Lecture: Inter-Korea Relations and North Korea

Live from George Mason University in Korea. This session will trace the historical and political developments of the two Koreas.

Join AARP Virginia, OLLI Mason students, and attendees from across the U.S. for a complimentary class offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI Mason) on Tuesday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET 

AARP membership not required.

The current status of Korea invites many questions: How did North Korea avoid the domino-like collapse of communism of 1989? Why can’t the two Koreas find the peace and reconciliation to be reunified? Why does North Korea want to possess nuclear weapons? What would be the most ideal approach towards North Korea to facilitate change? Addressing these questions, this session will trace the historical and political developments of the two Koreas.

Soyoung Kwon is currently a professor of Global Affairs and director of Security Policy Studies-Korea at George Mason University Korea. She also serves as associate fellow at the Yonsei Institute of Unification Studies of Yonsei University, Korea. Dr. Kwon received M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees in political science from the University of Cambridge.

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