Program
1:30 - 2:00
Registration
2:00 - 2:30
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming Remarks
Yim Tea-Hee, Chairman of Korea Policy Foundation
Congratulatory Remarks
Na Kyung-won, Chairwoman of the National
Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
2:30 - 3:40
Assembly
Session 1
Moderator: James Wan-Ryung Yoo, Chairman,
SGI Consulting Inc.
“Developing the ICT Infrastructure in the Korean Peninsula in
Preparation for the Era of Unification”
Chulwan Kim, Senior Research Fellow, KISDI
“Suggestions for the Inter-Korean Co-operation in developing
the ICT infrastructure”
Nam-Gyu Kim, Professor, Dong-Eui Univ.
Panelists: Ghilwook Lee, Director, KT
Tae-Ho Lee, M&C Deputy Leader, Samil PwC
Heung-Su Seo, Director, KBS
3:40 - 4:00
4:00 - 4:50
Coffee Break
Session 2
Moderator: Jaehoon Lee, President and Senior Consultant,
SGI Consulting Inc.
“Engaging with DPRK through Science Diplomacy”
Chan-Mo Park, Chancellor, PUST,
“Teaching ICT: Power for Change”
Wesley H. Brewer, Professor, PUST
“Changes in the digital environment and the role of PUST”
Steven Eisenbarth, Professor and Dean, PUST
4:50 - 5:20
Q&A
5:20 – 5:30
Closing Remarks
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Session 1.
Developing the ICT Infrastructure in the Korean Peninsula in
Preparation for the Era of Unification
통일 대비 남북한 ICT 인프라 구축 협력방안
Moderator
James Wan-Ryung Yoo
Chairman
SGI Consulting Inc.
Mr. James Wan-Ryung Yoo is Chairman of SGI Consulting Incorporated
based in Seoul. He is a pioneer in the development of inter-Korean
relationship at the private-sector level. Mr. Yoo was one of the first
entrepreneurs who have invested in the DPRK, when he set up
computer
monitor
manufacturing
lines
in
the
Daesung
District,
Pyongyang in 1998. He has also consulted numerous large domestic
and international firms from various industrial sectors in their pursuit of
business opportunities in the DPRK market.
His track record and
contribution to the development of private-sector businesses with the
DPRK had been outstanding. He firmly believes that active private-sector
level exchanges will serve as a conduit to forge affirmative inter-Korean
relationships.
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Speaker
Chulwan Kim
Senior Research Fellow
Korea Information Society Development Institute(KISDI)
Chulwan Kim was a former marketing professor at Ivan Allen College
of Management and International Affairs of Georgia Tech in Atlanta,
Georgia. He had his Ph. D in Marketing at the Wharton School of U.
of Penn. He taught many marketing courses for various levels both at
the Wharton and Georgia Tech As a professor at Georgia tech,
Chulwan Kim had also, with the request of the Office the President,
pioneered
in
developing
the Master's
program
called
'Technology
Management' to foster the venture businesses. In addition to teaching
and research, he gave a number of talks and lectures to many outside
firms as the part of many consulting projects he was engaged in. After
years of teaching and research at Georgia Tech, he joined the Korea
Information Society Development Institute(KISDI) of the former Ministry
of Information and Communication which has now recast as the Korea
Communication Commission in Seoul, Korea. At KISDI, Chulwan Kim
has conducted numerous government's research projects from the
postal businesses to the communication policies and the international IT
cooperation(e.g., ODA for the Digital Divide) including IT cooperation
between South and North Korea. Along the line of his devotion, the
government was able to start introducing the services such as the
parcel and the data protection in the postal and in the digital sector,
respectively.
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Abstract
남북한의 공동번영과 효율적인 미래 한반도 통일을 위해서는 민생인프라 구축이
필요하다. 뿐만 아니라 남북관계 등 여건조성에 대비하는 동시에 통일비용 절감
을 위해 남북간 통합ICT인프라 구축계획이 절실한 바, 이에 따라 남북 간 ICT
인프라 구축을 위한 로드맵을 제시하고자 한다.
