning with a detailed analysis of American newspaper coverage of Korea between 1992 and 2003, the book features essays by Western journalists and senior U.S. officials with firsthand experience on the peninsula over the past two decades. These include frank accounts of the unique frustrations of covering Kim Jong-il's North Korea, undoubtedly the most closed and media-unfriendly nation on earth.
Addressing topics ranging from the democratization of South Korea in the 1980s to today's deteriorating nuclear crisis, the book's distinguished contributors offer unique insights into American media coverage of the peninsula and its impact on policymaking in Washington. What emerges is a complex, shifting portrait of two rival nations sharing one peninsula whose future remains inextricably linked to the global security interests of the United States.
Desk, examination, or review copies can be requested through Stanford University Press.
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The U.S. Media and Perceptions of the Last Cold War Frontier
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"Lab" model in natural sciences adopted to produce top-notch scholars in Korean studies
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A sociology professor and the director of Korean Studies Program at Stanford, Gi-Wook Shin, discusses the challenges of being a social scientist of Korean studies working in U.S. academia.
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Development of Democratization Movement in South Korea
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North Korea refuses to talk about the human right issues
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"Talking to them about the camps is something that has not been possible," says David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies Program at APARC in his interview with Washington Post on North Korean hard-labor camps.
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Appointment of 2009-10 Pantech Fellow in Korean Studies Program
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The Korean Studies Program at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) is pleased to announce that Peter M. Beck will join the Center for the 2009-2010 academic year. Beck's research will be on the impact of foreign media in North Korea. During his fellowship at the Center, he will hold seminars related to his research project and will be involved in various projects on Korea.
Beck teaches at American University in Washington, D.C. and Ewha University in Seoul. He also writes a monthly column for Weekly Chosun and The Korea Herald. Previously, he was the executive director of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and directed the International Crisis Group’s Northeast Asia Project in Seoul. He was also the Director of Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute in Washington. He has served as a member of the Ministry of Unification’s Policy Advisory Committee and as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown and Yonsei universities.
He also has been a columnist for the Korean daily Donga Ilbo, an instructor at the University of California at San Diego, a translator for the Korea Foundation, and a staff assistant at Korea’s National Assembly and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has published over 100 academic and short articles, testified before Congress, and conducted interviews with the world’s leading media outlets. He received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, completed the Korean language program at Seoul National University, and conducted his graduate studies at U.C. San Diego’s Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
Pantech Fellowships, generously funded by Pantech Co., Ltd., and Curitel Communications, Inc. (the "Pantech Group"), are intended to cultivate a diverse international community of scholars and professionals committed to and capable of grappling with challenges posed by developments in Korea. We invite individuals from the United States, Korea, and other countries to apply.
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