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Global Perspective GSIS Fall-2015 Commencement

GSIS Fall-2015 Commencement was held at Socheon Hall, GSIS Bldg., on August 28, 2015. Seventy nine (79) graduates and one (1) Ph.D have graduated. International Commerce Studies has produced 24 graduates, while International Regional Studies has produced 17 graduates. Development Cooperation Policy Program (DCPP) also has produced nineteen (19) graduates, this semester. The Commencement started with the Dean’s Congratulatory Message, followed by his rewarding of the Certificate of Appreciation to Onyul Foundation for its valuable

contributions. The Representative Director of Onyul Foundation, Mr. Sai Ree YUN took the honor of the giving Guest Speaker’s Speech. The Commencement was followed by rewarding the graduates with honors and high honors, and outstanding thesis awards. Valedictorian Speech was given by Borowiak Adela, former president of the Student Council

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Global Perspective P01-GSIS Fall-2015 Commencement P02-GSIS GLP Alumni Association

Council delivered Development Fund to GSIS

P02-ISSCO 2015 Regional Conference:

East Asia and the Chinese Overseas P03-Toyota Special, Asia and the World

series: Abenomics and Currency Wars among East Asian Countries

P03-The 31st Commencement of

GSIS Global Leaders Program P04-The 2nd SNU Global PPP Forum P04-GLiMPSE Pre-Departure OT P05-GSIS 2015 Fall Semester OT P05-GSIS Fall-2015 Sports Day P05-Orientation for New Comers

by Student Council P06-Mission of the RoK EU Center to

European Union and EIAS P06-2015 Euro Asia Summer School

GSIS People P07-Interview with Prof. Choong Soo

Kim P07-Interview with the newly appointed

associate dean for international affairs P08-Interview with the New President

of GSIS Student Council P08-Highest Honor in International

Commerce, Adela Borowiak P09-Best Dissertation Awardee in

Int. Area Studies, Koshiro Nagai P09-Best Dissertation Awardee in Int.

Commerce, Eun Ju Lee P10-Highest Honor in Int.Cooperation

Maël Alan van Beek. P10-Best Dissertation Awardee in

Int.Cooperation, Na Young Lee P10-Highest Honor in Korean Studies,

Diana Kang P11-Best Dissertation Awardee and

Highest Honor in Korean Studies, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Oanh

P11-Graduate of DCPP in fall-2015,

Eric Amankwah P12-Graduate of DCPP in fall-2015,

Mary Elizabeth Au Ramosaea P12-Graduate of DCPP in fall-2015,

Rommel Eduardo Vargas Pimentel P13-Graduate of ESSEC Dual Degree

Program, Raphaël Poignet

Newsletter of Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University

Publisher Chong-Sup Kim | Editor Hyeok Jeong| Tel. 02-880-8507 | http://gsis.snu.ac.kr

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GSIS GLP Alumni Association Council delivered Development Fund to GSIS

GLP Alumni

Association Council of GSIS,

SNU has delivered

Development Fund to GSIS

on Home Coming Day of

GSIS GLP (August 27th,

2015) at Socheon Hall. Mr.

KWON, Oh Sung, the

president of the GLP Alumni

Association Council said

“We are donating KWR 10

million with the wish on eternal growth of GSIS”. Global Leader’s Program is

an educational program run by GSIS of SNU on Global Management. The 31st

GLP class has graduated and 32nd class is ongoing now.

ISSCO 2015 Regional Conference: East Asia and the Chinese Overseas

The ISSCO (International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas) Conference took place in GSIS, Seoul National University from May 28th to May 30th. ISSCO is the first and only international scholarly organization for the advancement of research on the Chinese overseas. It is composed

of scholars actively engaged in research and teaching on Chinese overseas in countries throughout the world. At the Seoul ISSCO Conference, more than 100 scholars from mainland China, U.S.A, Canada, Taiwan and other different countries participated to present different subjects related to the Chinese overseas.

Distinguished Lectures and Symposium P14-WTO at 20th Conference…p.1 P14-Ambiguous Accountability: The In-

Between World of Public-Private Partnerships

P14-New Trade Policy : Road Map of the

Government P15-Africa, A Mirror of Ourselves?

A Critical Understanding of African Identity

P15-The Development Financial Resources

of Post-2015 Period P15-South Korea and the US Nuclear

Umbrella: Extended Deterrence of Nuclear Weapons

P16-In It Together :Why Less

Inequality Benefits All P16-TPP Negotiation: History,

Negotiation, Dynamics and Prospect P16-Latin America’s Sports and

Nationalism P17-Nutrition Support to Children and

Women in North Korea’. P17-A Latin Managing Global

Company in Korea

GSIS Events Institutes & Research Centers P18-The Research Seminar of the Yulchon-

GSIS Center for Emerging Economics P18-The 5th FTA Leadership Program P18-Empowerment & Capacity

Development for Sustainable Development in Laos

P19-Global Leaders Program P19-FTA Commerce & Strategy:

Fall-2015 OT P19-FTA Commerce & Strategy

Seminar:Foreign Trade and Agricultural Sector in Korea P20-Changes at the International

Studies Library P20- Int.Development Policy Seminar:

“Korea’s ODA Policy and System” P21-China Advanced Management

Program (CHAMP) P22-CSIS Conference: Advancing

Social Science with Korea-Social History, Grand Strategy,

Diplomacy, and Demography P22-Institute for Japanese Studies:

[Joint Academic Conference] Open Dialogue for Korea Japan Intellectuals in 2015

P23-Campus Asia Field Trip to

Namhan Sanseong Fortress P23-Campus Asia Final Presentation P23-[International Development

Cooperation Center] Strategies of Korea’s ODA and Remaining Challenges

GSIS Reports P24 Professor Activities P25-Fall-2015 GSIS Events P26-Scholarship Recipients of fall 2015 P27-GSIS Foundation

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“Asia and the World” program: Abenomics and Currency Wars among East Asian Countries

Prof. Koichi Hamada, emeritus professor of Yale University was invited as a distinguished lecturer for the Toyota Korea supporting program, “Asia and the World” on October 23, 2015 at Socheon Hall, GSIS bldg. The special lecture started by dean of GSIS, Professor Chong Sup KIM introducing Professor Hamada as the world prestigious economist. Professor Hyeok Jeong introduced Professor Hamada as tuntex professor of Japanese Economics and international finance.

Professor Hamada started the lecture titled, 「

Abenomics and Currency Wars among East Asian

Countries」 .by talking about Abenomics, which is his

trademark. He mentioned that in any economy, economists believe that there is some ideal GDP level that can be produced by the country, but they are imaginary. He explained why Japanese GDP went down in 2009. Professor explained how Japan economy succeeded by tightening its monetary policy: Bank of Japan decreased the currency about 79% while U.S. only decreased 4%, which prevented Japan from financial crisis. As a result, Yen became cheaper, Japanese economy was able to return to its own track.

For better productivities, Japan’s unemployment is

decreasing from 5.5% to less than 3.5%. And while South Korea’s corporate tax is about 25%, Japan is making it lower. He also mentioned that Japanese population rate is very low, almost zero. Which prevents the potential GDP to grow, because labors are decreasing. In order to increase the population growth, professor said that easiest way is to use female workforce. He said, Korea is the least exploiting female as workers

Professor said, making better corporate culture is

one of the programs Japanese corporates are now concentrating. For example, Olympus hired the president from England. The special lecture was continued by Q & A. There were loads of questions from the students to be answered.

The 31st Commencement of GSIS Global Leaders Program

The 31st Global Leaders Program of Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University held commencement ceremony on September 3rd at Mugunghwa Hall, Hoam Faculty House. Fifty eight (58) global leaders have accomplished the program. The 31st GLP graduates had not only the most number of graduates but also the most number of awardees. The 32nd Global Leaders Program is making steady progress to introduce Korea’s top leaders and professionals to a theoretical and practical perspective on the most current Korean trade environment and business trends. GLP at GSIS, SNU is composed of various functional study programs including International Area Studies, and Cultural Relevancy Programs to foster Global Leaders.

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The 2nd SNU Global PPP Forum

The 2nd SNU Global PPP Forum, hosted by Seoul National University, organized by GSIS, SNU and Co-organized by Institute of International Studies, supported by Hyundai Construction, Hyundai Engineering, Doosan Infra Core was held at International Conference Hall, GSIS, SNU. The forum was held under the topic, ‘Trend of Private Participation in Development Cooperation and Future Prospect’. The 2nd Global PPP Forum was planned to diagnose the private participation trend and prospect the future in the field of International Development Cooperation.

The forum proceeded by comprehending the

strategical issue, present situation, problems of private cooperation model, and drawing a lesson from the conclusion. Further proceeded discussion on the directivity of private cooperation model in the future, respectively from the point of view of the government, company, and civil society continued. Doosan Infra Core introduced the Machine Tool Technical Training Program in Indonesia, which is the case of CSR Activity carried out based on company’s specialty.