1. 북한 ICT 인프라 및 서비스 현황
북한의 ICT 인프라 및 서비스 현황을 살펴보면, 체신산업의 첨단화 및 통신망의
현대화 강조에 힘입어 이동통신 사업이 두각을 나타내고 있다. 유선통신의 경우,
시외전화는 중앙집중식이며 국제전화는 위성을 활용하여 통화품질이 낮고 비싼
한계를 보이고 있다. 이동전화는 2011년 기준 총 453개 기지국을 구축하였으며
총 가입자 수는 2014년 약 280만 명까지 급증하였다. 또한 북한은 교육목적 이
외의 외부 인터넷 사용을 엄격이 제한하고 있으나, 인트라넷을 활용한 국내학
술교류는 활발하게 이루어지고 있다.
한편, 북한의 아날로그 TV방송과 라디오 중·단파 방송의 경우 전국 커버리지를
갖추고 있다. 그러나 전력난 및 수신기 보급 저조로 인해 TV방송시청에 제약이
있으며 FM라디오 방송은 송신환경이 열악하여 개성과 평양지역을 중심으로
방송되고 있다.
2. 통일 대비 ICT인프라 구축방안
통신은, 단기적으로는 취약설비가 보완되어야 하며 이동전화 중심의 인프라
설계를 추진할 필요가 있다. 중·장기적으로 북한 내 핵심도시에 5G 및 All-IP
서비스 인프라 구축 및 시범서비스를 실시하여 북측 전 지역으로 All-IP 인프라를
확대해 나가야 한다.
방송의 경우, 라디오 중심의 통합방송을 실시하고, TV 인프라 보강 및 디지털
수신 요건을 우선 조성해야 한다. 이후 지상파 방송의 디지털 전환을 단계적으로
추진하고, 장기적으로 난시청 해소 및 All-IP 구축에 따른 매체 다양화가 요구된다.
3. 남북 ICT통합인프라 구축을 위한 재원조달 방안
원활한 재원조달, 위험분산, 글로벌 협력모델의 상징성 확보를 위해 정부 ,
사업자, 국제기구, 금융기관 등이 참여하는 컨소시엄 구성을 통한 재원조달이
요구된다. 한편, 북한 ICT인프라(방송 통신) 보완 및 신규구축 비용 약 11조 8천억
원이 소요될 것으로 추정된다.
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Speaker
Nam-Gyu Kim
Professor
Dong-Eui University
Nam-Gyu Kim received the B.S. degree in Computer Science from
KAIST, Deajeon, Korea and earned the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
computer science and engineering from POSTECH, Pohang,
1996 and 2005, respectively.
Research
Institute
Korea, in
He joined Advanced Telecommunications
International
(ATR),
Kyoto,
Japan
Telecommunication (KT) research center, Daejeon, Korea.
and
Korea
Since 2009,
he has been an assistant professor in the department of game
engineering, Dong-Eui University, Busan, Korea.
His research interests
include 3D human computer interaction in games and multimedia
systems, computer vision, and visual information processing in field of
virtual and augmented reality.
During Ph.D., the virtual reality area
collaboration with North Korea was conducted with Professor Chan-Mo
Park.
In
terminology
addition,
of
the
information
and
South
North
and
communication
Korea,
and
technology
inter-Korean
collaboration fields for small and medium IT enterprises were studied.
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Abstract
남북간 IT 관련 인프라 구축 격차는 크다고 알려져 있다. 격차가 커질수록 향후
통일을 대비하는 비용 마련에 대한 부담과 상호간 동질성 회복은 더욱 어려워
질 것이다. 과거 활발했던 남북한 기술 교류의 장에서 북한 연구원들간의 실무
및 기술 교류에서 얻은 작은 경험을 바탕으로 미래 지향적인 남북한 ICT 인프라
구축 방안을 위한 제안 내용을 다음의 두 가지로 제시해 본다.
첫째, 기술 Difference map의 정의 가능 여부이다. 그 동안 많은 문헌들에서는
기술의 격차를 외부로 나타나는 정보의 차이들로 제시해 왔다. 통일 대비 측면
에서 이 단순 정보의 차이는 실무 차원에서 문제가 되진 않는다. 예를 들어 전
화회선의 경우, 자동전화회선 장비가 차이가 있을 것이며, 백본 전송망 광전송
장비의 스펙은 확연히 다를 것이다. 그 차이는 나중에 상호 통신 회선 구축에
큰 문제로 제기 될 것이다. 북한 정보의 부족으로 인프라 및 기술의 격차는 현
재 알려진 사실보다 더 클 수도 작을 수도 있을 것이다. 이를 위해 단순 통계의
차이보다는 현재 알려진 정보들을 통해 북한의IT 기술 격차를 역으로 산출해 보
는 기술 Difference map을 만들어봄이 좋을 것이다. Map 정의를 위한 내용은
상호연결 및 동질성 회복시간, 장비 리스트 등이 될 것이다. 이를 위해서는 분야
별 IT관련 전문가들로 구성된 분석 모임이 필요할 것이다.
