Inaugural Korea Centre (EAI, NUS)-Sejong Institute Webinar
Indo-Pacific Concept and Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative: Regional Perspectives
Thursday, 27 April 2023
9.00 am (Singapore time) / 10.00 am (Seoul time)
The Yoon Suk Yeol administration has initiated the Republic of Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) and the Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative (KASI) to make its mark as a “global pivotal state” and a middle power. To what extent is Seoul’s IPS similar or different from those of the United States and its allies, and the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific? Is KASI an evolution and an “upgrade” from the preceding Moon administration’s New Southern Policy towards Southeast Asia? How can the Republic of Korea and ASEAN states cooperate for common interests amid intensifying geostrategic competition between the US and Chinese superpowers?
This inaugural webinar seeks to address the above questions, share different perspectives and strengthen the academic networks between the Sejong Institute and the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), and their ASEAN counterparts.
0:00:00
Welcome Address
Prof Bert Hofman | Director, East Asian Institute, NUS ~ 0:00:11
Prof Lee Sang Hyun | President, Sejong Institute ~ 0:03:24
Keynote Speech ~ 0:06:34
H E Ambassador Choi Hoon
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Singapore
Session 1 - Seoul’s Indo-Pacific Concept: A Comparison ~ 0:15:53
Moderated by Prof Lee Sang Hyun | President, Sejong Institute
1. The Yoon Administration’s Indo-Pacific Concept ~ 0:17:35
Dr Yoon Jung Choi | Sejong Institute
2. The United States’ IPC, QUAD and AUKUS: Strategic Competition with China ~ 0:23:43
Dr Ryan Clarke | East Asian Institute, NUS
3. ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific ~ 0:30:47
Dr Nur Shahadah Jamil | University of Malaya
Commentator: Prof Jungkun Seo | Kyung Hee University and Sejong Institute ~ 0:41:08
Q & A ~ 0:53:09
Session 2 - Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative ~ 1:18:40
Moderated by Dr Chen Gang | Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Director (Policy Research), East Asian Institute, NUS
4. Indonesian Perspective on KASI: Mutual Interest amid Divergent Position ~ 1:21:12
Dr Resi Qurrata Aini | University of Indonesia
5. A Korean Perspective ~ 1:29:54
Prof Wongi Choe | Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA)
6. Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative (KASI): A Singapore Perspective ~ 1:45:30
Mr Gordon Kang | East Asian Institute, NUS
7. KASI: A Vietnamese Perspective ~ 1:58:13
Ms Hoang Thi Ha | ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
Commentator: Ambassador Sungnam Lim | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Korea and Sejong Institute ~ 2:11:03
Q & A ~ 2:18:16
Closing Remarks and Thanks
Dr Yoon Jung Choi | Director, Center of Indo-Pacific Studies, Sejong Institute ~ 2:24:29
Prof Lee Sang Hyun | President, Sejong Institute ~ 2:25:24
Dr Lam Peng Er | Head, Korea Centre, Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS ~ 2:26:29
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