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May 9th, 2013

Park Geun-hye makes first official U.S. visit

KSP in the news

South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits the United States this week for the first time since taking office in February. Stanford experts weigh in on the future of U.S.-Korea relations. Read more »



April 20th, 2013

Sejong Korean Scholars Program, Stanford University: Unprecedented Online Lecture Series on Korea for American High School Students

SPICE in the news: Yonhap News on April 15, 2013

Stanford University, one of the most prestigious American universities on the West Coast, has launched an unprecedented online lecture series on Korea for American high school students. Read more »



April 10th, 2013

Straub Joins Commonwealth Club "Town Hall" on North Korean Threats

KSP News

David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies Program, joined Ploughshares Fund Executive Director Philip Yun on April 8 for a town hall discussion in San Francisco on the recent North Korean threats. The panel was held at the Commonwealth Club, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, and moderated by Gloria Duffy, the President and CEO of the Commonwealth Club. Read more »



March 8th, 2013

UN Security Council resolution on North Korea was a necessary but not sufficient condition

KSP Q&A: Segye Times

In an interview with the South Korean daily newspaper Segye Times on March 7, David Straub said that the United Nations Security Council resolution on North Korea passed earlier in the day was a necessary but not sufficient condition to respond to North Korea's latest provocations. He urged alertness to possible conventional North Korean attacks on South Korea and said that the Obama administration would support efforts by the new South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye to engage North Korea diplomatically.




February 12th, 2013

North Korea keeps its pledge to conduct nuclear test

CISAC, FSI Stanford, Shorenstein APARC, KSP News

North Korea keeps its pledge to conduct a third underground nuclear test. We ask our experts to weigh in on the detonation condemned by the White House as destabilizing. Read more »




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Q&A;: Stanford's Emmerson on Obama's upcoming trip to Asia
Emmerson also will join three other Stanford scholars — Thomas Fingar, Daniel Sneider and David Straub — for a panel discussion on Obama's tour.
October 25, 2010 in Stanford Report

Tough Transition Awaits N. Korean Heir-Apparent
David Straub, a former State Department specialist on North Korea who is now at Stanford, says that book includes some observations about the younger Kim.
September 28, 2010 in NPR

Tough Transition Awaits North Korean Heir-Apparent
David Straub, a former State Department specialist on North Korea who is now at Stanford, says that book includes some observations about the younger Kim.
September 28, 2010 in NPR

North Korea's Next Leader A Surprising Secret
... the outside world, says David Straub, a longtime Korea specialist at the State Department, now with the Korea studies department at Stanford University.
September 12, 2010 in NPR

'Two Koreas unlikely to head into armed clash'
"I think such worries are premature," said David Straub, a former senior foreign service officer of the US State Department, who now serves as the associate ...
May 27, 2010 in Korea Times