Hyundai Construction Co. introduced CSR cases

from Kenya, East Timor, and Vietnam. In the case of East Timor, it was the first case to dispose a person in charge at CSR site to develop relationships with the local community. In the case of Vietnam, Hyundai Construction in connection with Hyundai-KOICA Dream Center is planning to operate a Construction Technical School in Vietnam while Hyundai Motors operate an Auto Mechanic School. Korea Midland Power Co., built a small hydroelectric power plant in Indonesia. The local residents were very much satisfied for evening studying classes, leisure activity time has increased, side job activity has become available.

GLiMPSE Pre-Departure Orientation

SNU GSIS and KDI School gathered in Sejong City

for the EU ICI-ECP double degree program orientation session which was arranged by KDI school on July 17th. Destined to clarify any last queries from the pre-departuring students, the program also provided a Q&A session. The Director of the Center of Excellence for Management & Society and Head of Accounting and Management Control Department, Professor Charles Cho provided answers for ESSEC and an incoming student from KU Leuven assisted with answers for KU Leuven. After the lunch break, Professor Cho gave a special lecture under the title of “Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Account: An Overview”.

The EU ICI-ECP Program which is also called the

GLiMPSE (Global Leaders in Management and Policy in South Korea and Europe) program is a four year program launched in 2013. It is a consortium of 4 renowned education and research institutions – SNU GSIS, KDI School, ESSEC Business School, KU Leuven – and offers a dual degree program. Students selected as GLiMPSE scholars are offered travel and living expenses and can acquire two degrees, one from a European institution and one from Seoul National University. The students selected as the 2nd GLiMPSE scholarship awardees are as follows: Min Ji KIM(international cooperation major), Hee Eun HAHM (international area studies), Hyun Jin NOH (international cooperation major). Moreover, the GLiMPSE students for 2016 will be selected at the end of the year 2015.

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GSIS Fall-2015 Orientation

Fall-2015 Orientation was held at Socheon Hall, GSIS on September 1, 2015. Total of 80 students have entered the Graduate School of International Studies in fall-2015 semester. There were more number of foreign students (43) than Korean students (37). In this semester, 10 foreign students have entered Korean Studies, while there were no Korean students who had applied. The most popular department was the ‘Regional Studies’ with twenty nine (29) students entering this semester. The Orientation was proceeded by Professor Hyeok Jeong, the newly appointed associate dean for international affairs. Prof. Chong-Sup Kim, dean of GSIS gave welcoming address, and presentation on Campus Asia Program was followed by Prof. Cheol-Hee Park, and presentation on Dual Degree Program was followed by Prof. Tae-Gyun Park, the newly appointed associate dean of the GSIS.

GSIS Fall-2015 Sports Day The GSIS Student Council organized an

Annual Sports Day event on October 16th, 2015, Friday. We were grateful to students and professors who attended and participated in this event. There were various sports activities including dodge ball, flag race, tug of wall and more. The participating students and professors showed their teamwork through these activities. They even came up with different slogan to show their support to their team mates. Prizes were awarded to the winners and consolation prizes were prepared to all participants. Through this event, the relationships between students, students and professors were furtherer strengthened.

Orientation for New Comers by Student Council

The Student Council hosted the first Incoming Students Information Session on August 19th, 11p.m. at Building 140-2, Room 201. Many incoming students came to the session and listened to the presentation given by the Student Council members. The session also included an ice breaking game and other interactive events to allow incoming students to get to know each other and student council members. The lunch was followed after the presentation

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Mission of the RoK. EU Center to the European Union and the EIAS

The 1st biannual visit to Seoul, 2015 was held in Seoul under the name, ‘Mission of the Republic of Korea to the European Union and the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS)’ from June 15th to 19th, 2015 by EU Center. On this occasion, five assistants of the members of the European Parliament had visited Seoul. The purpose of this visit was to promote relationship

between the EU institutions and Republic of Korea and thereby reinforce EU-Korea relations by inviting ten assistants to the members of the European Parliament to Seoul in two distinct visits. During the first visit, the participants were given the opportunity to debate with their counterparts from the members of Korean National Assembly, as well as to meet with representatives of the South Korean Institutions, private corporations and NGOs to discuss about the bilateral parliamentary cooperation and trade, security framework in North East Asia, and the current situation of human rights in North Korea.

2015 Euro-Asia Summer School

This year, the Euro-Asia Summer School celebrated its 7th global gathering. Since 2009, Leuven Centre for Global Governance based in Belgium, the EU Studies Institute in Japan and the Seoul National University Graduate School of International Studies have been organizing academic grounds for students during the summer. The first part of the summer school took place in SNU GSIS from 17th to the 21st of August and the second part was based in KU Leuven during

the last week of August. It was a big luck and success for the students to participate in this summer school after finishing the ‘ambitious’ first semester at SNU GSIS. The ideas of networking students both in Europe and Asia and offering debating places with significant global issues were tremendously meaningful. Plus, thanks to a series of lectures covering various topics such as trade, regional integration, human rights in Europe and Asia, I had an opportunity to broaden my perspectives and gained some curiosities and insights into the field that I had never closely looked up before.

However, the best part of the summer school lies in

people - my fellow participants from all around the world. Spending a whole two weeks together, students who are keenly paying attention to the world affairs and the tension or cooperation beyond such surroundings were able to hear from each other about the diversity of individual cultural, economic and political stories. Visiting iconic and special places both in South Korea and Belgium under the theme of ‘tradition and modernization of Korea’ and the ‘first World War and the nationalism’ presented the peer participants to think beyond the borders of their own. Given these circumstances, it is no surprising that all participants were overwhelmed with pleasure to receive a certificate of successfully finishing the summer school but also with regrets of saying goodbye to the ‘unexpectedly-bonded’ friends.

Everything I experienced during the last two weeks

of this summer is worth remembering and promoting. Learning such differentiated topics relevant to both Europe and Asia would definitely initiating or deepen one’s understandings about the present age with pleasure. Moreover, the interaction between the peer groups from different part of the regions might be a stepping stone for the young students to think and behave more globally with confidence. My diary keeps the emotional and rational questions and answers from this annual Euro-Asia Summer School, showing its thickly and densely written pages. If the pages of your summer diary are not fully filled with such questions and answers, I highly recommend you to prepare for the 8th Euro-Asia Summer School in 2016. You won’t lose anything but gain more than your expectations.

written by Junhyun JUN, Area Studies major

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GSIS People

Interview with Professor Kim, ChoongSoo

I am indeed honored to have an opportunity to teach at the prestigious GSIS, SNU. As I served as the first dean of the graduate school for international studies, Kyung Hee University (KHU) during 1998 and 2000, I feel at home as I just came back to the profession to which I once belonged.

Let me introduce to you a few positions that I had

taken before I joined the GSIS, SNU from the most recent one since dean of GSIS-KHU: James Joo-Jin Kim Visiting Professor of the University of Pennsylvania, Governor of the Bank of Korea, Ambassador to the OECD, Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs, President of Hallym University, and President of the Korea Development Institute.

When I entered college during the mid-1960s, economic growth attracted most public attention. Thus, highest policy priorities were placed upon achieving high economic growth. I just assumed that I could contribute to the development of the Korean economy by majoring in economics at college. Since then on, I have lived a life of economist and I am much proud of the decision that I made when I was young.

The course that I teach at the GSIS this semester, namely “The Future of the Korean Economy: Challenges and Prospects,” represents the main themes of my research topic. What are the conditions of the economy, particularly for the Korean economy, to join the ranks of ‘the most advanced economies’ in the world? Will Korea’s per capita income continue to converge to the incomes of the US and euro-zone economies? What are the conditions to be met to accomplish such an objective? These are some of the questions that I would like to address in my research.

It is indisputable that Korea has achieved a remarkable economic success during the past half a century. However, Korea now stands at the cross roads. We can identify the challenges both domestic and international that we have to overcome in order to advance our economy further. In short, if we are able to draw a consensus on establishing a national vision of “Global Korea” by reforming the institutions and policies to be in line with international norms, I believe we will be able to upgrade our economy to the level of the current most advance nations. Let’s see whether or not this mission is harmoniously achieved.

Economics deals with human as well as social

issues. By human, I mean economic agents think and behave for their individual interests, sometimes egoistically. By social, I mean they at the same time understand the responsibilities for being a member of a community and a society where the values of moral responsibility and rule of law are emphasized. Often

we find that these two characteristics conflict against each other, but we all know that compromised solutions should be continuously explored. This is what the economic science is aiming for and it is indeed quite challenging to join such endeavor as economist.

