GLiMPSE Consortium Conference

For three(3) days, as of March 2nd to March 4th, GLiMPSE  Consortium Conference was held at GSIS, SNU.  Professors from KDI, GSIS, and ESSEC from Paris, KU-LEUVEN from Belgium had participated in the Consortium Conference and had discussion on double degree system to connect the Europe and Korea.  On the second day, the students who is participating in the program had visited DMZ and JSA, experienced the unique event.  The last day of the conference was hosted by KDI, touring the Sejong city, including visiting the new KDI campus. 

2016-03-08

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GSIS Spring-2016 semester orientation for the New Comers

The Orientation for the new starting students of spring-2016 semester was held at Socheon Conference Hall on Wednesday, March 2, 2016.  The orientation started by Professor Hyeok JEONG, associate dean of international affairs introducing the dean of GSIS, Professor Chong-Sup KIM. The dean introduced all the faculty members and the staff of GSIS to newly starting students.  The orientation was followed by Professor Tae-Gyun PARK, introducing the academic requirements, scholarships, GSIS Exchange Programs, including the Dual Degree Program.  Total of 62 students have entered the GSIS in spring 2016 semester, composed of 3 Ph.D. participants and 59 participants for the master of international studies.  About 40% of the new comers were foreigners from 16 different nationalities.            

2016-03-04

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Information Session of the FTA Commerce and Strategy Program

On February 25, 2016,  FTA Commerce and Strategy Program had a 1st information session in GL Room for the incoming students of GSIS  spring 2016 semester. In the event, Jeongjoon James Park, a program coordinator of FTA Commerce & Strategy Program,  gave a presentation about the overall information and benefits of the program.  Park notified specific information about the application process and the requirements for the FTA program certificate. During the presentation, students asked many questions and showed a lot of interests to the program.    

2016-02-29

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Agreement on Comfort Women and Future Prospects on Korea-Japan Relations

 On Wednesday, February 17, 2016, Professor Nishino Junya from Department of Political Science, College of Law and Politics, Keio University, was invited to GSIS to share his insights on the Comfort women agreement and on future prospects of Korea-Japan relations. Professor Nishino Junya lectured on past and current status of Korea- Japan relations and on intensifying issues of Comfort women. He elaborated on the potential benefits and drawbacks of Comfort women agreement signed between the Korean and Japanese government on December, 2015.  

2016-02-19

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Campus Asia Final Presentation Day

On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, Korean, Japanese and Chinese students of CAMPUS Asia Program had a Final Presentation Day in Socheon Hall to finish the semester.  In the event, Prof. Young Hae Han and Prof. Tae Kyoon Park, associate dean of GSIS, gave opening remarks. Students had Korean dance performance as an opening ceremony. During the presentation, students dealt with political, historical, social and economic issues between China-Japan-Korea. After each presentation, interacting discussion was held freely. At the end, the best 3 presentations were awarded with prizes.     

2015-12-11

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Policy Directions of the MOSF for International Development Cooperation

On Thursday, December 3, 2015, Mr. Seoungho Jin, Director General for International Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance was invited to GSIS to give a lecture on the policy directions of the MOSF for international development cooperation. Mr. Jin introduced the current status of Korea's ODA policy and explained about the regional and sectoral allocation of Korea's ODA, and how Korea transformed from an ODA recipient country to a donor country. Mr. Jin then provided the students with some empirical examples of EDCF's development cooperation projects and showed policy directions of EDCF as well as those of KSP.  The lecture concluded by underlining the increasing importance of private finance in international development cooperation. In the end of the lecture, Mr. Jin answered a few questions related to Korea's ODA/GNI target and the current budget cycle of international development cooperation.

2015-12-08

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Korea-U.S. Cooperation to Reshape East Asian Regional Architecture

On Wednesday, November 18th, GSIS has prepared a workshop on Korea-U.S. cooperation to reshape East Asian regional architecture with the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) of Stanford University. Distinguished Follows of APARC and specialists on U.S.-East Asia relations were invited to share their views. Prof. Gi-Wook Shin, director of APARC, gave opening remarks with Prof. Chong-Sup Kim, Dean of GSIS.  The first session was focused on the possible adjustment of US foreign policy and diplomacy in Northeast Asia with regional partners. The second session was concerned in ‘US domestic politics and the development of the TPP regional trade agreement’. Students and scholars participated in the workshop and interacted with panelists of each session.      

2015-11-23

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FTA Commerce Strategy Seminar Series 18: How to Write and How to Think

On November, 19th, 2015, the reporter Woo, Jong-guk from Korea Business week gave a lecture about “How to write and how to think.” He introduced the examples of splendid lectures and writings with the diverse substantial examples. And he gave five tips on how to write by subtracting a lot of unnecessary things, emphasizing that erasing part is the most important part.. Student asked about how to find the synonyms properly and he recommended to read various diverse materials.  Another student requested to introduce good examples of self-introduction letter: He explained the good-quality of interview and writing.

2015-11-23

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Negotiations for a Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement Between the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Korea

 On November 16th, 2015, Oscar Herrera, Ambassador of Ecuador in the Republic of Korea, was invited to share his insights on the negotiations for a Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement (SECA) between the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Korea. By presenting a new concept, SECA, different from the existing Free Trade Agreements, Ambassador Herrera highlighted the internal decision-making process of each government, and elaborated negotiations followed to build up more balanced agreement between two countries. Marcelo Pazos. Commercial Counselor of Pro Ecuador in South Korea, suggested possible scenarios from his research conducted on the feasibility of SECA. As a former student of GSIS, Mr. Pazos led dynamic discussions with students who attended the lecture.

2015-11-18

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The EU and China: Awkward Partners in Changing Times

There was a special lecture held by Professor Thomas Christiansen from the Maastricht University on November 11th.  The lecture covered characteristics between two grand actors in the international field of politics, the EU and China, mainly with the perspectives from the European countries.  As one of the Union's core strategic partners, China has gradually gained European leaders' attention.  The long ties between the two continents have started from the economic field - the trade partners per se - for the EU and China became surely the big economic actors in the global economic market.  Although the economic connections still influence both actors the most, the hybrid characteristic of the Union is relatively influential, causing the tensions and relaxations.  

2015-11-18

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