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York U. Convenes Canada-Korea Forum with Korean Ambassador Kim Hang Kyung as Countries Prepare for First Official Visit of Korean President Kim Dae Jung
Distinguished participants include: the Rt.-Hon. Joe Clark, former Prime Minister, former Forum co-chair and Leader of the federal Progressive Conservatives; Derek Burney, Chairman and CEO of Bell Canada International and former Secretary of State for External Affairs; the Hon. Barbara McDougall, former Minister of External Affairs and President of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs; Dr. Kim Kyung-won, former York University professor and former Korean Ambassador to the United States; Dr. Sakong Il, former Finance Minister; Lee Kyung-hoon, President and CEO of Daewoo Corporation; and Dr. Han Sung-joo, professor of political science at Korea University and former Foreign Affairs Minister. The Forum's convenors are York University Political Science Professor Paul Evans and Mr. Kim Kyung-won.
The Forum will look at ways to enhance Canada-Korea relations in advance of the first official visit to Canada in early July of Korean President Kim Dae Jung. Discussion will focus on the current state of the Korean economy and the prospects for trans-Pacific free trade arrangements. Korea is Canada's third largest export market in the Asia-Pacific region and Canada's seventh largest trading partner world wide.
The meeting will also examine political security issues and the possibility of new types of regional co-operation in the North Pacific. President Kim Dae Jung was a staunch human rights activist and political dissident in South Korea for three decades prior to his election as president. Under his leadership, South Korea has initiated the so-called "sunshine policy," a bold, creative and controversial effort to move from conflict to cooperation with communist North Korea.
The Canada-Korea Forum was created in 1996 as a venue for public leaders in the two countries as well as senior academics, business people, and officials in their private capacities to hold informal discussions on global, regional and bilateral affairs. The first meeting took place in Seoul in November, 1996; the second in Banff in September, 1997. The reports of those meetings were submitted to then President Kim Young Sam and Prime Minister Chretien.
The Forum begins Monday, June 7, 7 p.m. with a reception and dinner, hosted by His Excellency, Ambassador Kim, in the Prince Arthur Room, Park Hyatt Hotel, 4 Avenue Rd. Ambassador Kim and the Forum participants (see attached) will be available to the media for a photo opportunity and a few brief questions at 7:30 p.m. Discussions will convene the following day, Tuesday, June 8, at 9 a.m. at the University Club of Toronto, Main Dining Room, 380 University Avenue, and will be in-camera. A second photo-op and briefing will be held at the end of the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
For further information, please contact:
Shirley Yue, Projects Co-ordinator
Prof. Paul Evans
Susan Bigelow
June 8, 1999
Canadians
Mr. Derek Burney
Mr. Joseph Caron
Professor David Dewitt
Professor Wendy Dobson
Professor Paul Evans
The Very Reverend Dr. Sang Chul Lee
Mr. Donald Rickerd
Mr. Ronald Robertson, Q.C.
Mr. Glenn Sheppy
Koreans
Mr. Cho Whan-bok
Dr. Choo Myung-gun
Dr. Chung Chong-wook
Dr. Han Sung-joo
Mr. Kim Dae-joong
Dr. Kim Kyung-won
Mr. Lee Kyung-hoon
Dr. Sakong Il
Administrative Staff
Ms. Shirley Yue |
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