
David Straub
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May 9th, 2013
Park Geun-hye makes first official U.S. visit
KSP in the newsSouth 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, 2013Stanford 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 NewsDavid 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 TimesIn 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 NewsNorth 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 »