The North Korean Conundrum

Balancing Human Rights and Nuclear Security
Herausgeber: King, Robert R.; Shin, Gi-Wook

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Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to The North Korean Conundrum explore how dealing with the issue of human rights is shaped and affected by the political issues with which it is so entwined. Sections discuss the role of the UN; how North Koreans' limited access to information is part of the problem; and North Korean human rights in comparative perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International S
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9781931368650
• ISBN-10: 1931368651
• Artikelnr.: 60862740

Autorenporträt

Robert R. King was the 2019-20 Koret Fellow for the fall quarter at Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. From 2009 to 2017 King served as the special envoy for North Korean human rights issues at the Department of State, an ambassadorial-ranked position. He has been senior advisor to the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a senior fellow at the Korea Economic Institute, and a board member of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea in Washington, DC. Previously, King served for 25 years on Capitol Hill (1983-2008) as chief of staff to Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California), and staff director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (2001-08). Gi-Wook Shin is the William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea in Sociology; senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center since 2005; and the founding director of the Korea Program, all at Stanford University. As a historical-comparative and political sociologist, his research has concentrated on social movements, nationalism, development, democracy, and international relations.