DC Book Launch Event, H.R. 3446 -
“The Korean Peninsula Conundrum - True Peace, Security, and Human Rights

 

On December 13, 2021, KCPAC held a book launch event at the historic DACOR-Bacon House in Washington, D.C. to introduce the groundbreaking book outlining the dangers posed by H.R. 3446, the ‘Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act,’ to the world. The book, titled “The Quest for Peace on the Korean Peninsula and the Unrelenting Threats from the North: An Analysis of H.R. 3446,” features seventeen papers that analyze this bill and assesses its implications on the national security of the Republic of Korea and the United States, and the human rights of North Korea. The actual book was “introduced” to the world at this DC book launch event, whereby the almost eighty attendees who came were presented with free copies of the book.

 

The event featured a ‘who’s who’ of Korean Peninsula experts and scholars, such as Grant Newsham, Col. David Maxwell, Dr. Bruce Bechtol, Gordon Chang, Dr. Sung-Yoon Lee, and Amb. Morse Tan. The event also featured Frank Gaffney’s brief introduction to the video series produced by the Center for Security Policy, “Issues Alive.” This book launch’s main event was the two panel sessions, divided into focusing on National Security implications of this bill, and then the Human Rights implications of the H.R. 3446 bill, moderated by Dr. Tara O of the Hudson Institute, and Olivia Enos of the Heritage Foundation.

 

The importance and impact of this book launch cannot be underestimated, in that the dangerous H.R. 3446 bill was dissected and critiqued by world-renowned experts via two very important topics of national security and human rights, something that no other organization has done so far. Following the panel sessions, was a very robust and constructive Q&A session that further delved into the dangers of this bill.

Many members of the media outlet were present to cover this historic event, such as Radio Free Asia, Voice of America, Asia Today, the Kukmin Daily, Munhwa Daily, the Epoch Times, and the Tokyo Times.  Attendees also came from the US State Department, DC-area universities such as Georgetown University, George Mason University, and George Washington University. 

The One Korea Network (OKN), will be mailing out copies of the book, and the shorter booklet version, to Members of Congress, foreign Embassies in Washington, D.C., and the missions to the UN in New York City in early spring 2022, to further educate the policymakers and government officials of the United States, and the foreign governments with representatives in the US regarding H.R. 3446 and why this bill and similar initiatives by pro-North Korea, anti-US forces must be dealt with and stopped.