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[The 3rd MBN-EAI Diplomacy Strategy Symposium] “Toward the New Era of the ROK-Japan Relations” (October 24)

  • 2022-10-24

 

Overview

- Date and Time: October 24 (Monday) 2022 8:20 AM – 11:00 AM

- Venue: Bloom A Hall, GLAD Hotel Yeouido

 

Session Description

On October 24 (Monday), the East Asia Institute (EAI, President Yul Sohn) and MBN co-hosted the at the GLAD Hotel Yeouido. Although ROK-Japan relations have faced their worst situation since the ROK Supreme Court’s verdict on forced labor in 2019 by experiencing three-side conflicts on historic, economic, and security issues such as export restriction, trade conflicts, suspension of the end of GSOMIA, the public opinion in 2022 toward the opposite nation’s favorability, the expectation of improving bilateral relations, and the prospect of ROK-Japan relations is quickly recovering. However, the recent political conflict over the informal ROK-Japan summit in New York, ROK-U.S.-Japan joint military exercises, and historical issues shows that the structured deterioration of relations and the loss of trust between the two governments are still difficult to overcome. Panels provided the solutions to resolve the long-standing deterioration of ROK-Japan relations and discussed in-depth the ideal direction to move forward to a new era.

 

Program

 

Opening Ceremony

08:20-08:40

Opening Remarks

Yul Sohn President of the East Asia Institute, Professor of Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies

Welcome Remarks

Dong-won Lee CEO of MBN

Congratulatory Remarks

Jin-suk Chung President of the ROK-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union (Member of the ROK National Assembly, People Power Party)

Hyun-dong Cho ROK First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

Jae-ok Yun Chairperson of the ROK National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee (Member of the ROK National Assembly, People Power Party)

Jae-jung Lee Vice Chairperson of the ROK National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee (Member of the ROK National Assembly, Democratic Party of Korea)

Public Opinion Poll Result

08:40-08:45

Presentation

Yul Sohn President of the East Asia Institute, Professor of Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies

Session 1

08:45-09:45

[The Conditions and Solutions for the New Era]

Moderator

Dae-il Park MBN Head of the Political Department, Deputy Director

Yul Sohn President of the East Asia Institute, Professor of Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies

Panelist

Ryota Takeda Secretary-General of the Japan-ROK Parliamentarians’ Union (Member of Japan’s House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party)

Ho-jung Yun Secretary-General of the ROK-Japan Parliamentarians’ Union (Member of the ROK National Assembly, Democratic Party of Korea)

 

09:50-09:55

Break Time

Session 2

09:55-10:55

[The Future Vision of ROK-Japan Cooperation]

Moderator

Young-sun Ha Chairman of the East Asia Institute, Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University

Panelist

Se-yeon Kim Former Member of the ROK National Assembly, United Future Party

Seung-joo Lee Chair of the East Asia Institute’s Trade, Technology, and Transformation Research Center, Professor of Chung-Ang University

Won-deog Lee Professor of Kookmin University

Yukiko Fukagawa Professor of Waseda University

Closing Remarks

10:55-11:00

Young-sun Ha Chairman of the East Asia Institute, Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University

 

 

 

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