With fifty participants, the founding ceremony of GlobalNet21 was held on Oct. 22 from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. The ceremony which took place at Seoul Club, Changchoong-dong, Seoul, discussed the name of the meeting, administrative system, and development scheme, followed by a heated debate over "North Korean Nuclear Problem and Six-party Talks." Young-Sun Ha, Professor at Seoul National University, was designated president with Tae-Hyun Kim (Chung-Ang University), In-Taek Hyun (Korea University), Young-Ho Kim (Sungshin Women’s University), Chung-Hoon Lee (Yonsei University), Chae-Sung Chun (Seoul National University), Yong-Sup Han (National Defense University) as directors.

The picture of inaugural assembly

Young-Sun Ha (President of the network)

Tae-Hyun Kim (Director of Foreign Affairs and Security Center at EAI) presided over the ceremony

A wide range of opinions on the name of GlobalNet21, working methods,

and development scheme came up during the first session.

Chae-Sung Chun (Professor at Seoul National University) made a presentation

on “North Korean Nuclear Problem and Six-party Talks”

Kun-Sik Kim (Research Professor of Kyungnam University), the first designated discussant

Moon-Hee Nam (Reporter for Sisa Journal), the second designated discussant

Sang-Hyun Lee (Director of the Sejong Institute), the third designated discussant

Kihl-Jae Ryoo (Professor of Kyungnam University), the last designated discussant

Shin-Wha Lee (Professor of Korea University) initiated free talks following designated discussions

Sung Gul Hong (Professor of Kookmin University) continued a heated debate

The discussion continued

Yong-Sup Han (National Defense University), Young-Ho Kim (Sungshin Women’s University), Seong-Ho Sheen (Seoul National University), and Yeon-Ho Lee (Yonsei University)

Ho-Yeol Yoo (Korea University) and In-Taek Hyun (Korea University)

Yong-Jick Kim (Sungshin Women’s University) and Yong-Hwa Chung (Yonsei University)

Cheol-Hee Park (Seoul National University), Hoon Jaung (Chung-Ang University),

and Chan-Wook Park (Seoul National University)

Eun-Mee Kim (Ewha Woman’s University) and Sun-Hyuk Kim (Korea University)

Ki-Jung Kim (Yonsei University) reading a source book

Il-Young Kim (Sungkyunkwan University) and Dae-Seok Choi (Dongguk University)

EAI interns at the founding ceremony

Discussion followed by dinner

Dinner lasted until 8:00pm.