SPRING 2007
Failed Diplomacy (audio available) Charles L. Pritchard presented the findings of his book, Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb.
Cinema Korea A monthly film screening series of historically significant South Korean films.
U.S.–Korea Relations: Celebrating 125 Years of Friendship One hundred twenty–five years of friendship between the United States and Korea were celebrated on May 21 in cooperation with Korus House and the Sejong Society of D.C. Festivities incldued an afternoon of history, ceremony, music and the introduction of the sapsaree dogs, a unique breed, which has been designated a national treasure of Korea.
John Endicott, a noted scholar at Georgia Institute of Technology described the colorful history between the two countries since they negotiated the first treaty of amity in 1882 signed by Commodore R.W. Shufeldt, Shin Chen and Chin Hong Chi. Carl Gershman, president of the National Endowment for Democracy, gave the keynote marking the strength of the relationship and calling on more nations to follow Korea's path to democracy.
State-SAIS Forum (audio and transcripts available) The U.S. Department of State and the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS jointly hosted The United States and the Republic of Korea: Dialogues on the Relationship, featuring Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Wendy Cutler and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Richard Lawless.
Seoul-Washington: Where Do We Stand? (audio available) Ambassador Alexander Vershbow discusses the strength of relations between the U.S. and Korea, including the signing of the FTA.
Contemporary Korean Culture Series Features four aspects of contemporary Korean culture: film, music, art, and North Korean film.
Report from Pyongyang: North Korea's Nuclear Future (audio and remarks available) Insights from David Albright, a physicist and President of the Institute for Science and International Security, and Joel Wit, a member of the State Department's negotiating team on the 1994 Agreed Framework, based on discussions in Pyongyang prior to Six Party Talks.