Interview with newly appointed associate dean for international affairs

As associate dean for international affairs, I am responsible for handling various kinds of international affairs of the GSIS, such as establishing MOUs with foreign institutes, representing GSIS’s overseas activities, and hosting international conferences, etc. I aim to make the SNU GSIS

into the best international studies institute in the world, although I do not know how long it will take.

One of the projects that I am planning to initiate is

to revitalize the international alumni network so that the network can be a channel of recruiting the high quality incoming students and also can be used as a job search network in the global labor markets. With such network being effective, better students in, better students out. Then, this will be a self-sustaining tool of increasing the quality of the GSIS. This is the first step of my vision of making the SNU GSIS as the world best.

My message to the students, “Aim high and work

hard.”

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Interview with Won Sun YOO, the President of Student Council

In short, GSIS Student

Council seeks to help make lives of GSIS students more meaningful by hosting different kinds of events such as Information Session, Membership Training and Thesis Workshops, and working as a communication channel between students and professors. The Student Council

will listen to the opinions and take suggestions from the students to make the school environment conducive to better academic learning and more active social interactions.

I was an incoming student just a few months ago,

and my first semester at SNU GSIS has been nothing short of amazing. I met so many great people and have grown as a person through different programs and events that SNU GSIS had to offer to its students. Working as a Student Council member (not just as the president) asks for a huge commitment and that sometimes means leaving personal schedules aside for the community. While it can be burdensome and tiring at times, I find being able to give back to the community that has offered so many great opportunities and memorable times during my first semester, very rewarding and meaningful. I would hope to make the most of my time as the president.

The Student Council is searching for useful events

that have been hosted by past SC, like Thesis Workshops, MT and Professor 101, and also offer different other events to better assist students with their academic and social lives. Earlier this month, the SC has tried for the first time, an Incoming Students Information Session to let new students know of the academic recommendations, providing course recommendation and inform them of different programs at SNU GSIS, so that they can better prepare. In October, there will be a big sports event for all staff and students at GSIS to promote group integrity. The SC is considering hosting different mixer events with other GSIS, and possibly expand the size of the Academic Symposium and include other universities beyond Yonsei.

One of the goals for SC in this semester has been to

help new students feel at home. In order to do so, the works of GSIS SC have largely been focused on providing useful academic information, providing get-together events and take the role as information desk for the new students.

We intend to make SC room a useful space by

providing different services for all students to rest and

Fall-2015 Student Council Members hangout. During the vacation, we have reorganized the room and brought different amenities. As of this fall semester, a member of the Student Council will be present at the SC room, in the hope that more students would take advantage of our facilities. Also, we hope to make more information available on SNU GSIS to prospective students by making a promo-video that could provide a glimpse of a life at SNU GSIS so that more people can get to know about the school. These are small but important and feasible goals that the SC is looking to achieve this semester.

Interview with Adela Borowiak, the Highest Honor in International Commerce Major The title of my dissertation was ‘A Comprehensive Framework for Analyzing Competitiveness in A Case

Study on ZARA’. I have first tackled the subject of Zara and its competitiveness during my second semester as part of an assignment for one of the courses, and the research I began then eventually grew into my thesis.

The past two years in GSIS made me realize

how much I enjoy academia, the research, continuous studying and teaching. My goal for the future is to become a professor, and after graduation I will pursue a PhD degree at GSIS.

I believe that advantages of taking International goals and dreams, what you want to do. There is no ultimate advantage here, only relative ones. As long as you stay true to yourself and follow the path to do what you love, every major will have the same, or similar advantages.

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To our juniors, I would like say, “Choose your courses based on your interest and future plans, not based on how easy they are. My experience taught me that the classes I found the hardest were the most useful, and the professors I originally thought kind of mean and too harsh were the ones who actually taught me the most (and became some of my favorites). Sometimes it is worth going through hell to get where you want to be instead of choosing an easy path that leads to nowhere.

Interview with the Best Dissertation Awardee in International Area Studies, Koshiro Nagai

The title of my dissertation

is “Between Alliance Politics and Autonomous Diplomacy -Revisiting Koizumi’s Visits to North Korea”. Since I was interested in North Korea, I wanted to deal with the issue which is related to both my country Japan and North Korea. I have chosen this

topic because evaluation of Koizumi’s visits to North Korea varies depending on perspectives. I thought the issue which is the subject of heated discussion would be interesting as a topic.

I wish to work in a private company for several years

to accumulate my experience. Then, I want to become a politician back in my home Aizu, Fukushima. I believe area studies need two eyes. These are, ‘eye of the bird’ and ‘eye of the insect’. ‘Eye of the bird’ means the ability to grasp international political change in an objective manner. ‘Eye of the insect’ is to understand emotional aspects of people in each country. Area studies let us nurture these two important perspectives which are applicable to any field.

We are studying together in SNU GSIS not just for

being friends but for working together in the future for the better society. I am looking forward to working with GSISers in the future!

Interview with the Best Dissertation Awardee in Int. Commerce, Eun Ju Lee

"Maximizing Regional

Welfare: Ex-ante Determination of Comparatively Advantageous Goods for Specialization in East Asia" is the subject of my dissertation. In our first 'Understanding International Economic Relations' class, we learned about the founding tenet of international trade –'comparative

advantage' theory. I was amazed by how a simple theory as such could yield powerful implications.

For the first few weeks, I pondered over the theory and wondered how a generalized version of the theory would look like and its potential applications to the real world that David Ricardo once attempted to simplify. It led me to the first version of the thesis, which I have had published with the International Journal of Business and Management, and I sought out to introduce and incorporate real-life data in the graduation dissertation.

Having been a beneficiary of this wonderful program

called 'CAMPUS Asia,' I plan to take the fullest advantage of my experience in these three countries and my childhood experiences in different parts of South and Southeast Asia. This led me to think that there is a niche for someone like me, in the advent of growing cooperation between these nations and their expansion to a greater and more comprehensive regional bloc.

It is hard to pinpoint ONE (or even a handful) perk of

being a Commerce major at GSIS. If I had a gun to my head and make a decision, I'd say (and after a hard-fought internal debate) the faculty members. They are versed in their own fields and are - and I say this with utter confidence - undoubtedly the most revered and recognized scholars in (and not limited to) this country. There is also a good balance between academic and practical side to the faculty as a whole, and I have enjoyed and greatly benefited from their insights. Besides, without a hint of reluctance, I argue that International Commerce is THE most pragmatic specialization one could take in the field of International Studies. Command of economics, finance, trade, business, and law related to the aforementioned fields would prove to be extremely handy in the venues of discussions and researches whose main themes may at first sight seem politics-oriented. Every international affair comes down to the issue of, in layman's term, money, and not a lot of scholars in this field are comfortably familiar with the economic side of the issues. Commerce courses and faculty members take you on a journey of enlightenment. Issues that one cannot familiarize oneself to by cursory desk research are comprehensively dealt with, and the depth with which these professors take to explicate on the issues is almost out of this world.

To our juniors, I would recommend, “Do bother

professors with your ideas for research. Even the wackiest of those will prove to be an integral part of your graduation (or even PhD) dissertations. I went to them with my ideas on theses ever since the first semester, and under their guidance, I completed 6 thesis while attending GSIS. It will get increasingly easier as you rummage through your ideas, arrange them, have them corroborated with existing literature

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and corrected by your advisors and lecturers. I wish you a fruitful academic life at GSIS!

Interview with the Highest Honor in International Cooperation Major Maël Alan van Beek.

‘ Joining the Club: A

Critical Analysis of South Korea's Foreign Aid and Discourse’ is the title of my dissertation. I was interested in researching how further inclusion in international society affects states – especially with regards to state

prestige and the adoption of international norms. I am interested in furthering my studies and going for

a doctorate in a similar field. My field of study is quite broad and it is actually possible to decide for oneself what to study, be it security of development.

To our juniors, I would say, “Start your thesis early.

Start thinking about your thesis during your 2nd semester and find a suitable supervisor right away”.

Best Dissertation Awardee of International Cooperation, Na Young Lee

The title of my dissertation

is ‘The Role of 'Memory' in Foreign Policy Decision Making: The Case of North Korea's 2009 Nuclear Policy Shift’.

I am very interested in

psychological approach to analyzing International

Relations (Political Psychology). The process of how non-material variables such as 'memory' play a role in constructing or deconstructing a leader's threat perception and ultimately affecting major foreign policy decision is immensely fascinating. Departing from this methodological orientation, I chose to look at North Korea's case because I believed the 2009 case posed the right puzzle and because I speak Korean.

Currently, I'm a researcher at the Center for

Diplomatic History Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). The center is dedicated to discovering systemizing historical materials (document and non-document) for researchers interested in historical approach. The center's mission fits my research interest in its orientation to individual-level approach in terms of foreign policy analysis and I hope to continue my studies in this field.

