ISIS Problem and Turkey’s Position

 On 21th of April, Abdulhamit Bilici, the general director of Cihan news agency from Turkey, made a special lecture at the International Conference Hall.  Bilici said ISIS has become a domestic problem for Turkey and at the same time externally, Turkey is now being blamed of supporting radical groups in the opposition sides, one of which is the ISIS, since the Syrian crisis. However, Turkey, with its relatively more democratic nature, decided to side with the opposition side of Syria. Bilici stressed that the problem was ISIS’s rise, which gives Assad an important legitimacy since Assad has shown more legitimate compared to ISIS. He called for more active roles by legitimate Muslim leaders and scholars. Questions followed the lecture starting from Professor Lee, Geun, who asked whether ISIS lacks in governance capability. Billici responded that ISIS actually has many intellectuals looking at how ISIS makes strong connection with the people.    

2015-04-21

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Special lecture : Faces of Korea's Manufacturing-Overview

On April 16, 2015, Dr. Tcha, Moonjoong from KDI gave a lecture on the topic of “Faces of Korea’s Manufacturing – Overview”. Dr. Tcha provided a constructive overview on the history of Korean industrial policy and analyzed current trends and future prospects of Korean manufacturing industry in relation to high integration of GVCs and the rise of service sector. Through a value-added approach and employment share approach of understanding the manufacturing sector in terms of exports, productivity, and GDP contribution, he emphasized a need for structural reform in the Korean industry sector in order to combat non-convergence trap problem, while facing continuous slowdown of Korea’s economic growth.    

2015-04-16

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The Openng Ceremony of CHAMP(China Advnced Managfement Program)

Seoul National University has opened CHAMP at GSIS.  CHAMP is Global Leaders Program to produce outstanding experts on China.  Opening Ceremony for CHAMP was held in the evening of April 7th at the International Conference Hall of GSIS.  The program aims to educate the Korean high level officials.  As China has grown rapidly as country with USD 10 trillion market economically, relationship between Korea and China in politics, economy, society, culture have upgraded as a whole range of cooperative stage. Social perception of high level government officials on China needs to be changed.    The program will comprehend Political Diplomacy, Economy Business, History, Merchant Culture, Philosophy. The lectures will be proceeded by the best specialists, and roundtable will be led by program participants. More over,  on-site culture visit will be arranged with the explanation of history scholars.  The whole program is  twenty one (21) week course.  

2015-04-16

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FTA-Seminar on New International Trade Order with Rising China

 On April 9, 2015, Professor Se Young AHN from Sogang University gave a lecture on the topic of “New International Trade Order with Rising China: Crisis or Opportunity?”. Professor Ahn talked about the rise of China, its trade conflicts with the US, as well as its consequent impact in establishing new trade order. He also shared some useful negotiation tips with the students in preparing for future trade negotiations.    

2015-04-10

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2015 GSIS Symposium

The GSIS Annual Symposium was held on March 30, 2015 at the International Conference Hall of SNU GSIS.  Professors from GSIS discussed political and economic prospects for the era of global changes. The symposium was divided into two sessions: "Political Prospects of East Asia under the New Normal" and "New Paradigms for the Global Economic System".

2015-04-01

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Did China Tire Safeguard Save U.S. Workers?

 On March 26, 2015, Dr. Chung, Sunghoon from KDI presented his research article titled “Did China Tire Safeguard Save U.S. Workers?” In his co-written article, Dr. Chung examined whether the US special safeguard measure on tires exported from China actually had a positive impact on protecting the US labor market by using econometric models. His article provided an interesting policy implication on the impact of enforcing trade remedy measures under the objective of protecting the domestic industry against the surge of foreign imports.

2015-03-27

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MOU signed with Doosan Infracore

On March 18, 2015, GSIS has signed an MOU with Doosan Infracore at Doosan Tower. Since last year, Doosan Infracore and GSIS have established a public-private partnership for the purpose of constructing close network in developing countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam, Pakistan and more. Based on this networking process, the MOU expects to establish strategic CSR tactics for business opportunities in the context of development policies. The agreement is designed based on the two modules: constructing top-to-top network as well as Civil Society cooperation for the establishment of proper development policies.    

2015-03-23

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Opening Ceremony of the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies

On March 11, 2015, the opening ceremony of the Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies was held at the GL Room of the Graduate School of International Studies. The Yulchon-GSIS Center for Emerging Economies aims to be at the helm of Korean scholarship on the economic, political, and commercial environment of emerging economies through intensive site-centered investigation and research. Moreover, as for its contribution towards the future, the Yulchon-GSIS center will foster scholars from emerging economies by providing the highest quality of educational and research opportunities.

2015-03-20

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Special Lecture: FTA Business and Strategy Seminar Series 3

On March 12, 2015, Professor Byoung Kwon SOHN from Chung-Ang University gave a lecture to GSIS students in the FTA Business and Strategy program on the topic, ‘TPP and the Structure of the US Congress.’ Since it is important for the Obama administration to receive the trade promotion authority (TPA) from the Congress in order to proceed further with the TPP, Professor Sohn emphasized the importance of understanding the structure of the current US Congress to predict the future of TPP.

2015-03-13

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SNU-GSIS sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea-Africa Future Strategy Center

The MOU was signed between Korea-Africa Exchange Association Chairman, Mr. Jay Yang and the Dean of GSIS, Professor Chong-Sup Kim on March 10, 2015.. The agreement is designed to advance increased cooperation between the two institutions in their efforts to promote better understandings on African countries. As part of this agreement, GSIS will host “Africa Round Table” with the support of the Center, starting this March, aiming for better understanding politics, economy and culture/society of African countries. Each session will invite African students studying in SNU to discuss up to date topics of African countries. All GSIS students are welcome to join the session.      

2015-03-11

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