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

Events | 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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