Events at Stanford
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16:38 Jan 10, 2022
Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2022. 5:00 PM. Location: Via Zoom Webinar January 25, 5:00pm-6:00pm California time (January 26, 10:00am-11:00am Korea time) This event is part of Shorenstein APARC's winter 2022 webinar series, New Frontiers: Technology, Politics, and Society in the Asia-Pacific. While North Korea’s nuclear capabilities often make headlines, the DPRK increasingly poses a risk that is more difficult to see, in the form of sophisticated cyber attacks. Neighboring South Korea, one of the most digitized nations in the world, must closely monitor and defend against North Korea’s cyber threat, as attacks can disrupt economic, social, and defense infrastructures. This panel will discuss what kind of cyber threat North Korea poses to South Korea and beyond, how South Korea addresses the North Korean cyber attacks, and what other countries can learn from their response. Speakers: Jenny Jun, PhD candidate, Columbia University; Nonresident Fellow, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council So Jeong Kim, Pr...