August 3rd Sejong Society Event - REMINDER
Sejong Society
We at The Sejong Society would like to thank everyone who joined us for
our first movie screening of "The King and the Clown" last Wednesday.
Nearly 60 of you turned out for our screening!! Your attendance has
greatly encouraged us, and that event has been our largest to date
since The Sejong Society was established on May 18th. Let's keep the
momentum going!
We would like to remind you of our LAST event before The Sejong Society
enters hiatus for the summer, and returning again in September.
"Mass Media and the Korean Peninsula from a U.S., Japanese, and Chinese
Perspective"
Thursday August 3, 2006 @ 6:30pm
Guest Speakers:
John Feffer
Mr. John Feffer is Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, and the
author of several books and numerous articles about Korea. He is
also the director of global affairs at the International Relations
Center.
Masakatsu Ota
Mr. Ota is a Washington correspsondent from Japan's Kyodo News. Mr.
Ota covers the White House, the Department of State, and nuclear
proliferation issues. Mr. Ota accompanied Prime Minister Junichiro
Koziumi to the September 2002 Pyongyang Summit.
Yun Sun
Ms. Sun is a Program Associate for China at The Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Foundation. Ms. Sun is responsible for the planning,
organizing and implementing of and contacting clients for programs
concerning China. Ms. Sun worked for Chinese consulting companies as a
research analyst and translator/interpreter for international
conferences.
Location: Johns Hopkins University SAIS
Benjamin T. Rome Building
Room 806 - 8th Floor
1619 Massachusetts Ave. NW
This event will focus on the Korean Peninsula from a broad perspective
from the US, Japanese, and Chinese media. We will compare and contrast
how each respective country's media reports events on the Korean
Peninsula, and how they have influenced each country's respective
citizens' perception of Korea.
Refreshments will be served, so please RSVP to
sejongs...@gmail.com!
MEDIA NOTE: The remarks of the panelists will be on the record, and is
open to the media for coverage. If you are a member of the media, and
wish to cover this event please send an email in advance to
sejongs...@gmail.com.
As always, please spread the word to your friends and colleagues about
this Sejong Society event.
We hope to see everyone there!
Regards,
The Sejong Society