Kyung-Ae Park

The Yonhap News Agency, Interview article, “NK Enthusiastic about SEZ,” October 29, 2013

UBC 박경애 교수, 평양 ‘특수경제지대 개발 국제토론회’ 주최 소감 (서울=연합뉴스) 노재현 기자 = “북한이 외국의 경제특구를 배우려는 의지가 정말 대단하다고 느꼈습니다.” 지난 16∼17일 평양에서 조선경제개발협회와 ‘특수경제지대(경제특구) 개발 국제토론회’를 주최한 박경애 캐나다 브리티시 컬럼비아대학(UBC·정치학) 교수는 북한 측 참석자들의 태도를 이같이 전했다. 방북 후 국제학술대회 참석차 서울을 찾은 박 교수는 28일 서울의 한 호텔에서 연합뉴스와 한 인터뷰에서 […]

The Korea Times, “NK Crucial for Expanding Korean Studies,” October 27, 2013

Park Kyung-ae, below right, director of Center for Korean Research at the University of British Columbia (UBC), talks about her paper “The Missing Link in Korean Studies: University Soft Power and Academic Exchanges with North Korea.” She gave a presentation of her paper at the international conference organized by the Academy of Korean Studies on […]

Joongang Ilbo, “NK Participation Needed for Development of Korea Studies”, October 25, 2013

남북 화해 기여하는 UBC 박경애 교수, 신뢰 바탕위에 캐나다와 북한 학술 교류 주관. Source: JoongAng Ilbo

Pyongyang Times, “Pyongyang Hosts Int’l Conference on SEZ Development,” October 19, 2013

DPRK-Canada Knowledge Partnership Program PY-Times-SEZ-conference-2013-10 (PDF) Source: http://www.nkeconwatch.com/nk-uploads/PY-Times-SEZ-conference-2013-10.pdf

Rodong Sinmun, “International Conference on SEZ Development Held in DPRK,” October 18, 2013

Int’l Conference on SEZ Development Held in DPRK Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) — Ri Chol Sok, vice-president of the Korean Economic Development Association (KEDA), said in his closing address at the Pyongyang International Conference on Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Development that other countries’ experience would be helpful to the DPRK seeking to create economic development […]

Korean Central News Agency, “International Conference on SEZ Development Held in DPRK,” October 17, 2013

Int’l Conference on SEZ Development Held in DPRK Pyongyang, October 17 (KCNA) — Ri Chol Sok, vice-president of the Korean Economic Development Association (KEDA), said in his closing address at the Pyongyang International Conference on Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Development that other countries’ experience would be helpful to the DPRK seeking to create economic development […]

Xinhua News Agency, “DPRK to Open Economic Zones, Welcomes “any nation” to Invest”, October 16, 2013

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would establish special economic zones open to investment from “any country.” Ri Chol Sik, deputy head of the Korea Economic Development Association (KEDA), told the first international conference on Special Economic Zone (SEZ) development here that the DPRK was preparing to open many SEZs at […]