"Is The Curtain Lifting on North Korea?"

STAMFORD, Conn. - April 23, 2013 - PRLog -- The public is invited to attend an Ambassadors’ Roundtable series dinner presentation by Evans J.R. Revere on "Is the Curtain Lifting on North Korea?”. This event will take place at the Stamford Yacht Club on May 15, 2013.

Evans J.R. Revere is a Senior Director of Albright Stonebridge Group, as well as a Visiting Lecturer at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Until recently, he served as President and CEO of The Korea Society.

In 2007, he retired after a long and distinguished career as an American diplomat and one of the U.S. Department of State’s leading Asia experts, with a special focus on Korea, China and Japan. Mr. Revere also served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (2004-2005), managing U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region and leading an organization of 950 American diplomats and some 2,500 Foreign Service National employees.

He was also Deputy of Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul (2000 - 2003) and served as Chargė d'Affaires at the embassy during most of 2001.  His diplomatic career included service in China, Taiwan, and Japan - and extensive experience in negotiations with North Korea.

Mr. Revere is a graduate of Princeton University and is fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

The cost for the dinner and presentation is free for AR series members and $105 for the general public.  The cost for guests of AR members is $95. The event will start at 6:15 P.M. with a cash bar followed by the dinner/presentation at 7:00 P.M.

Reservations and advance payment are required. Space is limited. Please contact the World Affairs Forum at 203-356-0340 or E-mail: info@worldaffairsforum.org to reserve on or before May 10.

The World Affairs Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to expanding understanding of global affairs and America’s role in the world. The Forum is an affiliate of the World Affairs Councils of America.