둘째, 남북한 ICT 인프라 구축 전략 내에 “사람”의 개념을 도입하는 것과 이에
부합하는 교류 방안에 대한 문제이다. ICT 인프라란 20세기까지만 해도 H/W에
집중되어 왔다. 하지만 실질적으로 이 하드웨어를 다루는 사람의 활동도 매우
중요하고, 실제 ICT관련 회사는 사람의 활동을 경제화 하고 효율화 하는 방안
등을 고려하고 있다. 이제는 모든 시스템을 전반적으로 운영할 수 있는 베테랑
운영자는 찾기 어렵다. 그만큼 시스템의 복잡하고 커졌기 때문이다. 따라서, ICT
분야에서도
사람과
관련한
활동,
예를
들어
Operator,
Programmer,
Administrator, System/Infra Architect 등의 구분이 필요하며, 사람과 활동과
관련한 북한의 장점과 이를 활용 방안을 고민해야 할 것이다. 북한 또한 창의적
인 IT 인력이 있다는 것은 자명한 일이다. 하지만, 그 보다는 노동집약적 산업에
익숙하다.
따라서
ICT
관련
사람의
활동
중, 보다
노동집약적
활동(예,
Operator)을 미리 교육함으로써 향후를 대비할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.
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Panelists
Ghilwook Lee
Director of Corporate Relations Office
Korea Telecommunication(KT)
Mr. Ghilwook Lee is Director in Corporate Relations Office of KT in
Seoul. He studied Law in Pusan National University until 1995, and
received LL.M Degree from Minnesota Law School in 2004. He worked
for
telecom
1)Contract
business
for
KEDO’s
between
South
International
and
telecom
North
Korea
service
such
between
as
the
participating countries and North Korea 2)Public Payphone installation
in Mount Geumgang 3)supporting the telecom service for the National
events including Two Korea Summit in 2000, National reunion event of
the separated family, and International Sports Game with North Korea.
He is handling the telecom issues of Gaesong industrial complex with
Northern partners. His main endeavour is in the area of communication
infra after forthcoming unification. And he is working on the regulatory
reform concerning telecom infra issue with Korean Govt. His sincere
belief is that steady-going relation with the North will pay in the near
future.
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Taeho Lee
Partner / M&C Deputy Leader
Samil PwC
Tae-ho Lee is a Samil PwC's partner and M&C Deputy Leader.
He
brings extensive experience in auditing, advisory services, and project
financing consulting.
Since he joined the firm, Mr Lee served some of
the largest domestic clients and public institutions in the areas of
property sales, including sales of the Goyang Express Bus Terminal
property, relocation of several training institute--Incheon National Univ.,
Yonsei Univ., Sugang Univ., Seoul National Univ.
He worked with IGIS
Asset Management, K·REITS & PARTNERS to provide advisory services
for developing real estate indirect investment goods.
Mr. Lee also
consulted and reviewed major project financing work for public sector
including Incheon International Airport, Busan New Port authority, and
several highways and railroad authorities.
Aside from his leadership
role at Samil PwC, Mr. Lee served as an advisor to National Pension
Service,
Korea
Electric
Land&Housing Corporation.
Power
Corporation(KEPCO),
and
Korea
He was invited as an adjunct professor at
Graduate School of Urban and Real Estate of Sejong University. He
graduated from Business School of Yonsei University and received his
master’s degree from Seoul National University.
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Heung-Su Seo
Director of Technology Planning Department
Korea Broadcasting System(KBS)
Heung-Su Seo is currently positioned as a director of Technology
Planning Department of Korea Broadcasting System(KBS).
Since he
joined the firm in 1994, he has sourced and completed numerous
major
projects.
During
2000-2012,
he
proceeded
with
Digital
Television(DTV) switchover and analog switch-off(ASO) along with the
government's broadcasting policy.
terrestrial
2004-2006.
ultra
Digital
Multimedia
He also worked for starting a
Broadcasting(DMB)
service
during
Furthermore, Mr. Seo has endeavoured to introduce an
high-definition(UHD)
TV
since
the
year
of
2012,
During
2009-2011, he planned and directed the introduction of Player-K,
which is a free multi-channel media service platform, and enlarged the
number of channel to provided more high-quality service for users.
