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The Korea-United States Journalists Exchange, launched by the East-West Center in 2005, is co-sponsored by the East-West Center, Korea Press Foundation, and Pacific Century Institute to increase public understanding of the two countries and their relationship.
The bilingual program offers opportunities for six to eight Korean journalists to visit the United States and for six to eight United States journalists to visit Korea. Following these study tours, all Korean and American participants meet at the East-West Center in Honolulu to share their experiences and new perspectives and to exchange opinions on how media coverage of each country can be improved.
A total of 209 journalists, including North Korean defector media, have participated in this program, and Americans have traveled inside North Korea on two different programs.
2023 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 12-22, 2023
US-South Korea: New Closeness, New Strains, New Global Tensions
2022 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 12-23, 2022
The Yoon Government: New Foreign Relations Approaches at a Time of Regional Tensions
2020 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 2-9, 2020
Tough Decisions on the Korean Peninsula: Relations between North & South, US-ROK, and Neighbors
2019 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
May 26 - June 4, 2019
Bridging the Gaps in Understanding between the United States and South Korea: North Korea, US-ROK Alliance, and the Economy
The Korea-United States Journalists Exchange, launched by the East-West Center in 2005, is co-sponsored by the East-West Center, Korea Press Foundation, and Pacific Century Institute to increase public understanding of the two countries and their relationship.
The bilingual program offers opportunities for six to eight Korean journalists to visit the United States and for six to eight United States journalists to visit Korea. Following these study tours, all Korean and American participants meet at the East-West Center in Honolulu to share their experiences and new perspectives and to exchange opinions on how media coverage of each country can be improved.
A total of 209 journalists, including North Korean defector media, have participated in this program, and Americans have traveled inside North Korea on two different programs.
2023 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 12-22, 2023
US-South Korea: New Closeness, New Strains, New Global Tensions
2022 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 12-23, 2022
The Yoon Government: New Foreign Relations Approaches at a Time of Regional Tensions
2020 Korea-United States Journalists Exchange
September 2-9, 2020
Tough Decisions on the Korean Peninsula: Relations between North & South, US-ROK, and Neighbors