Our panel of the world’s leading experts on North Korea will examine the glaring impasse in the DPRK-US relations emerging in the wake of the US-ROK joint military exercises, the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Pyongyang's apparent resumption of the operation of the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and demonstrated reluctance to accept vaccine assistance amidst the worsening wave of Delta COVID hitting the Peninsula – all on the doorstep of South Korea’s presidential elections. We’ll look at what Washington and its allies need to do to get the ball rolling again and jump-start international negotiations on nuclear issues and humanitarian concerns, including human rights, with North Korea.

This month, we are joined by guest panelist Amb. Robert R. King, former Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues at the Department of State (2009-17).

This forum will be held on September 7, 2021 at 2 PM EDT, livestreamed right here on washingtonbrief.org. Register at: https://washingtonbrief.org/