Invitation
The Asia and Oceania Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
and the Modern East Asia Research Center
have the pleasure of inviting you to an “Asia Carrousel” event:
The Limits of China’s Influence on North Korea:
Six Decades of Bilateral Friction and Cooperation
on Monday the 30th of June 2014 from 16:30 – 19:00 hrs
at Café Restaurant “Dudok” (Hofweg 1a) The Hague.
Programme
16:15 – 16:30 Welcome
16:30 – 17:15 Presentation: “The Limits of China’s Influence on North Korea: six decades of
bilateral friction and cooperation”
- James Person, the Director of the North Korea International History Program
at the Wilson Center in Washington DC
17:15 – 17:30 Discussion
17:30
Reception
The “Asia Carrousel” is a series of events taking place in 2014 which aims to strengthen and deepen
relations between the Netherlands and Asia, and all partners involved. As part of the Asia Carrousel,
the Asia and Oceania Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing a number of external
events involving Dutch diplomats currently posted in Asian countries who give presentations about
their work abroad.
Based on new findings from the archives of North Korea’s former and current communist allies, James
Person, Director of the North Korea International History Program at the Wilson Center in Washington,
DC, will give a presentation on previously hidden dynamics in the Sino-DPRK alliance that limit
Beijing’s present-day influence over Pyongyang. Person holds a PhD in modern Korean history from
the George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Due to limited seating, please RSVP by Friday the 27th of June to [email protected]