International Cooperation major is very flexible and eclectic which was very advantageous for me. I come from non-IR background and the broad scope of the major helped me narrow down my research interests by exposing me to various sub-fields. To our juniors, “Master program at GSIS has been a wonderful journey to explore, enjoy and figure out my place in the field and I hope you do too!”.

Interview with the Highest Honor in Korean Studies major, Diana Kang

I remember that on my

first day at GSIS, I was so much worried with courses readings and assignments. But time passed so quickly and my two (2) years of master program ended really fast. Professors, classmates, seniors and juniors helped me throughout my studies, and

it seems like that helped me to manage my grades. My strong sense of belonging helped me overcome

the stress caused by the assignments. Participating with school events, getting useful advice from professors, doing group studies helped me construct this strong sense of belonging. Moreover, the knowledge and experiences gained in GSIS were useful for career exploration. When I look back my Master years, ‘Tea Time with Professors’ was the most memorable event. I enjoyed the tea time and chatting with professors outside the classrooms. It was good to see professors talking with students in an informal environment.

Thanks to our school curriculum, of which made me

not only take courses related to Korean Studies but also broaden my experiences in International Studies. Particularly, I became very interested in the field of ‘Contemporary History of Korea’ after attending the course given by Professor Park, Tae Gyun. I wish all my juniors to participate in many events as possible and activities organized at school and build up their unique sense of belonging.

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Best Dissertation and Highest Honor Awardee in Korean Studies, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Oanh

Getting the best

dissertation and the highest honor award is perhaps the most beautiful milestone in my life in school. After 2 years of hard work at a prestigious university, this award is a reminder of the role and value of myself. What brought me to the highest honor? I think this is

purely luck.

It came to my mind that in Vietnam and Korea, more and more women become leaders, but there are still many problems that impede the promotion and development of women. So I wanted to analysis a model leader for women. I wrote about lawyer Lee Tai Young who was the first female lawyer of South Korea and the leader of Family Law Revision Movement for 30 years from 1950s, my thesis was about the feminist leadership of her.

I started thinking about the thesis from the 2nd semester, taking classes in related subjects at GSIS and other schools in SNU. In the process of developing my thesis, I always asked professors for comments, and listen to the criticism from them to edit the thesis. I feel grateful to my advisory - Professor Ki-soo Eun, also professor Hyun Ah Moon and professor Tae Kyun Park. I just did not give up, even, as you know, in the progress, there were many times I could not even write one word in a day, and I thought about giving up. However, I think this prize is purely luck.

Korean Studies is an interesting major, you can

figure out many current problems of the Korean economy, politics, diplomacy, through the lessons of history and society right in Korea. There is a huge academic source about Korea Studies here, too. Also I had the opportunity to use Korean language regularly at a higher level. Students of Korea Studies major were very united, we always supported each other in

learning and more. 회식(get together in a restaurant)

is the regular activity of us there. My future plan is, to work in a Korean company and later on return to Vietnam.. The knowledge gained at school will help me adapt as an associate of the company with employees in Vietnam.

The most memorable moment at GSIS was the first

MT in my first semester, which was extremely interesting. It was the opportunity which helped me have more friends and adapt to new environment. The pot luck party with Korean Studies friends in 2013 December was also memorable. Is there anything better than having good food with friends in cold winter?

Since I'm very much interested in gender issues, I

was fully attracted by “Korean Studies Seminar” class of Professor Hyun Ah Moon. I feel grateful that all my review was always carefully read, and got feedback. In class, I could listen to various interesting thoughts about gender from many friends from various backgrounds and countries around the world.

To our juniors, “Enjoy the moment than you could

survive in GSIS and make a lot of friends, the most precious property you have here is friendship.”

Graduates of DCPP in Fall-2015 semester, Eric Amankwah

My name is Eric Amankwah and I am from Ghana, I came to Korea on KOICA scholarship to pursue a 16 month Master’s Degree program in Development Cooperation Policy. The Development Cooperation Program is one of the best Master’s Degree programs suitable for students who are coming from developing and emerging economies. The program is taught by experienced Professors who understand both theory and its application to real life developmental issues. It exposed me and my colleagues to the various phases and stages of development and most importantly the policies that governments need to consider in pursuing development.

Upon completion and successful graduation I have

returned to Ghana and resumed my post as an Assistant Director with the Office of the Head of Civil Service. I am currently contributing to the formulation of several developmental policies. One of such policies is the Capacity Development of Public Officials in the use of Public Private Partnerships for infrastructure and service delivery. I am the Coordinator of this project. The Masters program has also kindled the spirit of academic pursuit in me, so in future I intend to pursue a PhD in Development Studies.

My most memorable happening in Korea

academically was the successful defense of my research work. I also relive the moments of the various international meetings with leaders from the EU, World Bank, IMF among others. In social life, I enjoyed both the educational and non-educational excursions. A trip to Busan Beach and Everland always brings me fond memories

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One of the benefits we stand to gain by been

enrolled in GSIS is the network of people all over the world gathered in the department. I will therefore urge my juniors to take advantage and network well with all the students and Professors. The round tables, conferences and workshops also serve as useful means of getting to know developments around the globe apart from the academic classes. I will therefore entreat all student in GSIS to always partake in such events.

I wish to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt

appreciation to the entire faculty members, staff and students of GSIS. You all contributed in diverse ways to make my stay in Korea very fruitful, enjoyable and memorable. I would encourage you to keep up with the good work. GSIS is indeed the place for anyone seeking for that international exposure.

Graduates of DCPP in Fall-2015 semester, Mary Elizabeth Au Ramosaea

I am from Solomon Islands.

I came to Korea in 2013, as one of the recipient of the KOICA Scholarship awards, which means I came here for study purposes. The DCCP has provided me with a great platform of international partnership and knowledge sharing amidst the mandate

towards academic learning in GSIS. This program was held with a high esteem and creates in me a deeper sense of appreciation towards higher learning and an excellent study environment for future development leaders. The experience is dynamic and the outcome for me is the grasp of knowledge and the wisdom to contribute towards my sphere of engagement.

After graduation I will return to my country and work

there. I contribute my knowledge and expertise towards the relevant area that I am expected to function in within my professional environment. Irrespective of the length of stay and reasons other than study, I could think of hundreds of things or events daily but the most memorable one was the coverage of our trip to DMZ. Beyond the fun and the sightseeing, I suppose the significance of what that physical location itself has represented and the distinction of what South Korea has been now in contrast to its historical past has triggered areas of fascination but also wonderment of the state of people and their governments. It’s like being in the future, but walking in a monumental history of both the North and

the South, really speaks volume to me come to think of international cooperation issues.

To our juniors, Stay true and committed to the vision

of your study whilst extend the boundaries of your informal learning to build quality friendship with the locals and other international students; build new levels of competency, squeeze every juice of knowledge and experience offered through prescribed lecture week or fieldtrips, enjoy the built and created environment of GSIS or SNU, hesitate not to enquire and seek clarity of the national culture and anything else that might add value towards your input in your own country after the program. Systematically and strategically invest into the good works of serving one another, and the students with the vision that is placed inside of your heart to contribute towards building people internationally from all works of life who happen to come to GSIS.

Professors, beyond the ranks you are there to impart

and the impact knowledge that will enhance those students who will receive it and run in such a way to contribute towards their own countries or even South Korea. Your heart in the work is invaluable and priceless as you are touching nations even when you are in Korea and so do it sacrificially and with a good heart. Staff, learn to step beyond the boundaries of your personal cultures and get to know the students, you might be able to learn from one another. Let’s continue to make GSIS one of the international breeding places of ethical yet intelligent and global world class leaders; this can only be done by your collaborative contributions and support of the students and one another. Right in the heart of GSIS and South Korea but you are raising, enhancing and shaping nations across the globe through the students’ lives.

Graduates of DCPP , Rommel Eduardo Vargas Pimentel

My name is Rommel

Eduardo Vargas Pimental. I'm from Dominican Republic. I could seize the scholarship opportunity by winning a scholarship program issued by the IDB (Inter American Development Bank) for International Macroeconomics Master.

Dominican Republic is an Island in the Caribbean with a 10 million population and ~5,800.00 USD per capita income under "Democratic" political system. DCPP was the best year and half of my life. Even though I was not directly in the DCPP the University treated me as being one of the official members, so the program was excellent.

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After the graduation, I'm working as my scholarship

contract established. I plan to continue working but I want to develop my political skills so I can end up being influential to Dominican Republic.

Everything was so special for me I cannot select one

specific moment. From imparting Econometric classes, going to Jeju, visiting Hyundai Corps., enjoying Busan, to simply living in the Dorms, everything was very special!

