The Post-Corona-19 Economic Outlook in Asia-Pacific Region: Issues and Perspectives

  • Date: June 5th, Friday, 2020 15:00-16:30 (KST)
    ※ Online lecture on Zoom (register via link)

A webinar series on <Korea in Asia> will be proceeded online via Zoom, jointly hosted by SNUAC and Korea Research Center at the University of the Philippines. There will be four sessions to which you can participate by registering via a link. We ask all interested people to join us.

 

Session 1)

  • Date: June 5th, Friday, 2020 15:00-16:30 (KST)
  • Topic: The Post-Corona-19 Economic Outlook in Asia-Pacific Region: Issues and Perspectives
  • Speaker: Hak K. Pyo (Professor Emeritus, SNU)

Session 2)

  • Date: June 12th, Friday, 2020 14:00-15:30 (KST)
  • Topic: Middle Power Diplomacy in World Politics: A Case of Korea
  • Speaker: Ji In Seol (Former Executive Officer in the Office of Presidential Secretary for Climate and Environment)

Session 3)

  • Date: June 18th, Friday, 2020 14:00-15:30 (KST)
  • Topic: DPRK’s Shifting Balance of Wealth and Its Implications for Denuclearization
  • Speaker: Lami Kim (Univ. of Hong Kong)

Session 4)

  • Date: June 26th, Friday, 2020 14:00-15:30 (KST)
  • Topic: North Korea’s future and its implications for Northeast Asia’s way forward; with focus on ASEAN’s role in the process
  • Speaker: Ilsoo Kim (Former Ambassador)

 

※ Registration link: http://bit.ly/KoreaInAsia
※ Language: English

Session 1 Speaker: Dr. Hak K. Pyo

Hak K. Pyo is Professor Emeritus, the Faculty of Economics, and Visiting Scholar at Asia Center, Seoul National University. He has served as Professor of International Economics and Econometrics at Seoul National University since 1981 until February 2013. He earned a BA from Seoul National University (1970) and Ph. D from Clark University (1977). He also served as a Visiting Professor at the International Monetary Fund (1989-1990), Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (1997-1998), and the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (1998-1999; 2005 June-August). He has lectured, Korean Economy, as Visiting Professor at UCSD, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies during Winter Quarter in 2006-2011. He was Visiting Scholar at Korea Institute of Finance in 2013-14 and Korea Institute for International Economic Policy in 2014-2017. Professor Pyo was the winner of Chung Ram Award in 1988 by Korea Economic Association for his research on the estimation of capital stock. He served as President of Korea Econometric Society in 1997 and President of Korea International Economic Association in 2009. He also served as Member of Presidential Commission for Policy Planning during 1993-1996. He was Director of Center for National Competitiveness (CNC), Seoul National University during 2002-2013. He also served as Chairman of Asia KLEMS Committee (www.asiaklems.net) during 2009-2013 and now serves as Advisor to the Committee. His recent publication includes Chapter 23 Productivity and Economic Development in Oxford Handbook of Productivity Analysis Tatje, E., K. Lovell and R. Sickle eds., Oxford University Press, 2018. He served as the first Presenter at Asia Productivity Organization (APO)-hosted Webinar on “The Economics of COVID-19 and Its Implications to Productivity in the Asia-Pacific Region” on April 14 2020.

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