good morning everyone and welcome to csic. for our conference on strengthening u.s., japan, rok trilateral cooperation. my name is victor cha, professor at georgetown university. i want to welcome everybody here who joined us on this overcast morning in d.c. as well as many of you who are joining us online. also grateful to the korea foundation for cohosting this conference with us. and in particular things to our participants who came from far away from japan and korea to join us here this morning. and so the question is why did they come from so far to join us here this morning. north korea to create peace on the peninsula. shapes the environment to ensure there is no destabilizing behavior in the taiwan straight. the three allies have conducted over 30 meetings since the historic meeting at camp david on everything ranging from securing supply chains to missile defense, and we expect to see the first named tried lateral select sire size sometimes in the -- trilateralism really helps to stabilize the region. it does not prov

good morning everyone and welcome to csic. for our conference on strengthening u.s., japan, rok trilateral cooperation. my name is victor cha, professor at georgetown university. i want to welcome everybody here who joined us on this overcast morning in d.c. as well as many of you who are joining us online. also grateful to the korea foundation for cohosting this conference with us. and in particular things to our participants who came from far away from japan and korea to join us here this morning. and so the question is why did they come from so far to join us here this morning. north korea to create peace on the peninsula. shapes the environment to ensure there is no destabilizing behavior in the taiwan straight. the three allies have conducted over 30 meetings since the historic meeting at camp david on everything ranging from securing supply chains to missile defense, and we expect to see the first named tried lateral select sire size sometimes in the -- trilateralism really helps to stabilize the region. it does not prov

so, it's really a distinct pleasure to host him here at csic. i think this is your first time at csic since leaving the government. so we are very happy to have you here. joining us on the screen from somewhere tropical, it looks like, is ambassador, special adjunct professor of the faculty of law at the university in japan. he's former ambassador to indonesia and retired from the japanese foreign service in 2021 , having served there for more than 40 years. he's held many posts in government prior to his retirement. director of policy planning, special assistant to the foreign minister, director general for global issues and legal advisors. he spent time here in d.c. where he served twice london, belgium, and nato as well. and he was in jakarta for almost four years. it looks like you are still in jakarta, your backscreen there. in bali, maybe. [laughter] then of course joining us as our good friend, ambassador kim, who is senior fellow at the institute, a senior advisor for the hyundai motor group, as well as a law firm. he's a former ambassad

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