As part of the Korean Democracy Storytelling Project run by the East Asia Institute (EAI), a research team led by Professor TaeKyoon Kim of Seoul National University invited experts from governmental, non-governmental, and civil society organization to hold a closed meeting on “Democracy and Development Cooperation” on July 30. This project, supported by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), will conduct research under the theme of “South Korea’s Democratic Resilience.” Four research teams will publish issue briefings based on the online meetings and roundtable talks held in June, July, and August.

Program

15:00-15:05	Opening remarks	TaeKyoon Kim	Professor, Seoul National University
15:05-15:50	[Presentation] Democracy and Development Cooperation
	15 minutes	Sang Hee Hong	Director of Development Policy, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
	15 minutes	You-ah Chung	Director General, Evaluation Office, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
	15 minutes	Jaekwang Han	Director, People’s Initiative for Development Alternatives (PIDA)
15:50-16:55	Debate (65 minutes)	Full participation
16:55-17:00	Closing remarks	TaeKyoon Kim	Professor, Seoul National University

Participants (alphabetical order)

Moderator

TaeKyoon Kim

Professor, Seoul National University

Presenters

Sang Hee Hong	Director of Development Policy, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs
You-ah Chung	Director General, Evaluation Office, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Jaekwang Han	Director, People’s Initiative for Development Alternatives (PIDA)

Participants

Dong Taek Kim	Associate Professor, Sogang University
Eun Ha Chang	Director, Center for International Development and Cooperation, KWDI
Hyun Jin Choi	Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University
Sook Jong Lee	Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, EAI Senior Fellow
Wonbin Cho	Director, Center of Good Democracy, and Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
Younghoon Song	Professor, Gangwon University

Program Manager

Ha Eun Yoon

Research Associate at East Asia Institute (EAI)