China Crossroads and The Georgetown Alumni Club cordially invite you to:
Can We Trust North Korea’s Kim Jung Un?
Sebastien Falletti
Shanghai Correspondent for Le Figaro, Author of La Piste Kim on Kim Jung Un.
Moderated by Arnaud Duval, Author of Le Dernier Testament de Kim Jong Il.
Saturday, November 24th, 2018
16:15pm – 17:30pm
Cafe Sambal
259 Jiashan Lu, Jiashan Market, Block A, No 37, near Jianguo Xi Lu
嘉善路 259 弄 37 号嘉善老市 A 栋, 近建国西路, 地铁九号线嘉善路站
Admission: 100RMB for one drink
16:00 – Doors Open
16:15 – Lecture
17:00 – Q&A
17:30 – Mixer
RSVP to Frank Tsai of Hopkins China Forum (http://www.shanghai-review.org/lecture-series/) at editor@shanghai-review.org.
Join us for a discussion with Sebastien Falletti, Shanghai/Seoul correspondent of Le Figaro, and author of the just-published La Piste Kim, Voyages au Coeur de la Corée du Nord (“Searching for Kim Jong Un: A journey into the Heart of North Korea”). As Kim Jong Un is gearing up for another summit with Donald Trump, Sebastien will look at the rationale behind his diplomatic charm offensive, and whether his denuclearization pledge should be taken seriously. Based on his decade long reporting on the Korean peninsula, he will discuss findings about the family background, education and psychology of Kim; the prospects for peace on the troubled peninsula; and the risks China and the region face if the current North Korea-US relationship breaks down.
Sebastien Falletti, is the Shanghai correspondent for Le Figaro, the leading daily newspaper in France. He has been covering North East Asia for a decade, from Seoul, then Shanghai with a special focus on North Korea, where he travelled several times. His last book La Piste Kim (2018) won applause in the French press, including Le Monde, Le Figaro or Liberation. Sebastien has also published A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea (2016) with defector Eunsun Kim. He has also published Corée du Sud, le Goût du Miracle (2016), which is a personal introduction to South Korea. He has contributed to Jane’s Defence Weekly and other publications including the Financial Times. Before moving to Asia, Sebastien Falletti covered EU affairs as correspondent in Brussels. Sebastien Falletti was born in Paris, and studied at the Sorbonne and London School of Economics.
