International Aid and Sustainable Development in North Korea

The continuing tensions between North and South Korea prompt one to question whether the decades of efforts toward peace and the eventual reunification of the Korean Peninsula have been futile. However, there is still a need to identify ways in which progress can be made towards a resolution. To this end, Dr Sojin Lim will share her observations on recent changes in North Korea and her perspective on the potential for openness and change through international aid and inter-Korean cooperation. Specifically, the discussion will examine the implications of these factors on the prospects of reunification. Dr Sojin Lim is Reader in Asia Pacific Studies at University of Central Lancaster, where she is also co-director of the International Institute of Korean Studies (IKSU). She has published extensively on North Korea, in particular from the perspective of international relations.