GSIS students won the first prize at the graduate student trade thesis competition

GSIS students won the first prize at the graduate student trade thesis competition held by Korea International Trade Association(KITA) and the Korea Economic Daily. Wonkyu Shin(Int'l Commerce 08), Jungjoo La(Int'l Commerce 07) took part in the contest as a team named New Silkroad(新실크로드), wrote a thesis titled "The effect of Export Production Sophistication on Korean Export Growth: Analysis on EU Market " under the guidance of Prof. Chong-Sup Kim. GSIS SNU has been awarded the first prize at the competition for many times under the instruction of Prof. Kim. '유럽 선진 시장을 뚫으려면 품질을 고급화하는 것만으로는 안된다. 독창성과 친환경성도 고려해야 한국 수출시장을 개척할 수 있다 ''.     제46회 무역의 날 기념 대학(원)생 무역논문 발표대회에서 대상을 수상한 ‘신(新)실크로드’팀 논문의 요지다. 한국경제신문사와 한국무역협회가 매년 공동 주최하는 이 행사에선 한국 무역의 미래를 밝혀줄 심도 깊은 논문들이 나와 눈길을 끌었다. 무역협회는 지난 23일 서울 삼성동 무역센터에서 시상식을 열고 대상 1000만원, 우수상 500만원의 상금과 상패를 전달했다. 올해 대상은 '수출상품의 고급화가 한국수출성장에 미치는 영향, EU시장을 중심으로'를 발표한 서울대학교 국제대학원의 '신(新)실크로드'팀이 거머쥐었다.     우수상은 '지속가능한 성장을 위한 한국의 무역전략, 동북아 에너지 공동체 수립'을 주제로 한 이화여자대학교 국제대학원의 '사인방'팀과 '국내 해운선사의 물류서비스품질 경쟁력 강화 방안'을 발표한 성균관대학교 대학원 무역학과의 'M-ART'팀이 차지했다.     심사위원장을 맡은 성극제 경희대학교 국제대학원 원장은 "예년에 비해 전반적으로 논문의 수준이 향상됐다"고 평가했다. 그는 "방대한 통계 자료의 수집과 분석 등에 많은 시간을 할애한 창의적이고도 분석적인 논문들이 많았다"며 "무엇보다 수출 상품의 고급화나 지속가능한 성장, 신성장동력 등 우리나라 무역이 발전해 나가야 할 방향에 대한 대학(원)생들의 심도있는 고민이 엿보였다는 것도 매우 고무적"이라고 덧붙였다.  

2009-11-25

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Professor Patrick A. Messerlin, professor of economics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and director of the Groupe d’Economie Mondiale de Sciences Po (GEM)

Professor Patrick A. Messerlin, professor of economics at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and director of the Groupe d’Economie Mondiale de Sciences Po (GEM), gave a special lecture at Seoul National University’s Graduate School for International Studies on October 8th, 2009. The lecture, titled The World Trade Regime, WTO, and Large Scale Economic Crises, addressed the current state of global trade, potential challenges for the future, and policies to resolve these issues. In general, while protectionism in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis as not as severe as expected, professor Messerlin maintained that efforts to further liberalize and reform the world trading regime must be redoubled if nations are to successfully tackle climate change, resource scarcity, and the distorting effects of industry subsidization. These efforts would involve both current negotiations in the WTO as well as involvement from new parties in the G20. Finally, during the Q&A session, professor Messerlin answered questions on a wide range of topics such as the G8, agricultural protections, and the EC’s preferential trade agreement with ACP. His responses, however, were consistent with the contents and message of his lecture.

2009-10-09

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On September 24th, Professor Cheol-hee, Park

  On September 24th, Professor Cheol-hee, Park of GSIS, who is currently on sabbathical leave in Japan gave a lecture titled “Regime Change in Japan.” In his lecture, he mainly talked about the recent regime change in Japan and the advent of the Hatoyama regime of Japanese Democratic party. After presenting and analysing the result of the national election, he also discussed the meaning of Japanese regime change in 50 years and the future prospects of Japanese politics.  

2009-09-24

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Alumni Interview: Mr. Oleg Kiriyanov - 98 Korean Major

