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CKWP

International Symposium on North Korean Women & Society(Online)

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Changing North Korean Society

Women, Marketization,

and Culture

August 26(Wed) - 27(Thu), 2020 / Online (via Zoom)

196, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
 Phone : 82-02-706-6761 Fax : 82-02-706-6765  E-mail : ckwp90@gmail.com

Please note that this website rejects unauthorized collection of e-mail addresses, and violations are punished by the Information and Communication Network Act.

Objectives

 North Korea today is no longer what it was under Kim Il-sung or Kim Jong-il. Since the severe economic crisis of the mid-1990s, markets have replaced rations as the main source of income for North Koreans. After state efforts to curb the growth of markets through currency reform failed in 2009, marketization became an irreversible trend. With more than 500 markets in active operation, North Korea may as well be called a market society. Markets are more than a simple physical space. Wealth is created around them. A new class of people and a new way of thinking are emerging around them. And at the center of these markets are women. Women are active participants in markets, not only as consumers, but also as producers, distributors, and money masters(donju, red capitalists). ‘Feminization of markets’ may be a keyword for describing North Korea today.

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 Under the title “Women, Marketization, and Culture,” this international symposium will address the changes North Korean society is going through, what they mean, and what possibilities they hold for the future. The first session examines the past two decades of economic policy changes and marketization trends in an attempt to shed light on whether marketization could lead to the birth of a civil society. The second session focuses on the changes brought by marketization to women’s lives. The third session provides a look at popular arts, such as stand-up comedy and band music, and their cultural and political significance in North Korean society. The fourth session examines the socioeconomic and cultural significance of two concepts that are quickly becoming mainstream among North Korean women: beauty and sexuality. The fifth session provides an outlook for the future of North Korean society based on the Eastern European experience and discusses the challenges that North Korea may face on its way to becoming a civilized socialist state.

Organized by the Center for Korean Women and Politics

Program Details Schedule

Simultaneous interpretation provided in Korean and English.

Aug. 26 (Wed.)

13:00 ~ 13:30 (GMT)│ Opening Ceremony

Welcome Address   Sohn Bong-scuk, CKWP Chair

Congratulatory Remarks   Kim Sanghee, National Assembly Deputy 

Keynote Speech   Kim Eun-ju, CKWP Director

13:30 ~ 15:30 (GMT)│ Session Ⅰ Marketization and Birth of Civil Society

Moderator   Park Myung-Kyu(Seoul National University, Korea)

Speaker 1   Kim Byeong-Yeon(Seoul National University, Korea), "From Marketization to a Market Economy in North Korea"

Speaker 2   JustinV.Hastings(University of Sydney, Australia), “Marketization and Civil Society in North Korea”

Discussants   Kim Young-Hee(Korea Development Bank) / Hitomi Koyama(College of Global Liberal Arts, Japan)

16:00 ~ 18:00 (GMT)│ Session Ⅱ  Marketization and Gender Roles

Moderator   Yi Hee-Young(Daegu University, Korea)

Speaker 1   Cho Young-Ju(Korea Women’s Development Institute Researcher),

“Marketisation and Appearance of New Female Main Agents”

Speaker 2   Park Young-Ja(Korea Institute for National Unification Researcher),

“North Korean Women’s Survival and Growth Strategies in the Period of Social Changes”

Discussants   Jeong Eun-Chan(Institute for Unification Education) /

Sung-Kyung Kim(University of North Korean Studies, Korea)

15:30 ~ 16:00(GMT) │ Break

​Aug. 27 (Thu.)

