[Detail content view] The KF Korea Workshop is hosted by the Korea Foundation and organized by the East Asia Institute to promote and share understanding of Korean social, political, and economic issues among international residents in Korea. The 2018 KF Korea Workshop 2 invited Kang Won-Taek, a political science and international studies professor at Seoul National University, as our first speaker to give a lecture on the topic “Korean Democracy: Challenges and Development”. Professor Kang served as the former president of the Korean Political Science Association and the Korean Association of Political Party Studies. He is currently working as a professor of political science and international studies at Seoul National University. During the lecture, he explained the history of Korean politics from 1987 to today and discussed Korea’s democratization.    

[Detail content view] The KF Korea Workshop is hosted by the Korea Foundation and organized by the East Asia Institute to promote and share understanding of Korean social, political, and economic issues among international residents in Korea. During the orientation, participants were able to get detailed information regarding the entire program, including the schedule, the assessment criteria used to evaluate papers submissions to the Next Generation Conference, and a short lesson on how to create a study plan.      

  The Next Generation Conference was held at the Kukdo Hotel on 7th October as a part of the KF-EAI Korea Friendship Project “Communicus”. The four conference presenters were chosen from among this year’s Korea Friendship participants after rigorous evaluation of their research proposals by renowned scholars from EAI’s knowledge network. Professor Jae Hyeok Shin of Korea University moderated the conference, which included presentations of the selected theses and a discussion panel made up of undergraduate and graduate students who are former EAI interns.   Ms. Huyen Nguyen Thi (Korea University) received the grand award for her presentation, “Population aging and economic growth in Korea,” and Ms. An Xuanxi (Yonsei University) received the second place prize for her presentation, “Why do Korean university students place importance on specs and grades?”   Opening Address Sakhabutdinova Luiza, President of 2nd Korea Friendship Alumni    Welcoming Address Saul Serna, President of 1st Korea Friendship Alumni/3rd Prize recipient at Next Generation Conference 2013    Session I Moderator Prof. Jae Hyeok Shin, Korea University   Presentation "Why do Korean university students regard specs and grades as important factors?" An Xuanxi, Yonsei University "Why is the youth suicide rate in Korean the highest among OECD countries?" Jigden Naran Erdene, Hansung University   Debate and questions and answers with audiences Min Koel Kim, Hanyang University You Jung Kim, Seoul National University Ga Young Chung, Seoul National University Kayeon Roh University of Chicago   Session II Moderator Prof. Jae Hyeok Shin, Korea University   Presentation "Population aging and economic growth in Korea - causative effects and solutions" Huyen Nguyen Thi, Korea University "Why are Korean senior citizens poor?" Britova Viktoriia, Sogang University   Debate and questions and answers with audiences Son Na Park, Ewha Womans University So Jin Cho, Korea University Christopher Huang, Korea University Ismaila Dione, Seoul National University

  On Thursday October 29th, as a part of KF-EAI Korea Friendship [Empathicus: Discovering Korea], the EAI Young Festival and Korea Friendship Gala were held at Kukdo hotel.

  EPIK Spiders (EPIK: Exchange for Interdisciplinary Knowledge Spiders), a network of EAI intern graduates, held the EPIK Young Leaders Conference, a thesis competition for undergraduate and graduate students from the distinguished universities around the world, on August 12, 2015. The 6th EPIK Young Leader's Conference was convened under the theme "Are conventional boundaries unraveling?." The winners were chosen after rigorous evaluation from renowned scholars from EAI knowledge network. During this year's conference, held at Kukdo Hotel, presentations and discussions on selected theses were presented and discussed by undergraduate and graduate panelists who are former EAI interns.   Opening Session   Opening Address Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University; President of 2016 EPIK Spiders Committee   Welcoming Address Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI   Session I   Moderator Prof. Heon Joo Jung, Yonsei University   Presentation “The Pillars of Westphalia Remain Intact: How the Nation-States Survive the era of Globalization and Interdependence” Woo Jeong Jang, Brown University “Of Sovereignty, Norms, and the International Political System: The Potential of the‘New Sovereignty’ Scholarship amid Globalization” Bum Joon Kwon, Sogang University “Unraveling the Conventional Boundaries of the Law of War: The Classification and Regulation of Non-International Armed Conflicts in the Modern World” Evan Ritli, Monash University   Discussion Eric Anderson, University of California San Diego Ga Young Chung, Seoul National University Hoo Ri Kim, Cornell University Yun-Jin Kweon, LSE-Peking University Yea-Seul Lim, Stanford University Ekaterina Mozhaeva, Georgetown University   Session II   Moderator Prof. Ji Yeoun Song, Seoul National University   Presentation “The Rationality of Using Emotions in International Politics” Min Seon Ku, Yonsei University “Unraveling of the Conventional Boundaries in Taiwan: Democratization and the Path to Independence” Benjamin Lee, University of Washington   Discussion Min Cho, Smith College Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University You Jung Kim, Seoul National University Sun Na Park, Ewha Womans University

  EPIK Young Leaders Conference 2014 was held at Kukdo Hotel on 13th August. This annual academic conference has been organized by EPIK Spiders consisting of EAI interns since 2010.   Session 2       Moderator Prof.Heon Joo Jung, Yonsei University     Presentation “Followership in International Relations: East Asia in the 21st Century” Na Young Lee, Seoul National University “Followership in U.S. Military Interventions in the post-Cold War Era” Raphael Kunz, Seoul National University   Discussion Sung Pyo Hong, Seoul National University Hyun Min Kang, Korea University Hyejin Park, Oberlin College Jung Min Yeo, Georgetown University

  EPIK Young Leaders Conference 2014 was held at Kukdo Hotel on 13th August. This annual academic conference has been organized by EPIK Spiders consisting of EAI interns since 2010.   Session 1       Moderator Prof. Ji Yeoun Song, Sogang University     Presentation “The Influence of Followership on Organizational Identification and the Mitigating Effect of Communication Climate” Hyunsu Lee, University of Amsterdam “Leadership in Context of Followership: the Cooperative Role in Addressing the Global Problem of Climate Change” Eun Seo Kim, Oxford University       Discussion Inho Choi, Seoul National University Yun Suk Chung, Yale University JungHee Hyun, Yonsei University Min Seon Ku, Yonsei University

  EPIK Young Leaders Conference 2014 was held at Kukdo Hotel on 13th August. This annual academic conference has been organized by EPIK Spiders consisting of EAI interns since 2010.   Opening Session     Opening Address   Min Seon Ku, Yonsei University; President of 2015 EPIK Spiders Committee     Welcoming Address   Sook-Jong Lee, President of EAI