He
is currently interested in introducing digital broadcasting to North
Korea, and, since 2007, has researched the measures to broadcast in
the North Korean area in the case of emergency.
He graduated from
Sogang University as electronic engineer, and received master’s degree
in digital media studies in the same University.
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Session 2.
ICT in North Korea Today and the Potential for Development:
With a Focus on the Case of the Pyongyang Science and
Technology University(PUST)
북한 ICT 현황 및 발전가능성: 평양과기대 사례를 중심으로
Moderator
Jaehoon Lee
President / Senior Consultant
SGI Consulting Inc.
Dr. Jaehoon Lee, President and Senior Consultant of SGI Consulting
Inc., has an extensive background in research and consulting related to
the policy formulation for national development and strategic industry
development for developing nations. Having been commissioned by the
Government of Korea, The Government of Ethiopia, the Government of
Kenya, the African Development Bank/African Development Fund, the
World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and other domestic
and international institutions. Dr. Lee conducted numerous assignments
for governments in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and in Latin America.
His research also includes a business strategy formulation for the
Rajin-Sonbong Free Trade Zone and the Gaesong Industrial Complex.
He earned his BA in Business Administration and MBA from California
State University at Los Angeles and MA in Political Economy and PhD
in Political Science from Claremont Graduate University.
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Panelist
Prof. Chan-Mo Park
Chancellor
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST)
Professor Chan-Mo Park was the 4th President of POSTECH from 2003
to 2007.
After retiring from POSTECH he served as a Special Advisor
on S&T to the President of ROK and the 1st President of NRF of Korea
before he assumed a Chancellor and Professor of Computer Science
position with PUST, a unique private and international university in
DPRK in 2010.
He received his B.S. degree from Seoul National
University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Maryland,
College Park. In 1995, he was elected as a Fellow by the Korean
Academy of Sciences and Technology.
Dr. Park's experience includes
professorship in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, KAIST,
The Catholic University of America, and POSTECH.
He has also served
as a president of several professional societies in U.S.A and Korea. His
major research interests are Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, and
System Simulation.
For the past several years, he has been involved
with research activities concerning IT development in DPRK and carried
out a joint research on virtual reality with PIC in DPRK for seven years.
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Abstract
"Engaging with DPRK through Science Diplomacy"
It is very important to engage with DPRK to ease the tension between
the two Koreas. One way to achieve this goal is through Science
Diplomacy.
In this presentation after a brief introduction to a motivation for
engaging with DPRK and Inter-Korean collaborations on IT such as a
joint research between POSTECH and PIC as well as KCST, the first
Inter-Korean Conference on S & T in Korean peninsula, the current
status of PUST that is a typical example of Science Diplomacy will be
presented. PUST is a unique private and international university in DPRK
established by South and North Korea jointly and opened in 2010. All
the courses are taught in English by foreign professors from many
countries who are volunteers. PUST has been striving to make it a
global university by holding International Conferences on S & T every
other years and sending many graduate students to universities in
Europe and South America for a Master degree or as a research intern.
Also
undergraduate
students
have
been
visiting
universities
and
companies in China as a part of study tours.
As a scientist who has been working with DPRK since 2000, I found
that the following factors are needed to be successful in engaging with
DPRK
in
addition
to
Science
Diplomacy.
They
are
mutual
trust,
awareness of homogeneity, patience, and love. Most of the PUST
faculty members are pursuing their duties with Christian love.
The ultimate goal of engaging with DPRK is to globalize the country so
that DPRK becomes a good neighbor of the Western countries and to
accomplish a peaceful reunification of Korea.
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Panelist
Wesley Brewer
Professor
Pyongyang University of Scence and Technology (PUST)
Wesley Brewer is currently a Professor of Computer Science at the
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST). After working
for a number of years as a Professor and Consultant in America, Dr.
Brewer moved to Korea in 2007 to teach Computer Science at
Handong Global University.
software
development
In 2008, he moved to China to start a
company
for
outsourcing
programmers to South Korean companies.
North
Korean
Since 2010, he has been at
the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), first
serving as the founding Dean of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
and more recently serving as the Vice President for Science & Research.
