On November 17, the Sejong Institute held the 18th Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum jointly with the Stanford Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at the Bechtel Conference Center of Stanford University. As a closed session, the Forum assembled more than 20 scholars from South Korea and the U.S. and they held an in-depth discussion on Northeast Asian regional dynamics, North Korea, and ROK-U.S. alliance. 

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