{"691945":{"#nid":"691945","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Confronting an Increasingly Dangerous North Korea: the ROK-US Alliance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs welcomes retired Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Army.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChun served 38 years in the South Korean Army before retiring in 2016. During his military career, he commanded combat units from the platoon to division level. His final assignment was as commanding general of the ROK Special Forces. He also served in Iraq and Afghanistan.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EChun is president of the Society for Army Alliance Korea and the Korean AI Security Association. He is a senior fellow with the Association of the United States Army, a distinguished military fellow with the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Sweden, and an adjunct researcher at Waseda University in Japan.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EHe advises numerous organizations, including the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, the National Bureau of Asian Research, the Korean Counter Terrorism Center, and the city of Seongnam. He is also an active content creator in Korea and an advocate for animal welfare.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ECo-sponsored by the Atlanta Council on International Relations.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs welcomes retired Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun, a former commander of the Republic of Korea Special Forces and a leader in international security and defense policy.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs welcomes retired Lt. Gen. In-Bum Chun, a former commander of the Republic of Korea Special Forces and a leader in international security and defense policy."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2026-08-25 15:04:58","changed_gmt":"2026-08-25 15:12:45","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-10-08T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-10-08T13:45:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-10-08T13:45:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-10-08 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-10-08 17:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-10-08 17:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Griffin Ballroom, Georgia Tech Alumni House","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEric Koob\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ekoob3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eekoob3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}