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Capitol Policy Forum

Name: Capitol Policy Forum
Start: 2026-04-29T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-29T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Cannon House Office Building Room 340

April 29, 2026 9:30 am - 1:00 pm Cannon House Office Building Room 340

April 29, 2026

The Korean Peninsula remains divided more than 70 years after the Korean War, with a democratic and economically advanced South contrasted by a totalitarian and nuclear armed North. This division continues to drive geopolitical instability, nuclear proliferation, and human rights abuses. Shifting United States policy toward a broader strategy focused on achieving a free and unified Korea, rather than focusing only on denuclearization, could better address these challenges while aligning with regional stability and the long term aspirations of the Korean people.

Location

Cannon House Office Building Room 340

About this event

The division of the Korean Peninsula is a critical unresolved legacy of World War II. More than 70 years after the Korean War, the peninsula remains divided between a vibrant democracy and free market system in the South and an impoverished, totalitarian, nuclear-capable regime in the North.

This timely forum will assess how US policy can move from a narrow focus on denuclearization, during which the North Korean nuclear threat has grown, toward a comprehensive strategic approach with a Free and Unified Korea as its end goal. A new policy proposal will be shared along with presentations from leading human rights and grassroots information campaign leaders from Seoul and the United States.

Korea’s division remains a destabilizing geopolitical fault line that perpetuates nuclear proliferation and systemic human rights abuses. Re-establishing unification as the strategic end state of the U.S.-ROK-Japan policy alliance will provide a focus point for international campaign support from governments and civil society groups. A unified Korea- democratic, nuclear-free, economically integrated and grounded in a shared historical identity- would fulfill the aspirations of the Korean people and advance long-term U.S. strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Agenda

Venue: Cannon House Office Building Room 340
In-Person

APR 29, 2026

Wednesday

9:30 AM - 1:00 PM

9:10 AM: Registration

9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks

Mr. Jeremy Graham, Director of Strategic Development, Global Peace Foundation
Session I: “North Korean Escapees’ Voice for a Free & Unified Korea”
Moderator: Dr. Suzanne Scholte, President, Defense Forum Foundation
• Mr. Kang-Il Hu, Chairman, North Korea Democratization Committee
• Ms. Ji-Young Kim, President, Free North Korea Radio
• Mr. Sang-Hak Park, Head of Fighters for a Free North Korea
• Ms. Ga-Young Kim, Broadcaster and Security Lecturer

10:30 AM: Session II: US-ROK Alliance for a Free & Unified Korea

Moderator: Ms. Olivia Enos, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Mr. James P. Flynn, International President, Global Peace Foundation
Mr. Hyun-Seung Lee, Lead Program Strategist of the North Korea Initiative, Global Peace
Foundation; Founder, North Korean Young Leaders Assembly
Mr. Nam-Sik Yoo, Director of Youth Program, Alliance for Korea United USA
Rev. Kenneth Bae, Founder and President, New Korea Foundation International and New Korea
Hope Broadcasting

11:50 AM: Lunch Buffet

12:10 PM: Luncheon: Resolving the Korea Challenge with the End Goal of Human Freedom and Unification

Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Robert Joseph, Senior Scholar, National Institute for Public Policy; Former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Featured Presentation: Mr. In-Teck Seo, Co-Chair, Action for Korea United