East Asia Now: Political Upheaval in the Republic of Korea

Title

East Asia Now: Political Upheaval in the Republic of Korea

Abstract

This event was a panel discussion featuring UW experts on the aftermath of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s attempted coup. CEAS Associate Director David Fields served as moderator.

Biography

Panel speakers:

  • Charles Kim, professor and cultural historian of modern Korea
  • Eunsook Jung, Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin Madison and previously faculty associate in the Department of Political Science  (2016-2020)
  • Terence Roehrig, lecturer in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Professor Emeritus at the U.S. Naval War College.