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A message from Kwang Kim,
Country Representative
2020 Northeast Asia Policy Dialogue Forum
With the advent of the recent intertwined global crises from the Arctic meltdown to increasing wildfires, and now COVID-19, an action for climate change and sustainable development no longer is perceived as an act for future consideration, but an imminent emergency to save our lives and the economy. Among many causes that have precipitated global warming, material production accounts for more than fifth of global total emission which are mostly used in construction projects according to UNESCAP. Against this backdrop, the 2020 Northeast Asia Policy Dialogue Forum will focus on sustainable infrastructure from the national and regional perspectives. Organized jointly by KDI School of Public Policy and Management and The Asia Foundation, this forum aims to catalyze sustainable infrastructure initiatives as means to achieving regional cooperation by facilitating the exchange of ideas among key opinion leaders in China, Japan, Mongolia, and Korea. Among the 5 sessions, we would like to inv.. VIEW MORE.jpg)
Marketing Talk Concert for Women Entrepreneurs in Gyeonggi Province
The Asia Foundation, in co-hosting with Gyeonggido Job Foudnation, is hosting the Marketing Talk Concert to promote communication between large Korea retail corporates and women entrepreneurs in Gyeonggi Province. The event is to support regional women entrepeneurs who are socially marginalized to discuss openly the sales opportunities with retail companies and boost their sales through sharing of expertise and know-hows from the experts in online and offline sales. ● Date: 14:00-16:00 on November 30, 2020 ● Hosts: The Asia Foundation Korea Office, Gyeonggido Job Foundation ● Format: Online (Zoom) ● Audience: 100 GJF member women entrepreneurs ● Participants: ~100 women entrepreneurs ● Programs: Presentation, panel sessions, Q&A ● Speakers: - Starfield Hanam - WeMakePrice - Homeplus For more information on the talk concert and online registration, please click this link.
2020-2021 Luce Scholars begin placement at Woorion and Nunaps
November 11, 2020 - A diverse cohort of 18 young American leaders have been chosen as 2020-2021 Luce Scholars after a three-month-long selection process and have been posted across Asia. Among the newly selected scholars, Melanie Arroyave (left) and Maya Foster (right) arrived in Korea in September and began their professional placement. Melanie Arroyave(Rutgers University, 2020) is an active-duty service woman in the US Coast Guard College Pre-Commissioning Initiative and a Labor Studies & Employment Relations major. Maya Foster(Johns Hopkins University, 2019) is an aspiring neuro-engineering researcher and global public health entrepreneur. Maya hopes to develop technological tools to improve understanding of incurable neurological disorders. During the Luce Scholar year, Melanie works as a Researcher with Woorion, an organization helping North Korean refugees resettle in South Korea. Run by North Korean refugees for North Korean refugees, it offers comprehensive listings of educational, sc..
Kwang Kim to speak as a panel in 2020 Next Impact Conference
October 29, 2020 – Korea Country Representative of The Asia Foundation, Kwang Kim was invited to speak as a panel in ‘2020 Next Impact Conference: Transformation of Collective Impact for Next Normal’, on October 29, 2020. The Next Impact Conference is an annual event focusing on collective impact, co-hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and Hanyang University since 2018. The event convened and connected impact ecosystem builders beyond age, gender, industry, geography, and cultural differences. By catalyzing cooperation across a broad range of stakeholders, the event aimed to create a collective impact and build a better world. The session in which Kwang Kim participated as a panel specifically focused on ‘Future of Asian Impact Ecosystem for Next Normal’. Through sharing his experiences and insights on behalf of the Foundation, he enriched the conversation to identify the Asian impact ecosystem’s present and discuss its future from the..
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