Monday AmCham Taipei Talk: Why did Kim Jong-un come out from his cave? Implications for China and Taiwan

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Greetings! I would like to invite you to a free, on-the-record talk at AmCham Taipei.

Why did Kim Jong-un come out from his cave? Implications for China and Taiwan

TIME: 3-4 p.m., Monday, July 23

PLACE: AmCham Taipei’s Lincoln Room, Minsheng East Road, Sec. 3, No. 129, 6 FL, Taipei.

SUMMARY: Even after the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore, the world hasn't still resolved the conundrum of why Kim Jong-un came out from his cave to declare a willingness for denuclearization after menacingly developing and improving his country's nuclear capability for years after he took power in late 2011. Will the talks between Washington and Pyongyang bear fruit? Or, is North Korea really different this time? What are the regional implications in Asia? What do the new developments in North Korea mean for China and Taiwan?

SPEAKER: Lee Seong-hyon, Ph.D., is the Director of the Department of Unification Strategy at Sejong Institute in Seoul. He is also the Director of the Center for Chinese Studies as well. His recent publications include "The U.S.-China conflict and leaderless international order" (Quarterly Diplomacy); “Why Did We Get China Wrong? Reconsidering the Popular Narrative: China will abandon North Korea,” International Journal of Korean Unification Studies; “Chinese Scholarly Perspectives on Contemporary Sino–South Korean Relations,“ Journal of Korean Studies; “Historical Perspective on China's 'Tipping Point' with North Korea,” Asian Perspective. In addition, he authored numerous policy briefings on national security and foreign policy of South Korea. He is a graduate from Grinnell College, Harvard University, and Tsinghua University (Ph.D. in political communication). He was the 2013-14 Pantech Fellow of Stanford University. Currently he is also Senior Research Fellow (nonresident) at the Center for Korean Peninsula Studies at Peking University.
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