PANEL 1 Assessing the Situation in North Korea After the Death of Kim Jong-il
- North Korea after Kim Jong-il/ PARK Hyeong-Jung (Senior Research Fellow, KINU)
- Assessing the Situation in North Korea After the Death of Kim Jong-il/ Bruce Klingner (Senior Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation)
PANEL 2 Examining the North Korean Nuclear Problem and the Security of the Korean Peninsula
- February 29 and March 16: North Korean Security and Diplomatic Strategy after the Death of Kim Jong-il/ Jonathan D. Pollack (Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution)
- U.S.-North Korea Talks and North Korea’s Missile Launch Plans: Prospects and Policy Directions/ Park Jong-Chul (Senior Research Fellow, KINU)
PANEL 3 Exploring Ways to Improve Human Rights in North Korea Through International Cooperation
- How to Improve Human Rights of North Koreans in China and in North Korea: Focusing on the Recent North Korean Escapee Case/ CHO Jung-Hyun (Research Fellow, KINU)
- Exploring Ways to Improve Human Rights in North Korea through International Cooperation/ Greg Scarlatoiu (Executive Director, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea)
PANEL 4 Analyzing the Rise of China and Implications for U.S.-ROK Cooperation
- The Rise of China & Implications for U.S.-ROK Cooperation/ John S. Park (Director, Korea Working Group, USIP Project Director, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School)
- The Rise of China and the US-led Asia-Pacific Alliance Network: Policy Suggestions for South Korea in the Context of the ROK-US Cooperation/ PARK Jae-Jeok (Research Fellow, KINU)
Summary of the Assessment
· North Korea is still ruled by Kim Jong-il
No changes in political arrangement as well as in domestic and foreign policy
· In late 2008 KJI pushed forward a new line of policy and political arrangements
The implementation started in 2009 and will be finished on April 15, 2012
· Passing through major events in mid April,
The main line of policy will only experience tactical adaptation,
Regarding political arrangement, the agencies of the central party will be promoted
· The future stability of the regime will be dependent on how much it could achieve its major policy objectives
Above all regarding foreign currency earning, and nuclear and humanitarian diplomacy to extract concessions and assistances.