As
VP,
he
has
been
actively
involved
in
starting
a
new
Singaporean-based company, EnoVision International, with the goal
using
PUST
graduates
to
design
and
manufacture
appropriate
technologies (such as solar powered lamps and IT outsourcing) to help
people living in underprivileged countries. Dr. Brewer holds a B.S. in
Engineering Science and Mechanics from the University of Tennessee,
an M.S. in Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and a Ph.D. in Computational Engineering from Mississippi
State University.
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Abstract
"Teaching ICT: Power of Change“
Herbert Simon(1916-2001), a Nobel laureate, said, “We must look
ahead at today’s radical changes in technology, not just as forecasters
but as actors charged with designing and bringing about a sustainable
and acceptable world. New knowledge gives us power for change: for
good or ill, for knowledge is neutral…. Information technology, so
closely tied to the properties of the human mind, can give us, if we
ask the right questions, the special insights we need to advance these
goals.”
Many worry that teaching the North would hurt the South.
However,
We are primarily teaching only classes that are being taught at other
universities in the DPRK.
Our primary focus is to educate the students
in English so that we can send them abroad.
The US Bureau of
Industry and Security maintains a 90-page long commerce control list
(CCL) which includes every possible technology which is directly used in
developing weapons of mass destruction. So, we must avoid teaching
anything on that list.
PUST primarily focus on using ICT to help bring change.
According to
the US Department of Labor, almost 280,000 new software developer
jobs will be added to the US economy from 2012 through 2022.
addition,
another
242,000
developers
positions will also need to be filled.
will
be
retiring
and
In
these
We aim to make it easy to find
jobs for our students, and to provide them with an ICT education that
highly impacts on economic growth and social change.
As Michael Gundlach, a creator of Adblock said, the Internet is “the
best hope for democracy for the oppressed.”
Every technology can be
used either as an agent for evil or an agent for good.
We use science
and technology as a tool to leverage freedoms.
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Panelist
Steven Eisenbarth
Professor and Dean, School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Pyongyang University of Scence and Technology (PUST)
Professor Eisenbarth was a central player in the development of the
School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University.
His
teaching career started in 1980 as a lecturer in the newly launched
Computer Science and Engineering program. In 1981, after completing
a doctorate in Physics, he accepted a tenure-track position in computer
science at Baylor.
In 1987 his teaching assignment was moved from
computer science to electrical and computer engineering. He has served
as Computer Science Graduate Director, Associate Dean of the School
of Engineering and Computer Science, and the Associate Chair of the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. In December 2013,
after 33 years of service to Baylor University, he retired from his
teaching position as Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
In 2011, Professor Eisenbarth was invited to teach a summer course at
the
newly
opened
Technology(PUST).
Pyongyang
University
of
Science
and
The challenge of beginning a new engineering
program at an international university in the DPR Korea, ultimately lead
him to move his full-time teaching commitments from Baylor to PUST.
In 2014, he was appointed Dean of the School of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. His teaching assignments include: graduate-level
courses in Wireless Sensor Networks, Embedded Systems Design, and
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Nano CMOS Device Technology and undergraduate-level courses in
Discrete Event Systems and System Modeling, Computer Architecture,
VLSI Design, and Semiconductor Devices and Materials.
Professor
Eisenbarth's current research activities are focused on wireless sensor
networks technology and its application to the control of distributed,
time-dependent, non-linear systems.
He is a research mentor for
several masters-level graduate students at PUST.
Abstract
A combination of globalization and communication technologies is
changing the historic economic and social fabric of nations.
Under the
circumstances, the lack of access to Information (e.g. the Internet) is a
significant handicap to the professional development of scientists,
engineers and technical staffs without regard to national origin.
The
lack of Information access may create a “global digital divide” between
nations that will inhibit economic growth in less developed nations for
the foreseeable future.
The digital divide impacts every nation.
The 2008 global economic
downturn significantly changed the structure of employment in the U.S.
The current labor participation rate is the lowest since the Great
Depression (1930s).
Jobs for low skilled workers who lack information
technology skills have disappeared for the U.S. economy; never to
return again.
This situation contributes to income disparity, poverty,
and social instability. For many U.S. workers, the future is not bright.
The impact of the “global digital divide” on DPR Korea is so great that
its ability
to
compete in
the global
market
development may be significantly damaged.
space of
economic
Given the current social,
political and educational environment in DPR Korea it is unlikely that it
can independently resolve the information deficit that contributes to its
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“digital divide” both internally and globally.
PUST provides opportunities
for smart and savvy students who seek English language skills and
internationally recognized education programs.
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