GE2014-49
The international media reports mostly on North Korea's nuclear programme and human rights issues. Very little is known about the lives of 24 million ordinary North Koreans, their hardship and their struggle, their desires and hopes. They are often forgotten. Over the course of the last two decades, North Korea has undergone many social changes. Ms. Zellweger, who has years of experience in working with, and for, the North Korean people, will talk about the impact of humanitarian aid and development assistance, the challenges and the opportunities.
The two talks aim to help the audience to develop a greater understanding of the situation in North Korea and the lives of the people there. Audience will also get a better understanding of humanitarian aid and international politics.
Session 1 5/2 (Thu)
Twenty years of humanitarian aid and development assistance to North Korea - Experiments, Achievements and Failures
Session 2 12/2 (Thu)
North Korea under Kim Jong Un - Challenges and Opportunities
Instructor
Ms. Katharina Zellweger
Katharina Zellweger is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Prior to that she was the Pantech Fellow in Korean Studies at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, in residence at Stanford University. Also, Zellweger is a senior aid manager with over 30 years of field experience in Hong Kong, China, and North Korea. She was based in Pyongyang for five years as North Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, an office of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Language: English
Dates: 5/2 & 12/2 (Thu)
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: KK101
Online Enrolment (Starts on Jan 28, 10:00am):
GE2014-49:
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=34823 (For HKU students and staff)
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=34825 (For public)
The two talks aim to help the audience to develop a greater understanding of the situation in North Korea and the lives of the people there. Audience will also get a better understanding of humanitarian aid and international politics.
Session 1 5/2 (Thu)
Twenty years of humanitarian aid and development assistance to North Korea - Experiments, Achievements and Failures
Session 2 12/2 (Thu)
North Korea under Kim Jong Un - Challenges and Opportunities
Instructor
Ms. Katharina Zellweger
Katharina Zellweger is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. Prior to that she was the Pantech Fellow in Korean Studies at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, in residence at Stanford University. Also, Zellweger is a senior aid manager with over 30 years of field experience in Hong Kong, China, and North Korea. She was based in Pyongyang for five years as North Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, an office of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Language: English
Dates: 5/2 & 12/2 (Thu)
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: KK101
Online Enrolment (Starts on Jan 28, 10:00am):
GE2014-49:
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?UEID=34823 (For HKU students and staff)
https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&UEID=34825 (For public)
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 05 Feb 2015 | 18:30 - 20:30 | KK101 |
| 12 Feb 2015 | 18:30 - 20:30 | KK101 |