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[EAI Democracy Cooperation Seminar] "South Korea’s Role in International Cooperation for Anti-Corruption in the Indo-Pacific”

2023-04-10

Prior to the second Summit for Democracy (S4D) Indo-Pacific Regional Meeting held in March 2023, Seoul, the East Asia Institute (EAI) conducted a research project on agenda setting for successful meeting and following policies, with the support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

EAI held a democracy cooperation seminar on Monday, April 10, to share the result of a research project and find Korea’s strategy for anti-corruption international cooperation. In the first session, researchers who participated in the project introduced the results and proposed a way of Korea’s democracy diplomacy focused on the anti-corruption agenda. The second session consisted of the presentations of external experts from the government and civil society, regarding the way to strengthen anti-corruption capability through technology.

This seminar was held as a national-level workshop hosted by members of the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN).

Program

16:00 – 16:50	Session 1 "South Korea’s Co-hosting of S4D and Democracy Diplomacy" Moderator: Sook Jong Lee, EAI Senior Fellow and ADRN Representative Presentation: Nam Kyu Kim, Professor at Korea University Discussants: Geo-Sung Kim, Visiting Professor at Sangji University Han-Beom You Co-Chairperson of Transparency International Korea
16:50 – 17:00	Break
17:00 – 17:50	Session 2 "Technology Application to Strengthen Anti-Corruption Capability" Moderator: Sook Jong Lee, EAI Senior Fellow and ADRN Representative Presentation: Jung-Goo Park, Secretary at the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea (ACRC) “Technology Support for Anti-Corruption and Strategies for Spreading Abroad" Min Ji Cho, Director at the Center for Freedom of Information and Transparent Society “Opening and Utilizing Public Data to Prevent Corruption” Discussants: Nam Kyu Kim, Professor at Korea University Geo-Sung Kim, Visiting Professor at Sangji University Jung Kim, Professor at the University of North Korean Studies Han-Beom You, Co-Chairperson of Transparency International Korea Sung Min Han, Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
18:00 –	Dinner

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