Wednesday, February 9, 2022

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST | 10:30 PM – 12:30 AM KST

Zoom Event

Ten years have passed since Kim Jong-un became the leader of North Korea in his late twenties. Despite initial expectations for possible instability in North Korea, Kim appears to be a politically competent leader capable of maintaining his power fairly well. However, he is currently facing serious obstacles to realizing his ambitions of making North Korea into a nuclear power state and developing a prosperous economy. This timely webinar invites renowned South Korean and American experts on North Korea’s economy and politics to investigate the current internal situation and to evaluate political economy dynamics in North Korea.

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North Korea Economic Forum Background

The North Korea Economic Forum (NKEF) is part of the policy program at the George Washington University’s Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS). The Forum aims to promote the understanding of North Korean economic issues, distribute the well-balanced, deeply touched, and multi-dimensionally explored pictures of North Korean economy and to expand the network among the various North Korean economy watchers. The Forum is mostly a closed and off-the-record meeting where participants can freely and seriously discuss the critical issues. Mr. William Brown is currently the chair of the NKEF and is leading the meetings. It also organizes special conferences made public throughout the academic year. The Forum is made possible by a generous grant provided by the KDI School of Public Policy and Management.