ENGAGING NORTH KOREA: Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, and a Plan for Peace in the Obama Era

featuring Dr. Suh Bohyuk, Research Professor at Ewha University and formerly with the South Korea National Human Rights Commission, and Dr. Hazel Smith, Professor of Resilience and Security at Cranfield University

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Chapel of Grace, Grace Cathedral

More than 120 professors at the state-run Seoul National University (SNU) issued a joint statement Wednesday, calling for the Lee Myung-bak administration to make an apology for what they called the politically-oriented investigation of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun.

SEOUL — Thousands of South Koreans — some holding the hands of children, some shouting anti-government slogans, all carrying white chrysanthemums — flocked to central Seoul on Sunday to bid farewell to former President Roh Moo-hyun, who committed suicide Saturday.

SEOUL, May 22 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has developed a mobile version of a government Web site to distribute news and other content over wireless phones following the reported launch of a third-generation (3G) wireless communications network there, a state-run Web site said Friday.

SEOUL May 22 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government decided Friday to raise the maximum insurance payout for companies operating in an inter-Korean industrial complex to reassure businesses after Pyongyang annulled all contracts governing the venture.