K-POP : THE NEW 
PING-PONG DIPLOMACY TO NORTH Korea?

There are increasing evidence of outside media trickling into the tightly locked country- South Korean dramas are a hit in the North Korean black markets. Will Korean popular culture (K-pop) be the new ping-pong diplomacy?

• -What information is getting into North Korea?
• -Who has access to the new information? Only the elites? Majority of North Koreans?
• -How are the new information trickling in? Through what medium? What role do cell phones play?
• -Is increased trade with foreigners impacting how North Koreans receive information? Vice versa, is increased access to information impacting how North Koreans conduct business?
• -Will the increase in informational flow have an impact in the general North Korean psyche- is a North Korean Arab Spring to be expected?

​… and much more.

Seating is limited. Please RSVP at www.hanconcert.org. 

We look forward to discussing more with you at our panel on October 18th (Thursday).

Moderator 

Celeste Headle (WNYC, Host/Correspondent) Ms. Celeste Headlee has recently closed a successful chapter in her career as the co-host of The Takeaway. Previously, she was the Midwest Correspondent for NPR’s Day to Day, covering everything from the auto industry to art, the 2008 presidential election to toilet smuggling. 

Speaker

L. Gordon Flake (Mansfield Foundation, Executive Director) A leading figure in North Korea related issues, Mr. Gordon Flake was previously a Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Program on Conflict Resolution at The Atlantic Council of the United States and prior to that Director for Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America. He has authored numerous book chapters on policy issues in Asia and is a regular contributor to the U.S. and Asian press.  Mr. Flake has also traveled to North Korea numerous times.  

Nathaniel Kretchun (InterMedia, Associate Director) As a member the East Asia team at InterMedia, Mr. Nathaniel Kretchun manages quantitative and qualitative research projects in North Korea, Cambodia and with Uyghur populations in China. Mr. Kretchun recently published the report A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment.

Lucas Dixon (Google Ideas, Engineering Lead) Dr. Lucas Dixon led the development of the network visualisation tool that was used by Al Jazeera to track defections in the Syrian regime. Dr. Dixon was also the co-lead on the “Technology and North Korea” Lab at Google Idea’s INFO summit (on illicit networks) as well as playing an advisory tole to LiNK and NKIS on the role of technology in North Korea.  

Learning Center (Across from Princeton Club)

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