10:30 ~ 12:00  (GMT)│ Session Ⅲ  Popular Arts and Cultural Politics

Moderator   Park Young-Jung(Yeonsu Culture Foundation)

Speaker 1   Ha Seung-Hee(Dongguk Universuty, Korea), “Changes of North Korean Musical Groups and Cultural Policies”

Speaker 2   Yi Sung-Hee(University of North Korean Studies, Korea), “A Research on the Audience Studies of North Korean ‘Hwasulsopum’ - Focusing on the Social Function of Laugh”

Discussants   Han Seung-Ho(Soongsil University, Korea) / Kim Hang(Yeonsei University)

12:00 ~ 13:30(GMT)│ Lunch

13:30  ~ 15:30 (GMT)│ Session Ⅳ  Beauty and Sexuality

Moderator   Lee Soo-Jeong(Duksung Women's University, Korea)

Speaker 1   Yee Ji-Sun(Institute for Unification Education), “Ecstasy of Sensing Body:
Between an Individual’s Desires and the Ethics of the State”

Speaker 2   Jo Jeong-Ah(Institute for Unification Education), 

“Sexuality and New-Generation Culture of North Korean Women”

Discussants   Lee Taek-Gwang(Kyunghee University, Korea) / 

Seo Dong-Jin(Kaywon University of Art & Design, Korea)

15:30 ~ 16:00(GMT)│ Break

16:00 ~ 18:00 (GMT) │ Session Ⅴ  Future Outlook and Challenges

Moderator   Lee Taek-Gwang(Kyunghee University, Korea)

Speaker 1   Stankomir Nicieja(University of Opole, Poland),

“Between a poster boy and bogeyman: Three decades of political and economic transition in Poland”

Speaker 2   Jeon Young-Sun(Konkuk University, Korea),

“The Path to a Socialist Civilization: Prospect and Tasks Ahead”

Discussants   Kim Soo-Am(Korea Institute for National Unification Researcher) / Andrew Yeo(Catholic University of America)

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Opening Ceremony   

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Welcome Address

Congratulatory Remarks

Congratulatory Remarks

Keynote Speech

Sohn Bong-scuk

CKWP Chair

Kim Sang-hee

National Assembly Deputy Speaker

Suh Ho

Vice Minister of Unification

Kim Eun-ju

CKWP Director

Moderators, Speakers, and Discussants

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Session Ⅰ Marketization and Birth of Civil Society

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Park Myung-Kyu

Seoul National University, Korea

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Kim Byeong-Yeon

Seoul National University, Korea

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Justin V. Hastings

University of Sydney

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Kim Young-Hee

Korea Development Bank

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Hitomi Koyama

Global Liberal Arts

Session Ⅱ Marketization and Gender Roles

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Yi Hee-Young

Daegu University, Korea

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Cho Young-Ju

Korea Women’s Development Institute Researcher

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Park Young-Ja

Korea Institute for National Unification Researcher

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Jeong Eun-Chan

Institute for Unification Education

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Sung-Kyung Kim

University of North Korean Studies, Korea

Session Ⅲ Popular Arts and Cultural Politics

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Park Young-Jung

Yeonsu Culture Foundation

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Ha Seung-Hee

Dongguk Universuty, Korea

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Yi Sung-Hee

University of North Korean Studies, Korea

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Han Seung-Ho

Soongsil University, Korea

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Kim Hang

Yeonsei University

Session Ⅳ Beauty and Sexuality

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Lee Soo-Jeong

Duksung Women's University, Korea

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Yee Ji-Sun

Institute for Unification Education

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Jo Jeong-Ah

Institute for Unification Education

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Lee Taek-Gwang 

Kyunghee University, Korea

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Seo Dong-Jin

Kaywon University of Art & Design, Korea

Session Ⅴ Future Outlook and Challenges

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Lee Tack-Gwang

Kyunghee University, Korea

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Stankomir Nicieja

University of Opole

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Jeon Young-Sun

Konkuk University, Korea

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Kim Soo-Am

Korea Institute for National Unification Researcher

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Andrew Yeo

Catholic Univ. of America

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196, Mapo-daero, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

 Phone : 82-02-706-6761 Fax : 82-02-706-6765  E-mail : ckwp90@gmail.com

Please note that this website rejects unauthorized collection of e-mail addresses, and violations are punished by the Information and Communication Network Act.

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