Sharing of Experiences, Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Controlling COVID-19 Outbreaks between ROK and Mekong Countries


  • Date: July 7th, Wednesday, 2021 8:30 – 10:00 (GMT+7) / 10:30 – 12:00 (GMT+9)
  • Online via Zoom [in English]

08:30 – 08:45 am Opening Remarks by
(3 Mins each) Assoc. Prof. Naulnoi Treerat, Director of Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University
Dr. SooJin Park, Director of Asia Center, Seoul National University
Mr. Suriyan Vichitlekarn Executive Director, Mekong Institute
H.E. Mr. Wook-heon Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Thailand
H.E. Mrs. Arunrung Phothong Humphreys, Ambassador attached to the Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Thailand

08:45 – 09:00 am Overview of Project Framework, Activities by Project Team
Five Key Questions
1. Prevailing situation re. COVID-19 in your country and measures taken by your government to control or manage the spread of infection.
2. Prevailing situation re. foreign migrant workers in your country and your government’s policies towards these populations.
3. Measures taken by your country to ensure the adequate health conditions of foreign migrant workers and national workers returning from abroad.
4. Use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in controlling COVID-19 in your country.
5. Use of ICT in communications with and among foreign migrant worker populations and national workers returning from abroad.

9:00 – 09:25 am Country Team introduction in brief
(4 Mins each) Republic of Korea
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
Thailand

09:25 – 09:45 am Open Discussion

09:45 – 09:55 am Workshop plan in ROK

09:55 – 10:00 am Summary and Closing Remarks by CU-IAS
Assoc. Prof. Naulnoi Treerat, Director of Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University