The Future of Korea

The Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's Ambassador John Price and Marcia Price World Affairs Lecture Series, in partnership with American Express and Westminster College's Weldon J. Taylor Executive Lecture Series, presents a three-person panel discussion on "The Future of Korea."

South Korea's economic progress in the past 50 years is one of the great accomplishments of our times, as this country went from a poverty-stricken, war-ravaged nation with a per capita income of less than $70 to one of the world's leading industrial powers, with a per capita income of more than $20,000. Korea is now the world's eleventh-largest economy. Although the media tend to focus on North Korean nuclear and security issues, the United States and the Republic of Korea continue to develop ever-deepening economic, social and personal ties.

Ambassador Charles L. (Jack) Pritchard, President of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington DC, will lead a three-person panel discussion focusing on US-Korean relations and Korea's economic and political situation. Prior to joining KEI, Ambassador Pritchard was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC and served as ambassador and special envoy for negotiations to North Korea. The panel will also include a representative from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington DC and a representative from the US Department of State’s Office of Korean Affairs.

The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 South. For more information, please visit www.utahdiplomacy.org or call (801) 832-3270.