CONFERENCE ON

STRENGTHENING THE KOREA-ASEAN RELATIONSHIP

Thursday, 15 September 2005

Orchard Ballroom 2, Level 3

Orchard Hotel

Singapore

 

Jointly organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore

and the

Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Korea

Funded by Korea Foundation

 

PROGRAMME

(as at 5 September 2005)

 

Thursday, 15 September 2005

 

8.30 am – 9.00 am             Registration

 

9.00 am – 9.30 am             Welcoming Remarks

 

                                         Mr K KESAVAPANY

                                         Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

 

                                         Ambassador HAN Tae-kyu

                                         Chancellor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea

 

                                         HE RYU Kwang-sok

                                         Ambassador

                                         Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Singapore

                                        

9.30 am – 10.30 am           SESSION 1:     OVERVIEW OF RESPECTIVE REGIONAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENTS

                                                                  AND  SECURITY CHALLENGES

 

                                         Chairperson:       Mr K KESAVAPANY 

                                                                  Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

                                                                   

                                         ASEAN’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Assoc Prof Dr MOHD KAMARULNIZAM Abdullah

                                                                  Strategic Studies and International Relations, School of History, Politics and Strategic

                                                                  Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

 

                                         Korea’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Dr LEE Seo-hang

                                                                  Dean of Research, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea

 

10.30 am – 10.45 am          Coffee

 


10.45 am – 11.45 am          SESSION 2:     NON-TRADITIONAL SECURITY THREATS

 

                                         Chairperson:       Ambassador HAN Tae-kyu

                                                                  Chancellor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea

 

                                         ASEAN’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Professor Carolina G HERNANDEZ

                                                                  Chair, Board of Directors, Institute for Strategic and Development Studies (ISDS), Quezon City, Philippines

 

                                         Korea’s View

                                        

                                         Paperwriter:       Professor CHOI Kang

                                                                  Department of American Studies, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea

 

11.45 am – 1.15 pm           Lunch

 

1.15 pm – 2.15 pm             SESSION 3:     ECONOMIC COOPERATION (INCLUDING KOREA-ASEAN FTA)

 

                                         Chairperson:       Associate Professor TOH Mun Heng

                                                                  Department of Business Policy, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore

 

                                         ASEAN’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Associate Professor Chanin MEPHOKEE

                                                                  Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

 

                                         Korea’s View

                                                                 

                                         Paperwriter:       Professor PARK Inn-won

                                                                  Division of International Studies, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

 

2.15 pm – 3.15 pm             SESSION 4:     ASEAN-KOREA COOPERATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

                                                                  NEW MEMBERS OF ASEAN

 

                                         Chairperson:       Mr Rodolfo SEVERINO   

                                                                  Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

 

                                         ASEAN’s View

                                               

                                         Paperwriter:       Mr Le Dinh TINH

                                                                  Deputy Director, International Cooperation and Administration, Institute for International

                                                                  Relations, Hanoi, Vietnam

 

                                         Korea’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Professor PARK Sung-hoon

                                                                  Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

 

3.15 pm – 3.30 pm             Tea

 

3.30 pm – 4.30 pm             SESSION 5:     ASEAN-KOREA COOPERATION TOWARDS STRENGTHENING EAST ASIA INTEGRATION

 

                                         Chairperson:       Mr LEE Seo-hang

                                                                  Dean of Research, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea

                                                                 

                                         ASEAN’s View

 

                                         Paperwriter:       Dr Edy PRASETYONO

                                                                  Head, Department of International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International

                                                                  Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia

 

                                         Korea’s View

                                        

                                         Paperwriter:       Professor BAE Geung-chan

                                                                  Asia Pacific Studies, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS),

                                                                  Seoul, Korea

 

4.30 pm – 5.00 pm             Concluding Session

 

                                         Ambassador HAN Tae-kyu

                                         Chancellor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Seoul, Korea  

 

                                         Mr K KESAVAPANY

                                         Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies