The Korean Wave—Its Past, Present, and Future: Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Kim Dae Jung’s Residence at Cambridge

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of Kim Dae Jung’s (1924-2009) residence at Cambridge. Kim, President of South Korea from 1998 to 2003, was notable for his policies of détente on the Korean peninsula for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. An icon of the Korean pro-democracy movement in the 1970s and 1980s, he also made great contributions to Korean creativity through his cultural policies which initiated the “Korean Wave.”

To commemorate Kim Dae Jung’s legacies in the cultural sphere, this symposium will bring together both practitioners and scholars of the Korean Wave. Presenters include:

· Kang Jegyu, film director of Shiri (1999) and Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

· Ra Jong-Yil, former Ambassador to the UK and Japan

· Mark Morris, Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge

· Hye-Kyung Lee, Professor at King’s College London

The symposium is co-hosted by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Baikbong Research Institute, and the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cambridge. Yoon Yeocheol, South Korean Ambassador to the UK, and Chung Sye-gyun, former Prime Minister of South Korea will offer opening remarks. The event will take place on 6 March 2023 (Mon) from 4pm in the Richard Eden Suite, Clare Hall.