The School of Advanced International Studies will host the inaugural event of the U.S.-Korea Institute on Wednesday, Oct. 4.

Christopher R. Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Lee Tae-Sik, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, will give remarks.

Following the remarks, a panel discussion, "The Future of the Korean Peninsula," will bring together five former U.S. ambassadors to the Republic of Korea: Stephen W. Bosworth, Donald Gregg, Thomas C. Hubbard, James T. Laney and James R. Lilly.

The U.S.-Korea Institute is a major effort by SAIS to improve knowledge and understanding between the United States and Korea through academic studies, research and outreach efforts in the Washington area and elsewhere. Funded initially by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and American friends, it will draw on the expertise of SAIS faculty, administrators and students, and the cooperation of existing Korea-related organizations here and abroad. Don Oberdorfer, SAIS journalist-in-residence, author of The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History and retired longtime Washington Post correspondent, is the founding chairman of the institute.

The event will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the Nitze Building's Kenney Auditorium. Non-SAIS affiliates should RSVP to the institute at ksurber1@jhu.edu or 202-663-5830.

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