The WTO at 20th Conference

On August 28, 2015, WTO at 20th Conference was held at SNU Faculty Hall. to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Five Appellate Body members of the WTO – Prof. Yuejiao Zhang, Amb.Ujal Singh Bhatia, Mr. Thomas R. Graham, Mr. Ricardo Ramirez-Hernandez and Prof.Seung Wha Chang – have joined the conference as session panelists. Twenty three (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.  

2015-09-01

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Orientation for the New Comers by the Student Council

The Student Council hosted the first Incoming Students Information Session on August 19th, 11PM 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 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.  

2015-08-20

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GLiMPSE Pre-Departure Orientation

SNU GSIS and KDI School gathered in Sejong City for the EU ICI-ECP double degree program orientation session which has been arranged by KDI school on July 17th. Destined to clarify any last queries from the pre-departuring students, the program also provided Q&A time. 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.

2015-07-23

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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.  The participants will then report their findings from the visit to their respective members of the European Parliament to use it as reference in their future decision making processes related to the Korean Peninsula.        In light of the participants’ actively involved responsibilities in Korean Peninsula matters as current assistants to the Member of the European Parliament, their participation as the Korean Delegation visiting Seoul would mean valuable experience in understanding Republic of Korea in the field of foreign affairs, human rights, and trade. 

2015-07-22

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Why Less Inequality Benefits All

Mr. Michael Foerster, OECD Social Policy Analyst was invited as special lecturer at GSIS on July 3, 2015.  He gave 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 economies, 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 %.   

2015-07-03

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Campus Asia Final Presentation Day

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.  

2015-06-16

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The ISSCO (Int. Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas) Conference

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 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 Chinese overseas.  

2015-06-01

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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.

2015-05-26

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The Development Financial Resources of Post-2015 period

Sponsored by 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.

2015-05-26

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The Result of UR Negotiation Process and Prospects of DDA Development Direction

On May 21, 2015, Mr. Yoo, Byung Rin, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Trade, gave a lecture on “UR Negotiation and the Prospects of DDA.” Deputy Minister Yoo explained comprehensive timeline of the UR and DDA negotiation with comparative analysis on how these two rounds are similar and different in terms of scope, mechanism, and environment. Based on his own experience of sitting at numerous negotiation tables along with Korea’s trade negotiation history, his elaboration on interesting anecdotes related to specific meetings provided even more lively descriptions of actual negotiation settings. He emphasized the important role of the agricultural sector in terms of Korea’s trade policy and signified the need for general and embodied method for concession in the WTO for the current DDA negotiation to reach certain agreements.  

2015-05-22

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