A year since its inauguration, the Institute for Korean Studies will discuss the future of Korean democracy Friday morning.
The daylong conference, "Assessing Korean Democratization and Democracy: From Molotov Cocktails to Candle Lights," will be in the Global and International Studies Building auditorium starting at 10:30 a.m., according to an IU press release.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Korea Kathleen Stephens will foreign policy in the context of the United States with Korea with School of Global and International Studies Dean Lee Feinstein.
Stephens worked as ambassador in South Korea from 2008 to 2011, but previously worked with East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2005 to 2007 in the Six-Party Talks, an initiative aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program, according to the release.
The discussions will look at the past year of protests in South Korea in reaction to a corruption scandal involving then-president Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office in March. The speakers will also discuss tension between North Korea and the United States.
The conference will be free and open to the public.
Katelyn Haas
