On Thursday, August 24, the Japan’s East Asia Research Institute and the Hanbaek Foundation of Unification held 2017 international symposium on East Asia. With the topic of “Rapidly Changing Political Landscape in East Asia and the Prospects for Peace Regime and Unification on the Korean Peninsula. The participants discussed the North Korean nuclear problem, the Northeast Asian political landscape, directions for peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia, and Korean unification. Director Cheong Seong-Chang and LS-Sejong Fellow David Straub from the Institute presented “the pending issues and tasks in inter-Korean relations after the inauguration of President Moon Jae-in” and “the pending issues and tasks after the inauguration of President Donald Trump” respectively. 

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