NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nuclear threat posed by North Korea will be the
focus of a lecture by former South Korean government official Chang Hee
Kang Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Vanderbilt Institute for
Public Policy Studies (VIPPS).
Chang spent 20 years in the Republic of Korea Army before retiring with
a rank of lieutenant colonel. He was then elected to five consecutive
terms in the Korean parliament and served as cabinet minister for
science and technology. Kang is currently a visiting senior fellow at
the VIPPS Center for U.S.-Japan Studies and Cooperation.
“The whole world is now concerned about the recent statement of the
North Korean government that it does have nuclear weapons and that it
is entitled to have them,” James Auer, director of the VIPPS U.S.-Japan
Center, said. “We are extremely fortunate to have a man who is very
qualified to talk about the threat that North Korea poses.”
In addition to nuclear weapons, Kang will discuss historical and
current Korean political and social issues and relations between the
United States and South Korea.
An interpreter who is traveling from Korea for the event will translate the lecture, which will be in Korean.
The lecture will take place in the lecture hall of the John
Seigenthaler Center at Vanderbilt at 1207 18th Ave. S. It is free and
open to the public.
For additional information about the lecture, contact Michiko Peterson at 615- 343-6980 or michiko.k.peterson@vanderbilt.edu.
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