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The Korea Chair Team Takes a Biweekly Look at Events of Interest in Washington, Seoul, and the Region February 26 - March 11, 2015 The Korea Chair team takes a biweekly look at events of interest in Washington, Seoul, and the region. U.S.-ROK RELATIONS U.S. Ambassador to Korea Attacked U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert was assault- ed by a deranged individual with a knife on March 5 in Seoul. The assault came before ambassador Lippert was scheduled to give a speech at a breakfast meeting hosted by the Korean Council for Rec- onciliation and Cooperation. The ambassador was taken to Yonsei University’s Severance Hospital in Seoul for treatment. He is ex- pected to make a full recovery. TRADE AND ECONOMICS Financial Services Commission Nominee The National Assembly confirmation hearing for Financial Services Commission (FSC) chairman Yim Jong-yong occurred on March 10. China and ROK Cooperate on Panda Research Yim was the former chairman of Nonghyup Financial Group. He On February 27, the Chinese secretary general of the Chi- was nominated by President Park in February. Yim’s nomination na-ROK Joint Commiee on People-to-People Exchanges does not require approval from the National Assembly. and deputy director-general of the Department of Asian Affairs of the foreign ministry Xing Haiming met with the REGIONAL RELATIONS vice president of Samsung Group Cho Byung Hak to discuss 10th China-Japan-Korea Senior Officials’ Meeting cooperave research on pandas. China Wildlife Conserva- On March 11, Lee Kyung-soo, the deputy minister for political af- on Associaon and Samsung Everland Resort were ap- fairs, met with his counterparts, Deputy Minister Shinsuke Sugiya- pointed as the responsible pares for this cooperave ma of Japan and Vice Minister Liu Zhenmin of China, at the 10th research. Republic of Korea–Japan-China Trilateral Senior Foreign Officials' Photo credit: Nathan Rupert’s Flickr photostream. Consultation. The foreign ministers discussed the future direction of trilateral cooperation and prepared for the seventh foreign minis- ters’ meeting taking place in Seoul later in March. ROK and Japan Hold Consular Affairs Meeting The 18th meeting of Directors-General for Consular Affairs of the ROK and Japan took place on March 4 in Tokyo. Lee Myung-yul, di- rector-general for overseas Korean and consular affairs, and Mari Miyoshi, director-general of the consular affairs bureau, co-chaired the event. The two sides discussed increased diplomatic exchanges and reaffirmed public diplomacy efforts in further developing ROK- Japan relations. The 19th meeting will take place in Korea in 2016. GLOBAL RELATIONS President Park in the United Arab Emirates President Park Visits Four Middle East Countries From March 5 to 7, President Park Geun-hye visited the President Park Geun-hye visited Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab United Arab Emirates, the third desnaon of her Middle Emirates, and Qatar from March 1 to 9. President Park and the lead- East tour. President Park and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi ers of the four nations agreed to expand cooperation in infrastruc- Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a summit to ture, investment, energy, and medical services. The visits allowed discuss ways to enhance cooperaon in the areas of ener- South Korea to bolster economic ties with Middle East countries. gy, nuclear power plants, construcon and plant engineer- ing, agriculture and halal foods, informaon security, and naonal defense. Photo credit: Blue House. KOREA CHAIR MONITOR | 2 GLOBAL RELATIONS (continued) ROK Second Vice Foreign Minister at UN Human Rights Council On March 3, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul delivered a keynote speech at the High-level Segment of the 28th session of the UN Hu- man Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. The 28th regular session will continue until March 27. DOMESTIC POLITICS New Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee Chairwoman Representative Na Kyung-won of the Saenuri Party was chosen on February 26 to be the new chairwoman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, becoming the first woman to do so in its history. Korea Hosts Senior Official’s Meeng of MITKA in Seoul Confirmation Hearings for New Ministers On February 27, the first MIKTA Senior Officials’ Meeng President Park appointed new ministers on February 17. Yoo Ki- was held in Seoul. The meeng was led by Lee Kyung-soo, june, the nominee for oceans and fisheries minister, and Yoo Il-ho, the Korean deputy minister for polical affairs. It was the minister-designate for land, infrastructure, and transport, at- about the guidelines and agendas for the upcoming minis- tended the hearing on March 9. On March 10, the hearing of Yim terial meeng, planned in late May, on how to promote Jong-yong, a nominee for the chairman of the Financial Services cooperaon among the five countries. Commission, was held. A National Assembly hearing for unification Photo credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. minister nominee Hong Yong-pyo was held on March 11. NORTH KOREA DPRK Missile Launches as Key Resolve/Foal Eagle Began On March 2, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea as a protest to the ROK-U.S. joint military exercise that began the same day. Key Resolve is planned to conclude on March 13 and Foal Eagle will conclude on April 24. First Russia-DPRK Business Council Meeting Held in Russia On March 3, Ri Yong-nam, minister of external economic relations of North Korea, visited Russia and met with Alexander Galushika, Russia’s Far East development minister, during the first Russia- DPRK business council meeting. 7th Fleet Joins Ongoing Foal Eagle Exercises Five U.S. Navy ships from the 7th Fleet, the USS Michael INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS Murphy, USS John S. McCain, USS Lassen, USNS Salvor, and Wages for Kaesong Industrial Complex Workers USS Fort Worth, the first ever lioral combat ship (LCS) to On February 26, North Korea sent a notification through the Kae- parcipate in Foal Eagle, arrived at South Korean ports on song Industrial Complex Management Committee (KICMC) of a March 4–5 to parcipate in the ongoing U.S.-ROK military 5.18 percent increase in workers’ monthly wage, effective March exercises. Photo credit: U.S. Navy. 2015. ROK Ministry of Unification responded in an official state- ment on March 9 rejecting the unilateral wage raise. Looking Ahead Our Friday morning preview of events to watch in the weeks ahead. March 2-27| The UN Human Rights Council convenes for its 28th regular session in Geneva, Switzerland. Late March| The seventh China-Japan-Korea (CJK) Trilateral Ministers Meeting will take place in Seoul. Late May| The first ministerial meeting of MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, and Australia) will be held in Seoul . KOREA CHAIR MONITOR CSIS Office of the Korea Chair contributors: Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Chair Ellen Kim, Assistant Director and Fellow Marie DuMond, Research Associate Sang Jun Lee, Research Assistant Andy Lim, Senior Research Intern Na Young Lee, KF-CSIS Junior Researcher Heeyoun Baek, Research Intern Mia Gregory, Research Intern Junhee Kang, Research Intern Sophia Zhang, Research Intern For more details on our programs and real-me updates from CSIS, follow the CSIS Office of the Korea Chair on: Facebook at hp://www.facebook.com/csiskoreachair Twier at @CSISKoreaChair Our website at hp://csis.org/program/korea-chair iTunesU using your iPad or iPhone at hp://itunes.com/csis. KoreaChair Monitor is a biweekly publicaon of the CSIS Office of the Korea Chair, available online. CSIS is a private, nonprofit instuon headquartered in Washington, D.C., focusing on inter- naonal public policy issues. Its research is nonparsan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy posions; accordingly, all views expressed in this publicaon should be understood to be solely those of the author(s). © 2015 by the Center for Strategic and Internaonal Studies. All rights reserved. .
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