The Center for Korean Women & Politics(CKWP) will virtually hold the International Conference on North Korean Women and Society Studies 2021 on August 24 (Tue) to 25 (Wed). The theme of the conference this year is “The Future of North Korean Women in COVID-19 Pandemic: Risk or Opportunity.” Recently, there are signs that North Korea is returning to the past of the Kim Jong-il regime amidst a new economic crisis caused by the pandemic and the prolonged economic sanctions, In this situation, this conference examines the present of North Korean women and forecasts their future by exploring the changes in female power elites who once emerged to hold the real power and women who drove the country’s black economy in jangmadang markets in the aspects of politics, economy, and culture.
Program Details
☊ Simultaneous interpretation provided in Korean and English.
Aug. 24 (Tue)
13:00 ~ 13:10
Opening address Eun-Ju Kim(Executive Director of CKWP)
Congratulatory address Chounsook Jung(Chairperson of the National Assembly Gender Equality and Family Committee) /
Sunuk Kim(Chairperson of POSCO TJ Park Foundation)
13:10 ~ 14:10
Session Ⅰ Changes in the political status of North Korean women
Host Soo-AmKim(Korea Institute for National Unification)
Presentation(20′) Dae-Jin Jung(Ajou University)
Discussion(40′) Hye-suk Kang(Seoul National University) /
Soo-hyun Kwon(Korea Women’s Political Solidarity)
14:30 ~ 15:30
Session Ⅱ Changes in the economic role of North Korean women
Host Hee-young Lee(Daegu University)
Presentation(20′) Bronwen Dalton(University of Technology Sydney)
Discussion(40′) Eun-Ju Choi(Sejong Institute) /
Eunlee Joung(Korea Institute for National Unification)
16:00 ~ 17:00
Session Ⅲ The culture of North Korean women appearing in “gonghwaguk lipsticks”
Host Park Hee Jin(Dongguk University)
Presentation(20′) Young-Sun Jeon(Konkuk University)
Discussion(40′) TomoomiMori(Setsunan University) /
Ji-Sun Yee(Korea Institute for National Unification)
Aug. 25 (Wed)
13:30 ~ 14:30
[Dialogue] Film “The Jangmadang Generation,” screening(20‘) and dialogue(40’)
Host Geum-sang Kwon(Seoul Center for Health and Family)
Discussion Film director Sokeel Park(Liberty in North Korea) /
Si-wuJung(Yonsei University), Ji-Eun Kim(Radio Free Asia) /
Yuna Jeong(Broadcaster)
15:00 ~ 16:00
[Report on human rights in North Korea] The sounds of jangmadang
Host Eun-Hee Cho(Soongsil University)
Presentation(20′) Kwang-Baek Lee(Unification Media Group)
Discussion Andrew Yeo(Catholic Univ. of America) /
Eun Mee Jeong(Korea Institute for National Unification)
16:30 ~ 17:30
[General discussion] North Korean Women at the crossroads in the COVID-19 pandemic
Host Suh Ho(former Vice Minister of Unification)
Discussion Jeong-ah Cho(Korea Institute for National Unification) /
Ilgi Kim(Institute for National Security Strategy), In-Ae Hyun(Ewha Womans University) /
JustinV.Hastings(University of Sydney, Australia)
Introduction of presenters
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Session 1 Changes in the political status of North Korean women
Soo-AmKim
Korea Institute for National Unification
Dae-Jin Jung
Ajou University
Hye-suk Kang
Seoul National University
Soo-hyun Kwon
Korea Women’s Political Solidarity
Session 2 Changes in the economic role of North Korean women
Hee-young Lee
Daegu University
Bronwen Dalton
University of Technology Sydney
Eun-Ju Choi
Sejong Institute
Eunlee Joung
Korea Institute for National Unification
Session 3 The culture of North Korean women appearing in “gonghwaguk lipsticks”
Park Hee Jin
Dongguk University
Young-Sun Jeon
Konkuk University
Tomoomi Mori
Setsunan University
Ji-Sun Yee
Korea Institute for National Unification
[Dialogue] Film “The Jangmadang Generation,” screening(20‘) and dialogue(40’)
Geum-sang Kwon
Seoul Center for Health and Family
Film director
Sokeel Park
Si-wuJung
Yonsei University
Ji-Eun Kim
Radio Free Asia
Yuna Jeong
Broadcaster
Liberty in North Korea
[Report on human rights in North Korea] The sounds of jangmadang
Eun-Hee Cho
Soongsil University
Kwang-Baek Lee
Unification Media Group
Eun Mee Jeong
Korea Institute for National Unification
Andrew Yeo
Catholic Univ. of America
[General discussion] North Korean Women at the crossroads in the COVID-19 pandemic
Suh Ho
Former Vice Minister of Unification
In-Ae Hyun
Ewha Womans University
Jeong-ah Cho
Korea Institute for National Unification
IlgiKim
Institute for National Security Strategy
Justin V. Hastings
University of Sydney
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