This International Roundtable Discussion is expected to be a starting point to establish cooperation between the two institutions and also with other potential institutions, especially Korean citizens in Indonesia, and other countries. In the event that is divided in two sessions, the seminar participants give presentations on various topics, including Political, Economic, Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian issues.
Participants who attended, among others, representatives from the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, representative of The Habibie Center, ie, Dewi Fortuna Anwar and Dr. Zamroni Salim, representatives of the Australian National University Dr. Max M. Richter, Prof. Dr. Ding Choo Ming from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Prof. Aiko Kurasawa from Keio University, Japan. Also attended on this event representatives from the different ASEAN members, representatives from Embassies and Permanent Mission to ASEAN.
Some of the presentations discussed in this seminar are:
- Cross-national Stock Market Analysis between Korea and ASEAN Countries;
- East Asia and Europe Compared: Regionalism in Flux;
- ASEAN – Korea Relationship: Road to East Asian Economic Integration;
- Indonesia and Two Koreas : The Roles of Indonesia in Inter-Korea Relation;
- Korean Culture Education in Korean Language Education;
- ssues and Problems in the 20th Century Malaysian History;
- Cross-cultural Communication: Compliment Responses Among Indonesians and Koreans;
- Malay Dialect Loanwords in the Local Language of Southern Thailand;
- Korean Communities in Indonesia: Gap in Learning Indonesian Culture;
- Access to Southeast Asian Materials in The Web;
- Popular Culture and Everyday Life: A Cross-Cultural Perspective;
- Towards Better Relation Between Japan and Other Asian Countries: A Historical Perspective.
At the end of the seminar, The Habibie Center and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, signed the MoU whereas agreed to enter into an MoU for research exchange, and the agreement to strengthen and expand relations between the two institutions, especially in the areas of research.