The valuable assets of the GSIS Oleg Kiriyanov, Russian national daily “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” The special correspondent of the international news department Though the GSIS opened its doors in 1997 the Korean studies department created for foreign students appeared only in 1998. So we were the first foreigners to study at the Institutute. Right before the beginning of the classes I was a bit worring. About ten students were studing at our department and everybody had different backgroung and wanted different fields to specialize in: politics, economy, literature, linguistics, culture, etc. How all of them could be satisfied? Fortunately the system turned out to be quite flexible and every student had chance to study his or her favorite subject. At the same time we felt ourselves as a part of the whole GSIS  community and Korean students were really good friends for us. Actually I can say that I did not feel myself a foreigner ? just a student like everybody else. Before entering GSIS I graduated International relations department of SNU and teachers of GSIS  seemed to me more flexible. Well, probably there was an another reason for that: we were now graduate students and not yesterday’s schoolchildren and it is always easier to pay special attention to the group of ten students than to a class of 50-60 ones like at the undergraduate programme. Anyway conversations with our teachers both formal at classrooms and informal with a glass of beer or a cup of coffee somewhere outside of the Institute are among unforgettable memories from GSIS. Later after I became a journalist I also realized that besides the knowledge about interKorean relations and Korean politics which were my majors the GSIS  gave me one of the most valuable assets ? friends. That helped and keeps helping me in both professional and personal spheres. When I returned to Korea 4 years later after graduation from the GSIS  I was surprised and please to see many of my classmates at the press-conferences. Some of them became politicians, some work for famous companies, some passed difficult exams and work for different ministries of the governments and many became like me journalists. We chosed different carreers and many of us live or work even in different countries but we all remember that we have the same alma mater - the GSIS, SNU. 

2009-09-24

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Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega of the United States, serving as Senior Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific

On September 4th, Congressman Eni F.H. Faleomavaega of the United States, serving as Senior Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, visited GSIS and gave a lecture titled "An Overview of the Political and Economic Climate of the Asia Pacific." In his lecture, he discussed the extent to which the Asia-Pacific American community has contributed to what the United States is today. He did not forget to mention, however, that it is only recently Eurocentric Washington D.C. got deeply interested in issues concerning Asia, due to its unpleasant historical experience with regard to the region. President Obama engaging constantly with President Hu Jintao through strategic alliance called G2 summit is an evidence of such, the Congress said.

2009-09-07

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Graduation ceremony - August 28th

Graduation ceremony was held on August 28th in the Socheon Convention Hall, GSIS. Valedictory speech was delivered by Ms. Mi Sook Park. 19 students from the Department of International Development Policy graduated making them the first graduates of the KOICA program. Professors, distinguished guests, and family members were all in attendance for this joyous occasion to congratulate the graduates on their achievement.  

2009-08-31

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Chanmi Kim was selected as a "JPO"

Ms. Chanmi Kim (International Cooperation ’07) was selected as one of this year's JPOs, having passed the exam administered by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ms. Chanmi Kim is the GSIS’s 2nd JPO following Hyewon Lee (International Cooperation ’04) who is currently working as a program officer at the Unicef Belgium after having been selected as JPO in 2006. Congratulations! What is JPO? The Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme provides young professionals pursuing a career in International Organizations with hands-on experience. JPOs are sponsored by their respective governments and are dispatched to an International Organization for a period of 2 years. JPOs are assigned to work at organizations such as UNDP, UNICEF, UNIDO, UNHCR, IAEA, UNCTAD, UNV, WHO, ILO, UNESCO, and UNFPA.

2009-08-21

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Dr. Il SaKong, Chairman of KITA

On June 4th, Dr. Il SaKong, Chairman of Korea International Trade Association (KITA), visited GSIS and delivered a lecture titled “G-20 Summit: Achievements, Prospects and Korea’s Role.” In his lecture, he introduced the origin and development of the G-20 meetings and shared the outcomes of its recent meetings. In response to the mixed global reactions, he insisted that the G-20 meetings should be continued, differentiated from the G7/8, and eventually institutionalized. Regarding Korea’s role, Dr. SaKong described Korea’s new global leadership as one of the G-20 troika countries as a new chapter to Korea’s diplomatic history and insisted that the event should be recognized domestically as well as internationally.  

2009-06-04

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On May 15th, a Korea-Japan Symposium

On May 15th 2009, a symposium titled “Global Economic Crisis and Korea-Japan Cooperation” was convened at Sochon Convention Hall, GSIS. During four hours, Professor Joon-Kyung Kim at KDI School and Dr. Yosuke KAWAKAMI, Executive Director at the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Japan (DICJ) presented their views on the necessity of stronger economic collaboration between Korea and Japan in such global turmoil and its possible impact on the East Asian economy. Following, three discussants shared their opinions and comments on the two presentations with the audience.  

2009-05-19

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Prof. Anne O. Krueger, SAIS, Johns Hopkins Univ.

On April 15th, Anne O. Krueger, Professor of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, Former First Deputy Managing Director of International Monetary Fund(IMF), and Former Vice President of World Bank, visited GSIS and gave a lecture titled “The Current Global Economic Slowdown and Asia.” In her lecture, Prof. Krueger discussed the daunting challenges of the global crisis we face today due to its complex mixture of the conventional Keinzian recession and the balance sheet recession. Yet, her prospects for the world economy were optimistic in the short and medium-term while rather pessimistic for the long-term. Meantime, she urged for the need of more global leadership coming from Asian countries.  

2009-04-20

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