[Smart Q&A: Stephan Haggard] Refugee Insights into North Korea

YouTube Link: video.eai.or.kr/20110711HaggardQA.flv

On July 11 (Monday), the Center for Asian Security Studies hosted Professor Stephan Haggard from the University of California, San Diego for a Smart Q&A session.

Smart Q&A is an interview conducted with speakers of seminars, taking advantage of the opportunity for Smart Talk, a forum where leading international scholars and domestic experts exchange their positions and views on major domestic and international issues. Through Smart Q&A, the East Asia Institute aims to enhance understanding of current affairs by posing specific and policy-implication-laden questions to speakers, thereby examining issues from multiple perspectives and generating creative and strategic ideas for related policies.

Interview

Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor at the University of California, San Diego

Questions

1) Research on North Korean Refugees

Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea, your recent book, focuses on surveys of North Korean refugees in South Korea and China. Could you tell us about some of the crucial findings from the surveys?

2) Overview of China-DPRK Relations

Kim Jong-il recently visited China, an extensive journey that was his third visit in the space of one year. There has been some speculation as to whether the outcome of Kim Jong-il’s visit was as successful as he expected. How would you assess China-DPRK relations?

3) Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations

Inter-Korean relations appear to be at an all-time low as both sides maintain their tough positions. South Korea is demanding an apology for last year’s provocations while North Korea has rebuffed any attempt at dialogue. Is there any chance for a breakthrough in inter-Korean relations?