The year 2012 in East Asia will see significant change with the emergence of new leaders and political change. Leadership shifts will be gradual in China and North Korea, and new leaders will be elected through presidential elections in South Korea, Russia, and the U.S. In this session, foreign correspondents in South Korea will give their opinions about which changes will be made based on the leadership and power shifts.
- The year of political change: how foreign correspondents view political change in the two Koreas, China, Russia, and the U.S.
- Interpreting the political shifts in East Asia.

- Moderator
KIM Young Hie (Editor-At-Large, JoongAng Ilbo)

- Panelists
Martin FACKLER (Tokyo Bureau Chief, New York Times)
Sebastien FALLETTI (Seoul Correspondent, Le Figaro)
SUMIDA Takushi (Seoul Bureau Chief, Kyodo News)
Arten SANZHIEV (Seoul Bureau Chief, Rossiyskaya Gazeta)
LEE Byung Jong (Seoul Correspondent, Newsweek)