Sejong Institute held a closed-door discussion on the morning of Thursday, July 10, with a delegation from the DPRK Strategic Research Center​ at KIMEP University in Kazakhstan, under the theme of "A Critical Examination of North Korea’s Survival Strategy.​"​

Participants from Sejong Institute:​

- Seong-Chang Cheong, Vice President​​

- Sang Hyun Lee, Principal Research Fellow​​​

- Kitae Lee, Director, Center of Diplomatic Strategy

- Beomchul Shin, Director, Center of Korean Peninsula Strategy​​

- Jae Hung Chung, Senior Research Fellow​

- Peter Ward, Research Fellow​

- Eun-ju Choi, Research Fellow

- Chansong Lee, Research Fellow

Participants from the KIMEP​ University:​

- Chan Young Bang​, Principal Investigator at the DPRK Strategic Research Center / President​​​​

- Sungju Park-Kang​, Fellow at the DPRK Strategic Research Center / Faculty of International Relations​​