Lecture of professor Ra John Il «Dynamics of Adversarial Duo in the Peninsula»

The Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs invites you to participate in the Lecture by professor Ra Jong Il on October 11, 17:00. Professor Ra Jong Il is a Professor of Political Studies at Gachon University (Incheon ), he acted as an Ambassador to Great Britain (2001-2003) and Japan (2004-2007). Professor Ra Jong Il is a prominent social and political figure as well as novelist.

Topic of the lecture: «Dynamics of Adversarial Duo in the Peninsula»

Working language: English.

Date of event: October 11 (Thursday) 2018, at 17:00.

The event will be held on 17 Malaya Ordinka St., 1st floor, room 106 (conference room).

Please complete the electronic registration form to confirm your participation.

If you have questions, please contact Associate Professor of School of Asian Studies Zhanna Son (e-mail jgson@hse.ru )

About Prof. Ra:

Ra Jong Il received his Ph.D. from University of Cambridge. He has held academic posts at a number of institutes including Kyung Hee Univiersity, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Southern California. He became Special Aide to South Korean President Kim Dae-jung on foreign and security policy. Later he joined the government and served in a number posts including Chief of Administration of the Presidential Transition Committee (1997-1998), First and Second Director of the National Intelligence Service (1998-1999), Special Assistant to the Director of the NIS (1999-2001), Ambassador to the UK (2001-2003) and Japan (2004-2007), Senior National Security Advisor to the President (2003-2004). He is also the former President of Woosuk University (2007-2011). He is now University Distinguished Professor at Hanyang University teaching international relations.

He is also known internationally as a novelist. His works have been published in a number of countries such as US, China, Japan, Hungary, Russia and Iran. In 2013, Ra released a book about Kang Min-chul, the only person who ever admitted involvement with an attempt to assassinate the South Korean president in 1983. In 2016 he released a book The Path Taken by Jang Song-thaek: A Rebellious Outsider about North Korean general Jang Song-thaek and Kim Jong-il.