Director Pastreich visits Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam as part of nuclear power project
Febuary 1-5, 2010
Director Pastreich travelled to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam in February, 2010. In Jakarta, he met with representatives of BATAN & BAPUTAN, the regulatory bodies for nuclear safety and nuclear energy to discuss Indonesias current energy policies. In Singapore, he was a guest at Nanyang Technical University, conferring with Asia Institute senior associate Professor Foo Check Teck and meeting Dr. Kim Hock KOH, Director Centre for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Science of the Ministry of the Environment. Pastreichh also met with representatives of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Safety I Hanoi and spoke with Vice Minister Tien of the Ministry of Science and Technology part of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Power research project with the Korea Institute for Nuclear Safety.
Director Pastreich to visit Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam as part of nuclear power project
January, 2010
Director Pastreich will travel to Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam to meet with experts on energy and nuclear power in February, 2010, as part of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Power research project with the Korea Institute for Nuclear Safety.
Asia Pastreich calls for the establishment of a G 20 Permanent Office in the New Sejong City
January 25, 2010
Director Pastreich wrote an editorial in the Maeil Gyeongjae Sinmun (MK Newspaper) advocating that Korea can play a leading role in the G 20 era and should do so by establishing a permanent headquarters for the G 20 in the new Sejong City. Pastreich argued that Sejong could serve in part the role of an international city of diplomacy similar to the role played by Geneva, but with a focus on Asia.
Asia Institute Participates in India-Korea Forum Hosted by Indian Embassy, Daedeok Innopolis and the Ministry of Knowledge Economy
January 18, 2010
The Asia Institute helped to organize an international forum to explore the economic and technological implications of the India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA ) between the Republic of Korea and India. Director Pastreich hosted the half-day event featuring policy makers, technical experts and businessmen and gave an address at the banquet dinner. The Forum was held just days before Korean President Lee Myung-Bak visited India as a state guest to sign a wide range of agreements for cooperation in business, research and government.
Director Pastreich Appointed as Columnist for the Maeil Business Newspaper (Maeil Gyeongjae Sinmun)
January, 2010
Asia Institute's Director Emanuel Pastreich has been appointed as a columnist for the Maeil Business Newspaper (Maeil Gyeongjae Sinmun), Korea's leading newspaper for finance and business. He will write a monthly column on contemporary economic and political issues, especially those involving the United States and Korea.
The Asia Institute engaged to draft Daedeok Declaration for International Association of Science Parks International Convention
January, 2010
Daedeok Innopolis has engaged the Asia Institute to draft the Daedeok Declaration, a far-ranging proposal for cooperation between science and technology parks (STP) around the world for cooperation in environmental policy and the commercialization of environmental technologies. The Daedeok Declaration will be the centerpiece of the International Association of Science Parks Annual Convention to be held in Daedeok Innopolis in May, 2010. The declaration will call for a new level of international collaboration in the commercialization of environmental technologies as part of the “Global Green Growth,” or G³, movement advocated by Daedeok Innopolis.
Second Biotechnology Report Submitted to KRIBB
January 10, 2010
Director Pastreich, Dr. Ian Simon, the Director of the Biotechnology Initiative, and Dr. Alp Malazgirt of SolBridge International School of Business submitted the second report to the Korea Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB). This report focuses on successful international efforts in biotechnology involving Korea and makes concrete suggestions for future efforts.
Asia Institute Launches study of nuclear power in Southeast Asia
December, 2009
The Asia Institute has joined forces with the Korea Institute for Nuclear Safety (KINS) to conduct a study of the future of nuclear energy in Southeast Asia with an emphasis on the particular safety concerns of the region. The project is part of Asia Institute's larger Non-proliferation Initiative which considers the overall impact on the world of the increasing use of nuclear power in the current age.
Director Pastreich tours Cambodia and Thailand to investigate energy issues
December, 2009
Director Pastreich toured Cambodia to assess energy challenges in that country and the future of the country’s energy development. He also met with experts in Thailand working on nuclear energy issues to learn more of the social, economic and political issues that inform the debate on nuclear power in that country. Pastreich conferred with Professor Nares Chankow of Chulalongkorn University, a leading figure in nuclear engineering, and met Professor Chaivat Toshkulkao, Secretary General of the Office of Atoms for Peace (a division of the Thai Ministry of Science and Technology).
Director Pastreich speaks at HuCare Conference
Hanbat University, Daejeon, Korea
October 30, 2009
Director Pastreich gave a talk at the HU-Care conference at Hanbat National University concerning efforts to encourage green growth in the United States and Korea. HUCARE is an organization dedicated to bringing together experts from both the applied sciences and the humanities to discuss policy issues. Pastreich spoke about American innovations in energy policy.
