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Asia Forum
The Asia Forum of Wellington
Patron: His Excellency the Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand

Wednesday 19 March
2003
5.30 pm to 7.00 pm

The discussion will be led by
Dr Tim Beal
School of Marketing and International Business,
Victoria University of Wellington

Crisis in Korea: Causes and Prospects

Tim Beal has researched and written extensively on Korean affairs. He has visited South Korea six times and North Korea, twice. He is often interviewed by the NZ and international media on North Korea. He maintains a well-regarded website on North Korea and co-edits the bimonthly Pyongyang Report. As Secretary of the NZ-DPRK Society he helps facilitate people-to people links between NZ and North Korea.
Over the last year or so his articles on Korea have appeared in the South Korean journals Global Economic Review and International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, and in the NZ Journal of Asian Studies and National Business Review. During that period he has spoken on Korea at conferences and seminars in Christchurch, Melbourne, London, Beijing, Washington, Wellington, and Hawaii. In March 2003 he is participating in a North Pacific security meeting in San Francisco.
He is currently working on a book for Pluto Press of London entitled North Korea's Arduous March

VENUE

Bell Gully
12th Floor
IBM Centre, 171 Featherston Street
Wellington
Please note no building access after 6 pm
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Seating is limited so if you wish to attend please contact Farib Sos
Ph: 914 5240 or email
by Thursday 13 March

The Asia Forum is a discussion group which meets monthly in Wellington, New Zealand.
The objective is to improve understanding of Asian political issues and their impact on trade and investment and to encourage the exchange of views of those with similar interests in different fields.