To advice our juniors, try not to feel lonely in this new

environment, meet friends and treat them as your family; be brave and ask whatever you want because no one will judge you and you will grow in knowledge (professors will actually enjoy your questioning and reasoning). Go to the M.T.s, it is not what you think it would be and it is an excellent opportunity to know all the faces you will usually see in the CCN Cafe.

I miss both Professor, Chong Sup KIM and Professor

Taekyoon KIM. I'm deeply attached to all the teaching I had received from you all. Thanks a lot for everything and I hope to see you soon.

Interview with Raphaël Poignet, Graduate of ESSEC Dual Degree Program

I worked for almost 4

years for a French bank in the group internal audit division (Inspection générale BPCE). There I performed full-scope internal audit missions (3 months) within various entities and business lines of the Group, in France and abroad. I worked on different topics

such as credit, liquidity and market risk management, as well as profitability assessments. In 2014, I was selected by the European Central Bank to become a Supervisor in charge of monitoring one the so-called significant banks in the Eurozone. I moved to the ECB in Frankfurt in September 2014.

The dual-degree certainly was a help in my career,

especially for my current position. GSIS provides courses about internal relations, which are a good help when you work for a European institution. It also gave me some preliminary experience about team work with people from different nationalities, which is something you experience on a daily basis at the ECB. In the ESSEC, I had the chance to gain a lot of technical skills relating to the financial industry that are very useful in my job.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central

bank for the euro and administers monetary policy of the Eurozone. Its primary objective is to ensure price stability. On top of this, the ECB has been since November 2014, a corner stone of the so-called Single

Supervisory Mechanism (SSM), aiming to ensure as

part of the Banking Union 1) the safety and soundness of the European banking system 2) an increase of financial integration and stability among member states and 3) a consistent banking supervision. I am part of this new business area, and as a Supervisor, I am in charge of supervising one of the significant European banks.

To our juniors, I would recommend to gather as

much useful professional experience as possible, in a central bank (in Korea for instance) or in a private bank, before applying to positions here. A financial background might also be very useful. Living in South Korea was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I fell in love with Seoul and I met extraordinary people from all over the world who are still my friends as of today. My advice would be to make the most of these years to learn and exchange with the professors and the students. If possible also they should try to do several traineeships in order to gather professional skills before applying to permanent positions.

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Distinguished Lectures & Symposiums WTO at 20th Conference

On August 28, 2015, WTO at 20th Conference was

held at SNU Faculty Hall. The conference was organized in order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO). It was the first official WTO event that was held in Korea. Five Appellate Body members of the WTO – Professor Yuejiao Zhang, Ambassador Ujal Singh Bhatia, Mr. Thomas R. Graham, Mr. Ricardo Ramirez-Hernandez and Professor Seung Wha Chang – have joined the conference as session panelists. In total, there were 23 renowned scholars and legal practitioners who have participated in the conference as distinguished speakers. Around 200 audiences from academia, government and law firms have attended the conference.

The conference was organized in 4 sessions in total: Session 1 New Challenges for Dispute Settlement Mechanisms in the Global Trading Regime; Session 2 Emerging RTA Rules in Trade, Investment and WTO plus Areas; Session 3 Jurisdictional Conflicts between WTO and FTA Systems; Session 4 General Discussions and Closing. The panelists discussed various issues on the current divergence of trade arrangements as well as potential threats and concerns in dealing with these new arrangements within the WTO multilateral framework.

Ambiguous Accountability: The In-Between World of Public-Private Partnerships

The 18th International Development Policy Seminar

was held, under the title, “Ambiguous Accountability: The In-Between World of Public-Private Partnership” on September 8, 2015. Dr. Prashant Sharma, who is the member of Open Society Fellow and Visiting Research Fellow of UNRISD led the seminar, starting by explaining what PPP (Public Private Partnership) is. He introduced the public-private partnership cases in reality, and we thought about its distinct features and problems. Public-private partnership is mostly used in large scale businesses such as infra-public services.

We had discussed about the problems that occurred during last 10~20 years, as the number of cases had increased and developed. The discussion was focused particularly on accountability: Since the government and private enterprises jointly participated, which side should bear the accountability, and how the regulations should be controlled.

New Trade Policy Road Map of the Government

On May 7, 2015, Mr. Kim, Hakdo, Executive at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy of Korea, gave a presentation on the “New Trade Policy Road Map of the Government.” Mr. Kim first provided a short history of Korean trade policy directives up to the current era, and explained how the current trade environment is changing through ongoing plurilateral mega-FTA negotiations, such as the TPP, and how the Korean government is trying to cope with new conditions via scrutinized policy objectives.

He laid out several differentiated strategies and

policy plans the current ministry aims to envision upon trade policy, compared to the path Ministry of Foreign Affairs took in the past years. Through the interactive Q&A session, Mr. Kim clarified many of the specificities of each policy plan and students fully enjoyed the opportunity to directly ask the executive about the government’s future stance.

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Africa, A mirror of Ourselves? : A Critical Understanding of African Identity

The main purpose of the seminar, was to share the critical thoughts about our fixed ideas on Africa. First, we talked about the prejudice we have about Africa’s Environment, including geographical features of Africa, and how it affects the human society. Secondly, we discussed about our biased thoughts about Africans and their cultures. We talked about the clues on why Africans are the origins of mankind. The Discussion was continued by talking about its identity, including its culture, language, and religion. At last, we had discussion about fixed ideas we had on Africa’s history, civilization, and explained about the view ancient Greek, Middle Ages of Europe, Middle East people had on Africa. The discussion was continued on history of slave trade, histories of each countries within the African continent, and recent Pan-Africanism. The special lecture was given by Dr. Oung Byun, senior researcher, Institute of International Affairs, GSIS, SNU.

The Development Financial Resources of Post-2015 period

Sponsored by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance,

supervised by the Korea Association for Policy Development, EDCF of Korea Exim Bank supported the seminar on ‘Financial Resources for the Development of the Post 2015 Period.’., at the International Conference Hall on May 21, 2015. The seminar started by opening remarks of Professor Chongsup Kim, the dean of GSIS, and was followed

by the in-depth discussion by experts from schools, NGOs and other organizations on the issue of the development financial resources. This is one of the

critical issues to carry out sustainable development goals, which is a new development agenda set after MDG that will end by this year. The issues of the development financial resources include trends of development financial resources and Korea’s policy adjustments, sustainable economic development, roles of infra, development finance and knowledge sharing as non-financial developing resources, and expansion of private financial resources.

South Korea and the US Nuclear Umbrella: Extended Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons

On 13th of May, Terence Roehrig, the Professor of

National Security Affairs, and the Director of the Asia Pacific Studies Group at the US Naval War College, made a special lecture at the GL room of GSIS. Professor Roehrig talked about the US Nuclear Umbrella and South Korea, elaborating on the extended deterrence and use of the Nuclear Weapons. Roehrig started by affirming the strong alliance between the US and the Republic of Korea adding the strong credibility of the defense commitment of the US. Yet, he doubted the likelihood of the US actually using nuclear weapons against North Korea, though not disregarding the possibility altogether. Rather the Nuclear Umbrella is a small part of a large framework of the alliance and works as an important political signal to South Korea reassuring the alliance. Further, Professor Roehrig stressed the importance of the dialogue amongst countries of which the ultimate goal should be denuclearization of North Korea in the long run. Various questions followed the lecture regarding indifferent North Korea threat perceptions in South Korea, the validity of South Korea’s reliance on the US military, and including the China factor into the picture.

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In It Together : Why Less Inequality Benefits All

Mr. Michael Foerster, OECD Social Policy Analyst was invited as a special lecturer at GSIS on July 3, 2015. He gave a special lecture on ‘In it together: Why Less Inequality Benefits All’. He mentioned that today, in OECD countries the richest 10% of the population earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10% and in several emerging economics, particularly in Latin America, income inequality has narrowed but income gaps remain generally higher than in OECD countries. He also mentioned that higher inequality drags down economic growth and harms opportunities. Temporary and part-time work and self-employment now account for about a third of total employment in OECD countries. He said high wealth concentration limits investment opportunities. and wealth is much more concentrated than income: on average, the 10% of wealthiest households hold half of total wealth, the next 50% hold almost the other half, while the 40% least wealthy own little over 3 %.

TPP Negotiation: History, Negotiation, Dynamics and Prospect

On April 27, 2015, Dr. Deborah Elms, the

Executive Director of the Asian Trade Center in Singapore, gave a lecture on the topic of “Origins, Evolution and Current Status of TPP Negotiations.” As the bilateral negotiation between the US and Japan is known to be agreed and the TPP negotiation is imminently heading to a conclusion, this lecture timely served the students’ interests in such a proper way. Dr. Elms provided well-arranged and extensive explanations on the details of

TPP history, agreed draft contents, and prospects.

