Events

SEAC Cove Session: Implications of Korean Reconciliation on Geopolitics and the Southeast Asia region

Thursday 28 February 2019 10.30am to 12.30pm

Hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre

Speaker

Prof. Vladimir Tikhonov

Professor of Korean Studies, University of Oslo

Chair

Prof. Hyun Bang Shin

Professor of Geography and Urban Studies and Director of Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, LSE

Coinciding with the US-North Korea Summit taking place in Hanoi on 27-28 February, the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre will be hosting a Cove Session discussion on the implications of Korean reconciliation on geopolitics and the Southeast Asia region in particular.

The discussion will be led by Prof. Vladimir Tikhonov (Korean name Pak Noja) from the University of Oslo, who is also speaking at the LSE Festival event the day before, entitled "New Reconciliations: the Two Koreas".

As this is a closed session with limited space, attendance will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis: please send a request to attend to Centre Manager Dr Lee Mager (seac.admin@lse.ac.uk).

The Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre (SEAC) is a cross-disciplinary, regionally-focused academic centre within the Institute of Global Affairs at LSE.

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