Joo-Ok Lee

Head, Regional Agenda, Asia-Pacific; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

B.S. in Political Science, Seoul National University, Korea; MBA, INSEAD, Singapore/France. Formerly with the Korean National Commission for UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), leading its public-private partnership initiative for educational development, designing and overseeing projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda) and Asia (DPR Korea, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Philippines and Thailand); Since 2012, with the World Economic Forum, in various positions including Head of Strategy and Community Development, Asia-Pacific and Head of International Organizations and IGWELs; In current role since 2020, in charge of the Forum's institutional collaboration with governments and public sector stakeholders in the APAC Region (Korean Peninsula, Mongolia, Southeast Asia and Australasia), as well as organizing the Forum's flagship meeting in the region (World Economic Forum on ASEAN)

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塑造朝鲜半岛未来安全局势的三个动态

在平壤于14个月前切断联系后,大韩民国(韩国)和朝鲜民主主义人民共和国(朝鲜)最近终于恢复了两国之间的通信。这一联系渠道的恢复带来了一些希望,即过去几个月中加剧的紧张关系有可能被更多的对话所取代。然而,要想实现朝鲜半岛长期持久的安全,需要一个更全面的方法,使利益相关方保持步调一致,解决人道主义问题,并考虑关键国家的国内政治议题。

17 Aug 2021

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