Democracy has re-emerged as the key issue in the international community, with the rapidly spreading wave of democratization in North Africa and the Middle East. Against this backdrop, this session will discuss the expected leadership of the Republic of Korea, which achieved both industrialization and democratization within a generation, for promoting democracy and human rights in the Asian region.

- Moderator
PAIK, Ji-ah (Director-General, International Organizations Bureau, MOFAT)

- Main Speaker
BONG, Yongshik (Senior Researcher, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies)

- Panelists
Suren BADRAL (Ambassador, Community of Democracies(CD))
SOH, Changrok (Professor, Korea University)
Morton H. HALPERIN (Senior Advisor, Open Society Institute / former U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for Policy)
ABE, Kouji (Director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division, MOFA of Japan)

- Rapporteur
CHOI, Su-young (Director, Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, MOFAT)