FEBRUARY 11, 2015
SeYoung Jang, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
“South Korea’s Quest for Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing: 1972-1976”
Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Project on Managing the Atom Seminar Series Presentation
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute
Fainsod Room, Littauer-324

MAY 8, 2015
Hyong-O Kim, Republic of Korea’s Former Speaker of the National Assembly
“What Decision Should Korea Make in 2017? Korean Politics & the Next Presidential Election”
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School Presentation
Co-sponsored by the Kim Koo Forum on Korea Current Affairs at the Korea Institute
NYE A & B, Taubman Building 5th Floor, Harvard Kennedy School

Bio:
Hyong-O Kim served as the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea between
2008 and 2010. He served five consecutive terms as a member of the National Assembly between
1992 and 2012 during which he served as the Floor Leader of the Grand National Party (2006 -
2007), Secretary General of the Grand National Party (2004 - 2005), Chairman of the Science,
Technology, Information, and Telecommunications Committee (2001 - 2003), and Chairman
of the Special Committee on Economic Reform and Unemployment (1998). In 2013, he was
awarded the Mugunghwa Medal, the highest order of civil merit. He received his bachelors
and masters at Seoul National University, and his doctorate in political science at Kyungnam
University.