To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Korea IT Times is presenting special contributions that share the profound insights of opinion leaders from Korea and abroad. Following the notable experts who authored articles in July and August, we introduce the contributors for September:
- Prof. Jong-Shik Kim: Digitalization and Digital Transformation.
- Hyunseok Shin, CEO of Smilegate Vietnam: Changes and Strategies in Software Development due to AI (Part 1).
- Sukhvinder Singh: South Korea's Economic Miracle: A Critical Analysis of Challenges and Future Prospects.
- Agustín Liserra, CEO and Co-founder of Num Finance: Stabilizing Volatile Markets: RWA Investments, Carry Trade, and Currency Risk Strategies.
- Hyunseok Shin, CEO of Smilegate Vietnam: Can AI replace the technical skills of developers leading the digital world? (Part 2)
- Alex Haigh, Managing Director Asia Pacific, Brand Finance: Brand Resilience: How South Korea's Leading Brands Adapt to Market Fluctuations.
- Jinkook Kim, CEO of Coreline Soft: The New Changes AI will Bring to the Emergency Room.
- Josh Lee Kok Thong, FPF Managing Director Asia Pacific: APAC is at Risk of AI Regulatory Fragmentation.
- New Role for the Asia Institute building closer ties between US, Korea, and Japan.
- Hyunseok Shin, CEO of Smilegate Vietnam: Replacement of software development due to AI, present and future((Part 3)..
The Asia Institute strengthens US-Korea-Japan ties.
The recent push to increase collaboration between the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan on security issues has led to much activity related to military exercises and the interoperability of weapons systems. There is also a demand for serious attention to broader security issues, including the environment and climate, the impact of technology on society, and the social conditions of the development of nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and artificial intelligence. To address these areas, public information and deliberation are important, and we have engaged in a discussion of the security threat of strategies for creating confusion in the population and suggested a Constitution of Information as part of the public discourse. With these areas of expertise, the Asia Institute, founded in 2007 at Daejeon, South Korea, has expanded its activities in Washington DC, Seoul, Hanoi, Chiang Mai, and Tokyo related to diplomacy, security, technology and society, deliberative democracy, and culture.
Asia Institute’s president, Emanuel Pastreich, has launched a regular seminar series in Washington, DC, Seoul, and Tokyo in which the Institute brings together leading experts to address true long-term security issues. I work on our 3E Program in energy, economy, and environment, which concerns geography.
The seminars, and other research projects, are run under the auspices of the Henry Rosovsky Program for Collaboration in East Asia, a new program that promotes a dialog between Japanese, Koreans, and Americans on diplomacy and security, technology and science, and culture and society, as well as working for the implementation of the concrete policy proposals that result from these discussions in those three countries by engaging with experts, policy makers, and citizens.
The Rosovsky Program brings together those engaged in planning for the future in the three countries for a constructive exchange of perspectives and insights, best practices, and proposals for collaboration. Thus, it creates a transparent and objective platform that ungirds an honest discussion of contemporary challenges–the focus falling on diplomacy, technology, and culture–and the intersection of the three.
The program was started with the generous support of the late Professor Henry Rosovsky, who was the central figure in liberal arts at Harvard University for decades, serving as acting president on two occasions and advancing Asian studies as a professor of Japanese studies and as a dean of liberal arts and sciences. Professor Rosovsky’s role was critical to making Harvard University a center for Asian studies in the 1960s.
Pastreich will address the Green Liberty National Convention on October 6 as part of this new program to discuss Asia’s importance to the United States.
He will also deliver a talk in Tokyo on November 17th concerning new prospects for US-Korea-Japan cooperation alongside former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and former intelligence director at the Foreign Ministry Ukeru Magosaki.
Asia Institute plans seminars in Seoul in November and December concerning the United States election and technology policy, respectively.
As part of Asia Institute’s new push to create robust partnerships throughout Asia, it has phased out its previous cooperation with the Global Peace Foundation. President Pastreich ended his role as senior fellow at Global Peace Foundation in August of 2024.
Engaging partners in Korea, Japan and the United States for sustained collaboration on critical issues for our common future
About the Author
Layne Hartsell, (USA) 雷恩∙哈特塞尔 - 마이클레인핫셀 - 3E: Energy, Economy, Environment - research professor at the Asia Institute, Tokyo/Berlin, and a fellow at the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Department of Philosophy, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Past affiliations: assistant professor, convergence studies, Sookmyung Women's University, and Research Institute for Asian Women - Asia-Pacific Women's Information Network Center in Seoul. Research professor, Sungkyunkwan University and the Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology, Seoul/Suwon. Lecturer at Mahidol University, Siriraj Medical Center, Department of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Bangkok. Researcher at the University of Virginia College of Medicine, Charlottesville. He is a member of the board at Korea IT Times.
