| Walter Mondale will lead discussion on the Korean peninsula crisis September 15 Vice President Walter Mondale will lead a panel discussion called "Beyond
the Nuclear Issue: Crisis on the Korean Peninsula" from 10 a.m. to noon
Friday, September 15, at the Humphrey School.
North Korea's 4th of July launch of multiple medium- and long-range missiles
once again thrust North Korea onto the front pages. In addition to the ongoing
nuclear crisis, there is growing concern over North Korea's human rights situation,
the flow of refugees into China, the past kidnapping of Japanese and South Korean
citizens, and recent evidence that the flooding and famine that haunted much
of North Korea in the 1990s may be returning.
Joining Mondale for a panel discussion on these issues will be L. Desaix Anderson,
former executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
(KEDO); Burton Levin, former U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong and U.S. ambassador
to Burma; L. Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Foundation and a frequent commentator on Asian issues; and Humphrey School
Dean J. Brian Atwood, former USAID administrator.
The event, which is cosponsored by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
and the Minnesota International Center, is free and open to the public, but
registration is required by contacting Camille Gage at (612) 625-5309.
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