Spotlight on South Korea: A Staunch Ally, Friend & Partner"
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Special Presentation
"Spotlight on South Korea: A Staunch Ally, Friend and Partner"
May 4, 2011 -- Laurel Lake and University Circle will present a special Panel Discussion about the political, security and economic issues crucial to U.S. and South Korea relations, via live videoconference on Thursday, May 12 at 1:30 p.m.
This special program is sponsored by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. It is free and open to the public at 200 Laurel Lake Drive in Hudson. Call 1-866-650-2100 to register.
Panelists include Ambassador Jack Pritchard, President of the Korea Economic Institute; Joshua Huck, Republic of Korea Unit Chief, Office of Korean Affairs, U.S. Department of State; and Greg Scarlatoiu, Director of Business Issues and Public Affairs, Korea Economic Institute.
Ambassador Charles L. (Jack) Pritchard is the President of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington. Ambassador Pritchard served as ambassador and special envoy for negotiations to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and United States representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization in the administration of President George W. Bush from April 2001 until September 2003. Previously, he served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for Asian Affairs in the administration of President Clinton.
Joshua Huck is the Republic of Korea Unit Chief in the Office of Korean Affairs at the Department of State. Prior to this, he served as the Deputy Chief of the Political-Economic Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria. He also served as a Political-Military Affairs Officer in Tokyo, Japan, as a Consular Officer in Shanghai, China and as a Desk Officer in the Office of Chinese Affairs. He is a Northeast Ohio native.
Greg Scarlatoiu, Director of Business Issues and Public Affairs for the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) in Washington, D.C., is responsible for managing outreach programs to educate Americans on developments in Korea and U.S.-Korea relations both inside and outside of Washington D.C. Mr. Scarlatoiu authors a column on developments in U.S.-Korea business and economic relations in KEI’s monthly newsletter, Insight. He has written on the applicability of the Eastern European experience to the North Korean context, in the KEI Exchange and in the Korean language press.
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