As TPP was often mystified due to tight control of information, students were eager to engage in the discussions on this allegedly new “21st century high quality” agreement.

Latin America’s Sports and Nationalism

Professor Robert Irwin gave a lecture about the direction of the varied cultural study and interdisciplinary research method in general term, which sports research implies under the title “Latin America’s Sports and Nationalism”. He explained how sports was introduced to Latin America through the imperialistic governing process and enumerated some misused cases of sports in some countries as to its political needs. Particularly, the

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US Latino Sports star was mentioned as a clear means of expressing antagonistic emotions among the white supremacy and Mexican-American ethno-nationalism. Professor Irwin pointed out that sports is an area where hidden prejudice and power between social citizenship and racism virtually clashes, it is needed to further develop the cultural studies in the future. The series of lecture was organized by the Institute of Latin American Study.

Nutrition Support to Children and Women in North Korea

On September 23, the Yulchon-GSIS Center for

Emerging Economies hosted Ms. Darlene Tymo, the Country Director of WFP Office in DPRK. on topic, ‘Nutrition Support to Children and Women in North Korea’. Ms. Tymo introduced the processes of nutrition support via World Food Programme, and emphasized the importance of international attention on nutrition support in North Korea. A number of guests, professors, and students came to attend the lecture. Dr. Sheen, Seong-Ho was the moderator of the whole session.

WFP is the food aid arm of the United Nations system. Food aid is one of the many instruments that can help to promote food security, which is defined as an access of all people at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. The policies governing the use of World Food Programme food aid is oriented towards the objective of eradicating hunger and poverty. The ultimate objective of food aid is the elimination of the need for food aid. Targeted interventions are needed to help to improve the lives of the poorest people - people who, either permanently or during crisis periods, are unable to produce enough food or do not have the resources to otherwise obtain the food that they and their households require for active and healthy lives. The core policies and strategies that govern WFP activities are to provide food aid to save lives in refugee and other emergency situations; to improve the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable people at critical times in their lives; and to help build assets and promote the self-reliance of poor people and communities, particularly through labour-intensive works programmes.

A Latin Managing Global Company in Korea

On October 14, 2015, special lecture entitled “A Latin Managing Global Company in Korea” hosted by SNU GSIS, organized by SNU Institute of Latin American Studies (SNUILAS) and Brazil Cultural Center in Korea, and supported by Doosan Infracore was held at International Conference Hall, GSIS, SNU. The lecture was given by Sergio Rocha who is the president and CEO of GM Korea Company. A number of students from GSIS to different departments such as Business Administration, as well as faculties and many more took their time to attend Mr. Rocha’s lecture, and later led a fruitful discussion by asking some insightful questions.

As a passionate Brazilian having worked in different

cultures, Mr. Rocha shared stories on diverse topics from his management philosophy to future strategy all of which revolved around the global company he heads. He especially emphasized the importance of building concrete relationships with customers as well as suppliers and fostering ingenuity. A combination of competitiveness and sustainability was suggested as the company’s future key agenda in order to booster growth as well as to better integrate in the Korean culture. Furthermore, Mr. Rocha discussed challenges in Korean economy related to rigid labor market, asserting that the society should place more importance on meritocracy and gender equality.

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GSIS Events Institutes & Research Centers The Research Seminar of the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economics

On September 14th 2015, the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies held its first research seminar. Team Cambodia presented on topic “Comparison of the Effects on Cambodia Income Growth between FDI and ODA”. Team Vietnam presented on topic “Unemployment Insurance in Vietnam”. Team Indonesia I and II each presented on topics “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Indonesia” and “The Prospect of Indonesia-Korea Comprehensive

Economic Partnership Agreement”. Each team has

received feedbacks from lawyers of the Yulchon LLC. Further plan is to revise the research in accordance with the feedbacks by the mid October.

The 5th FTA Leadership Program (FLP)

The 5th FLP Program, supported by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), began on September 12th, 2015 at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Seoul National University. FTA Leadership Program is for the practitioners who are currently working in the field related to Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in both public and private sectors to provide a systematic analysis on the current political and economic situations regarding FTAs. Experienced lecturers on the FTA issues offer a variety of field work strategies and discussion is followed to expand and share work experiences. The program will end on December 5th. Classes are given every other Saturdays and 46 practitioners are participating this semester. Those who attend more than 12 classes out of 13, and complete their research reports, will receive certificates issued by the Minister of MOTIE and the Dean of GSIS.

Empowerment & Capacity Development for Sustainable Development in Laos

On September 18th 2015, international conference organized by Center for International Development Cooperation, and supported by Korea International cooperation Agency(KOICA) and Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS) was held at International Conference Hall, GSIS, SNU. The forum was held under the topic: ‘Empowerment & Capacity Development for Sustainable Development in Laos'.

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For the conference, the president and faculties from Souphanouvong University visited and gave a speech under the topic: Current Status and Development Strategy of Souphanouvong University and Current Situation and Future Plan of Departments. Participants from the embassy of Laos, academia related to International Development Cooperation, domestic development related NGOs, private companies which advanced Laos projects had participated.

Global Leaders Program (GLP)

The 32nd Global Leadership Program (GLP) started

on September 10,, 2015. Total of 51 global leaders have enrolled in the program. GLP initiated in November, 1999 and have been in operation for 16 years to reach its 32nd program this year.

GLP is a program at Seoul National University

aiming for CEOs that promotes sustainable growth and capacity building, suitable for the 21st century business management. GLP’s goal is to train global leaders with perspectives of creative and innovative growth. Programs are designed to attain this goal contain studies in technical areas, international area studies, cultural studies, etc. They all aim to enable the potential global leaders to look at the current business environment through a dynamic lens focusing from a different angle.

GLP courses also include 21st century global business environment, global business strategy and strengthening business ability, an overlook for global trends and strategy for creating markets, 21st century strategy for Korea. Other non-academic programs involve domestic and foreign workshops, and rapport building programs.

The faculties of GSIS, Seoul National University are

growing in prestige on the international level specializing in areas of International Commerce, International Cooperation, and International Area Studies focusing on Asia, America, Europe, Central and Southern America. Therefore it is expected for CEOs and directors, scholars, politicians, government officials, judicial officers, journalists, doctors,

accountants to train for the changing world economic environment through the GLP program. For further information please refer to www.glpceo.org.

FTA Commerce and Strategy Program: Fall-2015 Orientation

FTA Commerce & Strategy Program had orientation for this fall semester on September 9, 2015 at GL room. In this semester, 14 new-comers are willing to participate in the program, and 26 students have participated. There are 40 participants at FTA Commerce & Strategy Program. The duration of the program depends on students` situation but it is one and half year (1 and ½ ) to two (2) years program.

FTA Commerce and Strategy Program was launched

in March, 2013, targeting the MIS students at GSIS, SNU aiming to train students into experts with expertise in free trade and regional integration. This program is offered to GSIS Master’s students of any major who are interested in FTA related issues. The program is offered to 40 participants every semester, to those students who have obtained 12 credits from the courses designated to the FTA program. The participants are to write their thesis on FTA related issue. The participants who have completed the course successfully will be rewarded a certificate by the dean of GSIS, SNU. Applying period starts at the end of August and at the end of February each year.

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FTA Commerce & Strategy Seminar: Foreign Trade and Agricultural Sector in Korea

On September 3, 2015, the ambassador from the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kyung-lim Choi gave a lecture to the students of the FTA Commerce and Strategy program under the topic, “Trade and Agriculture Sector in Korea. The seminar was given for the purpose of helping students to understand the current changes in trade policy, and look into the advantages and disadvantages Korea has in distinctive industries. The Agricultural sector is the weak point of Korea’s trade negotiations, which involves many exceptions in applying free trade policies. Ambassador Choi focused on the prospects of the agricultural industry, explaining how the agricultural sector is different from any other sectors, and how the sector should be expanded by introducing the actual cases of bilateral trade negotiations.

Changes at the International Studies Library in GSIS

Training was held on October 26, 2015 to confirm and manage the ‘Turn it in program’. Students learned to use the Turn it in Program which will be used to prevent plagiarizing the paper. As of now on, applicants of GSIS dissertation defense, must run the ‘Turn it in Program’ before submitting the dissertation. The dissertation must be submitted together with the signature of the academic advisor, confirming that the dissertation has run the program. Hence, the training is

mandatory for all applicants. In order to use the program, student must be registered to obtain a certificate, and registration procedure is as under :

1. Send an e-mail to libserv@snu.ac.kr with student’s

name, student number, and major.) 2. Access http://www.turnitin.com/ko/home 3. Create Account -> choose student and register ● In case the student register with the mail other than

SNU mail, will be deleted. Focusing on users’ convenience and environmental improvements, the main entrance of the International Library has been changed to automatic door.

