The North Korea Cyber Working Group’s (NK CWG) second annual conference will take a deep dive on the role of technology and geopolitics in North Korean cyber activities, drawing on participants’ expertise and original research. Following the hosts’ welcome, Stanford University Hoover Fellow Jacquelyn Schneider will deliver keynote remarks. Two sets of panelists hailing from academia, government, and the private sector will then convene to lend color to the broader conversation. The first panel will discuss emerging North Korean cyber threats and explore novel approaches to countering them. The second panel will consider the geopolitical implications of North Korean cyber operations, as well as opportunities for international cooperation.

This event is co-sponsored by the Korea Project, the Cyber Project, and the North Korea Cyber Working Group.

The hosts acknowledge the generous support of the SBS Foundation Research Fund at Harvard  University’s Korea Institute.

During July 19-21, 2022, the Korea Project convened the 3rd Harvard Korean Security Summit. Our theme of “Korea – A Catalyst of Global Trends” explored how quickly various Korea-related functional issues play out with global implications. Korea cases provide unique insights into global trends ranging from ongoing efforts to change leader-level calculus (2017 Korean Missile Crisis) to the ROK’s designs for bolstering tech supply chain resilience to the DPRK’s expanding use of cryptocurrency theft for funding the regime. Dr. Geun Lee (President, Korea Foundation) delivered the Korea Foundation’s Opening Remarks, and Natalie Colbert (Executive Director, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School) delivered the Belfer Center’s Opening Remarks. The Honorable ROK Foreign Minister Dr. Park Jin delivered Congratulatory Remarks. We heard from top researchers of Korean security issues, senior ROK and U.S. practitioners, and next-generation scholars, who provided key findings from their respective research work. ROK Consul General Kijun You delivered Closing Remarks. Through the annual Summit series, the Korea Project continues to advance its mission of growing Korean security studies at Harvard and beyond.

The Belfer Center’s Korea Project acknowledges the generous support of the Korea Foundation.

Financially motivated cyber operations, especially cybercrime, represent an increasingly central component of North Korea’s strategy for evading sanctions and generating illicit revenue. In this event, Priscilla Moriuchi and Alex O’Neill will discuss ongoing trends and future expectations for North Korean financially motivated cyber operations, as well as O’Neill’s recent report, Cybercriminal Statecraft.

This event is co-sponsored by the Korea Project and the Cyber Project.

This event will explore the rise of North Korea as a cyber power and consider what the future of its operations holds, drawing on participants’ expertise and original research.

In the context of a new Indo-Pacific security architecture emerging, what is the role of the U.S.-ROK Alliance? 

The Korea Project, the Korea Association of Military Studies, and the Applied History Project are co-sponsoring this event.

Join us as former ROK Foreign Minister Young-kwan Yoon provides an overview of the key findings and policy recommendations from his research as the Korea Project’s inaugural Senior Visiting Scholar.

The Belfer Center’s Korea Project acknowledges the generous support of the Korea Foundation.

2021 KF-Virtual Dialogue 4: Korea-United States

The Korea Foundation (KF) and the Belfer Center’s Korea Project are proud to host KF Virtual Dialogue 4: Korea-United States with a focus on “Working Together to Build a Greener Global Economy.”

The 2021 KF Virtual Dialogue Series—with a host of international partner organizations—navigates ways for green recovery through global cooperation by sharing the efforts and experiences of diverse countries around the globe.

The Korea Foundation and Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center’s Korea Project are co-organizing this event.

With the next inter-Korean summit and Xi Jinping-Kim Jong Un meeting scheduled for September, we’ll be convening a special Seoul Forum for International Affairs (SFIA) - Harvard Track II dialogue on Friday, September 28. This public event will highlight insights from former senior practitioners and leading experts from the Republic of Korea and the United States.

The co-organizers of this event are the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, Harvard Belfer Center’s Korea Working Group, and Harvard Korea Institute’s SBS Foundation Research Fund.

The Harvard Korea Working Group acknowledges the generous support of the Korea Foundation.