Radio release–After Kim Jong-Il: America and the Two Koreas
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/09/2012 - 13:36(Washington DC – February 8, 2012) America Abroad's February radio documentary is “After Kim Jong-Il: America and the Two Koreas.”
“In the Asia Pacific in the 21st century, the United States of America is all in.”
That was President Obama, speaking to the Australian Parliament this past November. As the United States refocuses its foreign policy and sets its sights on Asia, a drama is unfolding in North Korea.
The sudden death of Kim Jong-Il and the succession to power of his young and inexperienced son has raised questions about Korea’s future and put the world on edge. What will the leadership change in North Korea mean for the future of America’s relationship with the two Koreas, for denuclearization or the reunification of the Korean peninsula?
Segments include:
• Daniel Shin reports on how the generational divide between South Koreans impacts their attitudes towards the North.
• Ray Suarez looks back at the more than 60 years of American involvement on the Korean peninsula.
• Lisa Schroeder talks to North Korean defectors living in Seoul to hear their insights into the recent leadership change in North Korea and their hopes for the future of the country they left behind.
• Clinton Administration officials look back at the negotiations leading to the 1994 nuclear agreement with North Korea.
• Ray Suarez talks to Victor Cha from Georgetown University and Scott Snyder from the Council on Foreign Relations about what Kim Jong-Il’s death will mean for future relations between America and the two Koreas.