International Development Policy Seminar: Korea’s ODA Policy and System

On October 22, 2015, International Development

Policy Seminar was held at the GL Room of the Graduate School of International Studies, SNU. The director Jang Ho Park from the Office for Government Policy gave a lecture under the topic, “Korea’s ODA Policy and System.”

The seminar was given for the purpose of helping students to understand development policy of Korean government. Director Park focused on the prospects of the new ODA(Official Development Assistance) objectives, explaining how the Korean Government should proceed with the new ODA targets in the future. 26 students including DCPP(Development Cooperation Policy Program) students were able to understand the ODA structure of Korea and the role of each institutions in the process of international aid.

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China Advanced Management Program (CHAMP)

CHAMP (China Advanced Management Program) of GSIS, SNU was established on April 7, 2015. Fifty eight (58) students had registered on the 1st CHAMP and had completed the course. CHAMP is proceeded under the decision that now is the time for businessmen and leaders of the society to re-establish the recognition of China. The CHAMP is proceeded with overall systematic curriculum which comprehends economy, business, politics, and diplomacy, history and culture of China. CHAMP is a program where you can find the answers for how to create the business opportunity in China and China region, and how we should accomplished mutual cooperation efficiently with Chinese. The program also includes special programs such as mountain climbing, workshops held in and out of the country to activate the friendly relationship.

The 1st CHAMP students had 2 nights 3 days

scheduled oversea workshop, tracing the Yeonam, PARK, Jiwon’s road to Beijing and Seungduck, and had time to bring up the kinship by exploring the historic sites in China. The 1st CHAMP students are scheduled to have commencement on October 20th and the CHAMP is recruiting its 2nd stage. More detailed information can be found at www.champsnu.org

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[CSIS Conference]

Advancing Social Science with Korea: Social History, Grand Strategy, Diplomacy, and Demography

On October 26th, 2015, Center for Strategic and

International Studies(CSIS) and Graduate School of International Studies(GSIS) at Seoul National University co-organized the conference under the title "Advancing Social Science with Korea: Social History, Grand Strategy, Diplomacy, and Demography." Acknowledged scholars -Prof. Yoon, Young-kwan, Prof. Park, Cheol-hee, Prof.Chun, Chaesung, Mr. Victor Cha, and Mr. Christopher Johnson- have joined the first session to discuss the grand strategy and diplomatic history of the Korean peninsula under the current power dynamics. The second session was also joined by - Prof. Victor Cha, Elizabeth Stephen, Christine Kim, Tae Gyun Park, Seong-ho SHEEN and they discussed the modern history, national identity and the demographic trends. This event was made possible with the generous support of the Academy of Korean Studies.

[IJS-Joint Academic Conference] Open Dialogue for Korea-Japan Intellectuals in 2015

‘Open Dialogue for Korea-Japan Intellectuals’ was

arranged under the purpose of not only for Korea-Japan Relation Experts but also, for the intellectuals from international relations, economy, education, media, and from various fields to get together and seek for bilateral directions for the future generations. The dialogue was held for the 3rd time following the 2nd dialogue which was held last year.

In the first session, after looking back the 50 years of

diplomatic normalization between Korea and Japan, participants conducted in-depth discussion about bilateral cooperation plan to cope with diplomatic security tasks in global dimension.

On the 2nd session, participants had referred to cases

of Europe in trade cooperation, and had time to grope for how bilateral economy, including FTA, which discarded from vertical division of labor to horizontal conciliation could cooperate in international trade.

On the last, 3rd session, participants examined the

bilateral common tasks that both country is facing such as widening of social gap, low birth rate and aging, employment and labor problems and discussed about the joint plan of reaction on these social issues.

The intellectuals concluded their opinion that bilateral

effort to solve the historical problems should be continued, but since there are piles of urgent problems to be solved immediately, even though it is difficult situation for arguments on historical problems to progress, both countries need to share the wisdom and cooperate continuously on cooperative task as diplomatic security, economy, social issues.

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Campus Asia Field Trip to Namhan Sanseong Fortress

The CAMPUS Asia Program aims to nurture future leaders of East Asia with global competence thorough understandings of East Asian values. It also seeks to establish an East Asian academic community and seeks to deepen the mutual understanding among Korea, China, and Japan, and to pave a new path for East Asian regional integration. Together with its additional programs as Language Programs and Internship Opportunities, Field Trip to Namhan Sanseong Fortress was made as an Extra Curricular Activities on April 27th. The Campus Asia Program also had trip to Jeju Island on May 10th, 2015. More information on Campus Asia Program is provided at http://www.campusasia.kr/

Campus Asia Final Presentation June 12, 2015 was the day for CAMPUS ASIA Final

Presentation. The participants of CAMPUS ASIA Program had a memorable event together. CAMPUS ASIA Program is the program that motivates active cooperation and exchanges among three Asian countries, Korea, Japan, and China. Thus, participants of the program not only presented Korean traditional dances but also gave presentations on the topics, "Post Olympic Depression Syndrome", "Aging Society" and "Death Penalty", comparing three countries. The lively debate was followed by questions from the floor. A group which led active discussions over interesting but controversial issue, "Death penalty", was awarded.

Strategies of Korea’s ODA and Remaining Challenges

On October 8, 2015, Youngju Oh, the Director-General of the Development Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs gave a special lecture on strategies of Korea’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) policy and remaining challenges. Including students from the Development Corporation Policy Program (DCPP), forty five(45) GSIS students attended the lecture.

Director. Oh started the lecture by introducing general facts on Korea’s ODA. This part covered the structure, the direction in which the Korean government’s ODA policy is heading towards. Further discussions on remaining tasks followed the first part of the presentation. From this lecture on development cooperation and aid providing policies, students learnt how Korea had developed from an OCA recipient to a donating country. Coming from the perspective of the general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was a good opportunity to hear the diplomatic, political role of the ODA policy. The discussion ended in a positive note in that Korea’s experience of transformation from recipient to a donator may be a leading example for other East Asian countries.

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GSIS Reports

Professor Activities

Papers Professor Jiyeoun Song,

wrote papers titled, “Economic Empowerment of

Women as the Third Arrow

of Abenomics,” Journal of International and Area Studies 22:1 (June 2015), pp. 113-128

Professor Taekyoon Kim, "Linking State Intervention

and Health Equity Differently: The Universalization of

Health Care in South Korea and Taiwan, Korea Observer

46(3), 2015 (공저)

"Post 2015 Development Goals (SDGs) and Transformative Social

Policy," Oughtopia 30(1), 2015 (공저)

"South Korea's Middle-Power Diplomacy on the Post-2015.

Development Agenda," EAI Issue Briefing, October 2015.

"포스트-2015 개발시대의 분절적 글로벌 개발협력

거버넌스: 유엔개발협력포럼(UNDCF)과

부산글로벌파트너십(GPEDC)을 중심으로,"

<국제지역연구> 제 24 권 3 호, 2015.

"글로벌 개발협력 파트너십으로서 민관협력

거버넌스에 대한 비교연구: 세계은행과

유엔개발계획 사례를 중심으로," <국제관계연구>

제 20 권 1 호, 2015 (공저)

"Post-2015 개발협력 시대의

책무성(accountability): 쟁점과 전망," <한국의

개발협력> 1 호, 2015 (공저)

Professor Chulhee Park published papers as under :

"정치네트워크의 부침으로 본

한일협력과 갈등," <일본비평>

12 호 (2015.2.15.), 196-223 쪽.

"자유민주당의 우위는 부활하는

가?" 이노구치 다카시 편. <일

본과 한국> 69-94 쪽. (일본어)

(2015.3.31.: 하라쇼보)

"국가전략과 시민사회의 정합성으로 본 한일관계 50

년" 기미야/이원덕 편 <한일관계사 1965-2015: 정치

> 65-84 쪽. (일본어) (2015.6.23.: 동경대학교출판회)

"미중 중일 등 주변국관계와 연동하는 한일관계" <한

일협력> (2015 겨울) 34-42 쪽.

"한중일관계의 미래상과 한국 외교의 길," <외교> 제

115 호 (2015.10.)

Professor Taeho Bark published papers as under : “Potential Impact of TTIP: A Korean View,” in M. S. Akman, S. J. Evenett and P. Low eds., Catalyst? TTIP’s Impact on the Rest, Vox, CEPR’s Policy Portal, April 2015. “The Relationship between Trade and Economic Growth and a Slowdown of Exports in Korea,” in B. Hoekman ed.,

The Global trade Slowdown: A New Normal, A VoxEu.org eBook, June 2015.

New Publications

Professor Kim, Hyunchul has published

「저성장시대, 기적의 생존 전략 어떻게 돌파할

것인가?」 from Dasan Books. The book gives

answers to following questions: If the Korean Economy will really fall into bottomless pit of low growth? How would Korea’s Economy become if Korea be the low growth? How would Korea’s Business Corporations prepare for the low growth at this moment? The book tells us to dwell upon Japan’s failure, and tells us about how Korea’s corporations would survive in this low growth period.

