On Friday, July 3, the Sejong Institute and the Korea Culture & Tourism Institute (KCTI) co-hosted a seminar on the theme "Directions for Political Reconciliation and Socio-Cultural Cooperation for the Peaceful Coexistence of the South and North Korea."

The seminar proceeded in the following order:

Welcoming Remarks: 

Seong-Chang Cheong, Vice President, Sejong Institute

Opening Remarks: 

Gyo-ik Hwang, President, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute

Session 1. A Political-Economic Approach to the Peaceful Coexistence of the two Koreas

Moderator: 

Kitae Lee, Director of the Center for Diplomatic Strategy, Sejong Institute
 

Presentations: 

Seong-Chang Cheong, Vice President, Sejong Institute

Eunju Choi, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute

Session 2. Approaches to Inter-Korean Cultural Exchange and Cooperation
 

Moderator: 

Jong-ung Park, Research Fellow, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute

Presentations: 

Hyun-sung Cho, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute
Su-hee Jung, Professor, Duksung Women's University

Session 3. Discussion
 

Moderator: 

Bo-hyuk Suh, Senior Research Fellow, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
 

Roundtable: 

Ju-hwa Park, Professor, University of North Korean Studies
Jae-hoon Jung, Team Leader, Seoul Reporting Team, Yeongnam Ilbo 

Sung-woo Lee, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute​