Notifications
Back

SCHEDULE

| Forum Overview

                  The 10th TV CHOSUN International Forum

           Global Order in Great Transition: 

         Korea’s Strategy and Policy Choices 

                 Date : Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 9:20 - 17:00

                 Location : Grand Ball Room, FKI Conference Center

| Forum Schedule

Time

Program

Content

9:20

Opening

Opening & Congratulatory Address

Opening Speech                          Yong-Joong Joo  |  CEO, TV CHOSUN

Congratulatory Remarks          Kim Sung-sik  | Vice Chair, National Economic Advisory Council

9:30

Keynote Speech

Anne O. Krueger  |  The Herald and Caroline Ritch Emeritus Professor, Stanford University

                                      Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)                                                      Former Chief Economist and Vice President, World Bank 

Jun Kwang-woo  |  Chairman & CEO of the Institute for Global Economics (IGE) & 

                                     Former Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC)

10:30

Session 1

Renewed Super-Power Competition:Self-strengthening strategy for security and solidarity 

Moderator         Song Minsoon  |  Former Foreign Minister, 

                                                                  Former President of University of North Korean Studies

Panel                   Ihn-hwi Park  |  Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, 

                                                               Ewha Womans University

                                                               Former President of the Korea Association of International Studies

                               Sohn Yul  |  Professor of the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) 

                                                   at Yonsei University

                                                   Former President of the East Asia Institute (EAI)

                               Lee, Nam Ju  |  Professor, Sungkonghoe University Department of Chinese Studies

                                                          Former member of the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning

12:00

Luncheon

.

13:30

Session 2

Trade Rules Under Strain: Korea’s Policy Options in a Fragmenting Global Economy 

Moderator        Hyun, Jung Taik  |  Visiting Professor, International Trade Department, Inha University,                                                                                    Former President, Korea Development Institute

Presenter          Randall Jones  |  Distinguished Non-resident Fellow, Korea Economic Institute

(via ZOOM)                                        Former Senior Counsellor for East Asia and as Head of the Japan/Korea Desk                                                                  at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) 

Panel                   Sung Jin Kang  |  Professor, Korea University, Department of Ecocomics

                                                             Former President, Korean Economic Association

                              Hye Min LEE  |  Visiting Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Former G20 Sherpa

                              Byung-il Choi  |  President, Trade Strategy & Innovation Hub, BAE, KIM & LEE LLC

                                                                Former Professor and Dean &Former Graduate School of 

                                                                International Studies, Ewha Womans University

15:10

Break Time

15:20

Session 3

Empowering Regions in a Global Era: Keys to Mega City Success 

Moderator          Lee, Dalgon  |  Chairman, Korea Commission For Corporate Partnership, 

                                                              Former Minister of Public Administration and Security

Presenter           Matsuoka, Kyomi | Professor, Department of Public Policy,

(via ZOOM)                                                Kyoto Prefectural University

Panel                    Park, Seung-joo  |  Chairman Sejongro National Policy Forum, 

                                                                       Former Secretary to the President for Government Innovation 

                                                                       and Local Decentralization

                                So, Soonchang   |  Professor, Konkuk University Department of Public Adiministration 

                                                                      Former President of Korean Association for Local Government Studies

                                Choi, Jin-Hyuk  |  President of Daejeon Research Institute

                                                                    Former Professor, Dept. of Autonomy and Urban Administration


※ Panels and Programs are subject to change.

※ Registration begins at 9:00 AM, simultaneous translator will be provided during the conference.

9:20 - 9:30

[Opening]

Opening Ceremony

Yong-Joong Joo  |  CEO, TV CHOSUN


Congratulatory Remark

Sungsik Kim | Vice Chairperson, National Economic

                             Advisory Council (NEAC)

9:30 - 10:30

[Keynote Speech]

Anne O. Krueger | The Herald and Caroline Ritch Emeritus Professor, Stanford University

Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Former Chief Economist and Vice President, World Bank

Jun Kwang-Woo |  Chairman & CEO of the Institute for Global Economics (IGE), Former Chairman of the Financial Services Commission (FSC)

10:30 - 12:00

[Session 1]

Renewed Super-Power Competition:

Self-strengthening strategy for security 

and solidarity

Moderator           

Song Minsoon  |  Former Foreign Minister,

Former President of University of North Korean Studies


Panel                  

Ihn-hwi Park  |  Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University

Sohn Yul  |  Professor of the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Yonsei University

Lee, Nam Ju  |  Professor, Sungkonghoe University Department of Chinese Studies 

12:00 - 13:30

[Luncheon]

13:30 - 15:00

[Session 2] 

Trade Rules Under Strain: Korea’s Policy Options in a Fragmenting Global Economy

Moderator   

Hyun, Jung Taik  |  Visiting Professor, International Trade Department, Inha University & Former President, Korea Development Institute


Presenter (via Zoom)        

Randall Jones | Distinguished Non-resident Fellow, Korea Economic Institute

Former Senior Counsellor for East Asia and as Head of the Japan/Korea Desk at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)


Panel                  

Sung Jin Kang | Professor, Korea University Department of Ecocomics

President, Korean Economic Association

Hye Min LEE | Visiting Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Former G20 Sherpa

Byung-il Choi | President, Trade Strategy & Innovation Hub, BAE, KIM & LEE LLC

Former Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University

15:10 - 15:20

[Break Time]

15:20 - 17:00

[Session 3]

Local Power in the Global Era: 

Key Success Factors for ‘Mega-Cities’

Moderator    

Lee, Dalgon | Chairman, Korea Commission For Corporate Partnership & Former Minister of Public Administration and Security


Presenter (via Zoom)        

Matsuoka, Kyomi | Professor, Department of Public Policy, Kyoto Prefectural University


Panel                 

Park, Seung-joo | Chairman Sejongro National Policy Forum

Former Secretary to the President for                   Government Innovation 

and Local Decentralization

So, Soonchang | Professor, Konkuk University Department of Public Adiministration & Former President of Korean Association for Local Government Studies

Choi, Jin-Hyuk | President of Daejeon Research Institute

※ Panels and programs are subject to change.

※ Registration begins at 9:00 AM, simultaneous translation

     machines will be provided during the conference.