With the news of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s death, UBC experts are available to comment on the implications for North Korea, regional security issues and international relations:
Paul Evans
Institute of Asian Research
Tel: 604.822.4686
Email: paul.evans@ubc.ca
- Peace and security issues in the Korean peninsula
- China’s political and security relations with North Korea
- Canadian political and security relations with Asia
Brian Job
Liu Institute for Global Issues, Department of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.4687 ; Cell: 604.603.9740
Email: brian.job@ubc.ca (only available Dec. 19)
Website: http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/?p2=/modules/liu/profiles/profile.jsp&id=11
- Implications for regional and international security
- Prospects for change on nuclear weapons programs
- Prospects for change in North Korea
Kyung-Ae Park
Institute of Asian Research
Tel: 604.822.2483
Email: kapark@exchange.ubc.ca
- North and South Korean politics
- U.S.-Korea relations
- Inter-Korean relations
Don Baker
Department of Asian Studies
Email: don.baker@ubc.ca (Baker is in Seoul, South Korea until Dec. 21 and has limited availability because of the time difference. Email is the best method of contact but he is also available by Skype.)
Website: http://ubcdbaker.shawwebspace.ca/
- Korean history, with a focus on the period before 1900
- Korean politics
- Korean culture, including religion and traditional Korean science
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