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In the book, “Issue Korean History by Park, Taekyun”, Professor Park presents the ten issues that should be cleared and historical facts related to the issues in an easily accessible way. In the book, Professor explains the complicated, difficult historical circumstances for easy understanding. The ten issues are our historically hurt events that we did not solve properly then. The four of the ten issues are related to the international treaties that we made during the Japanese Colonial Era. Professor emphasizes that our history can be stood up straight and the old relationship could be solved only when we break the boundary of making the political issues or blame on attitudes of the opponent country. The virtue of this book is that the book sank to our levels, explained everything so easily and in detail.

Why did U.S. intervene in Vietnam War? And why

did Korea, not being able to keep its national security at the time, send the troops to Vietnam? While Britain and France, the closest ally refused to take part in Vietnam War, and started by active intervention of U.S., why did Korean government decided to dispatch the troops?

Where is our memory for

Vietnam War originated from? After research over a decade, Professor Tae Kyun Park published the

book titled, “Vietnam War: War, Lost from Memory, Half Memory”. Professor not only had researched books and dissertation papers, but also analyzed the vast store of knowledge including the diplomatic documents for last 10 years before publishing this book. In 1964, our government had dispatched the Korean troops to Vietnam for the first time, till March 1973, when we withdraw our troops, Korea had dispatched over 320,000 soldiers to Vietnam.

Among the 320,000 soldiers, 5,000 were killed and

over 10,000 have suffered from a disease caused by the exposure to defoliants. And endless number of innocent Vietnamese were dead. The book searched over the footsteps Vietnam War had left in Korea and World’s history.

This book delves into cultural, economic and political aspects of Korea, in addition to providing comparative studies between that country and Latin America. It is the result of a program of the Academy of Korean Studies, which invited seven distinguished Korean authors to participate in this publication. Professor KIM, Chong Sup is one of the seven co-authors of the book. He wrote two articles, 1) Surgimiento, desarrollo e impacto de los conglomerados en Corea del Sur. Un enfoque en los casos de Samsung y Hyundai (Emergence, development and impact of conglomerates in South Korea. A focus on the cases of

Samsung and Hyundai), 2) ¿Por qué Corea del Sur pudo crecer más rápido que Latinoamérica? Análisis comparative entre el desarrollo económico latinoamericano y surcoreano desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX (Why South Korea could grow faster than Latin America? Comparative analysis between the Latin American and South Korean economic growth since the second half of the twentieth century). Both articles are in the book namedEstudios Coreanos Para Hispanohablantes: Un acercamiento crítico, comparative e interdisciplinario (Korean Studies for Spanish Speakers: A critical, comparative and interdisciplinary approach), Wonjung Min, Ediciones Universidad Católico de Chile, which was published in September, 2015.

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Fall-2015 GSIS Events

date

events

Aug. 28, 2015

The WTO at 20 Conference - Prof. Peter van den BOSSCHE AB Chairman - Amb. Ujal Singh Bhatia AB Member - Prof. Chang-fa LO National Taiwan University - Prof. Asif Qureshi

Korea University - Prof. Henry GAO Singapore Management University - Prof. Deok-Young Park Yonsei University - Mr. Doo-Sik Kim Shin & Kim

July. 13, 2015 사회적 경제와 시민 정치의 발전

- 미우라 히로키 연구원

서울대학교 한국정치 연구소

July 2, 2015 Why Less Inequality Benefits All - Mr. Michael Foerster

OECD Social Policy Analysist

July 1, 2015 서울대학교 중국연구소 2015 콜로키움

- 사회과학원 LiNan 교수,

- 요녕대학 Liu Yanchun 교수

- 남경대학 Zong Xiaohua 교수

May 28, 2015 ISSCO Conference @ Seoul “East Asia and the Chinese Overseas” -International Conference

May 20, 2015 The 5th International Development Policy Seminar - Dr. Byun, Oung - senior researcher - Institute of International Affairs

May 13, 2015 South Korea and the US Nuclear Umbrella: Extended Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons

Terence Roehrig Professor of National Security Affairs Director of Asia-Pacific Studies Group US Naval War College

April 29, 2015 FTA Negotiation in Practice: Korea-EU FTA

- Ambassador Hye Min LEE - G20 Sherpa, former Chief - Negotiator for Korea-EU FTA

April 27, 2015 TPP negotiation: History, Negotiation, Dynamics and Prospect - Deborah Elms

Executive Director the Asian Trade Centre

date events

Oct. 23, 2015 Abenomics and Currency Wars among East Asian Countries

- Koichi Hamada

Tuntex Professor of Economics,

Yale University

Oct 16, 2014 Fall-2015 GSIS Sports Day

Oct. 14, 2015 A Latin Managing a Global Company

in Korea

Sergio Rocha, President and CEO

GM Korea Company

Oct. 1, 2015 Capacity-Building and Economic Development in North Korea-the Experience of Hanns Seidel Foundation

- Dr. Bernhard Seliger Haans Seidel Stiftung Seoul

Sept. 24, 2015 한미 원자 협정; 개정 협상의 경과 및 평가

-조현 대사

전 한미 원자력 협정 개정 협상 수석 대표

전 주 오스트리아 대사

Sept. 23, 2015 Nutrition Support to Children and Women in North Korea Darlene Tymo Country Director of WFD Office in DPRK

Sept. 18, 2015 Empowerment & Capacity Development for Sustainable Development in Laos - Dr. Khamphay SISAVANH

Souphanouvong University, Laos

Sept. 17, 2015, Sports and Nationalism in Latin/Latino America

- Robert McKee Irwin

Professor at UC Davis

Sept. 15, 2015 포스트 토쿄시대와 새로운 한일 관계

- 가와카쓰헤이타

- 시즈오카 현 지사,

전 와세다 대학 교수

Sept. 15, 2015

제 2회 서울대학교 글로벌 민관 포럼

Sept. 08, 2015

Ambiguous Accountability: The In-Between World of Public-Private Partnership - Dr. Prashant Sharma

Open Society Fellow Visiting Research Fellow, UNRISD

Ambiguous Accountability: The In-Between World of Public-Private Partnership Dr. Prashant Sharma

Open Society Fellow

Visiting Research Fellow, UNRISD

- Dr. Prashant Sharma

Open Society Fellow

Visiting Research Fellow, UNRISD

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Scholarship Recipients of fall-2015

Type Recipients

Min Kye Shik 해마, 사이몬, 연가기, 치바 가오루

Socheon 김민주, 조유나, 김하나, 김은정,

Shinyang 켄트카마숨바,

Park, Taekyun 손택부

GLP 반안나, 현다정, 김경민, 김보경, 조경모,

유원선, 나아람, 이호정, 이현선, 조서형

GS2 이노우에, 눌누수막스, 보리스,키런,

카일, 윤박요, 이단단, 이나데즈다,

배지아, 권재휘, 탕안, 레이첼,

크리스티나, 매튜 스키드모어,

베네딕토, 저우멍잉, 타카하시아이,

카와쿠치슌, 장신팅, 김춘원, 쟈오멩신,

Sunghee

윤한나

KOICA Pannha Roth Tralong, Lynn Hla Thida.

li Mohamed Mambo, Ratha Chan Ou,

Farrukh Dilshodbek o'g'li Abdusalamov,

Erika Henri Recuerdo Laudencia,

Sthevia Idira Putri, Adhy Buwono Putro,

Wiqar Ahmad,

Ou

KIM, Jae Ik You Win

Global

Scholarship

Ivonne Tapia, Andhika Amri

GSIS Foundation We appreciate your invaluable support towards the development of SNU-GSIS.

▣ Platinum (over KRW100,000,000)

Toyota Motor Corporation Mr. Yoshida Akihisa President & CEO

▣ Gold (over KRW 30,000,000)

Mr. Jung, Soohyun President & CEO Hyundai Construction & Engineering Co. Mr. Kim, Wee Chul President & CEI Hyundai Engineering Co. For better world Incorporated Association

▣ Crystal (over KRW 10,000,000)

Mr. Kim, Sang Chul President & CEO A-1 Technology

극동 실업 상사 대표 문호주

Clifford, Inc. 대표 김두식

한석 에너지 대표 김우식

Hyundai Motors 대표 김충호

CJ Foodville Co. CEO Jung, Moon Mok Kim & Jang Representative Lawyer Lee, Jaeho

Savoy Holdings Inc. 대표 조성식

정낙경

GSIS supporter 00440 Professor Kim, Chong Sup Graduate School of International Studies Seoul National University

Professor Ahn, Dukgeun Graduate School of International Studies Seoul National University