South Korea’s Soft Power and its Foreign Policies in the ASEAN Region 

Seminar on "South Korea’s Soft Power and its Foreign Policies in the ASEAN Region"
Organised by Korea Centre, East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore (NUS)
Sponsored by The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Singapore
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Block B,
NUS Bukit Timah Campus
00:00:00
00:00:17 : Welcome Remarks
Prof Bert Hofman
Director, East Asian Institute, NUS
00:04:16 : Congratulatory Remarks
H E Ambassador Choi Hoon
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Singapore
00:11:14 : Keynote Speech
Striking a Balance of Soft Power amid Great-Power Competition
Prof Kim Taehwan
Professor of Public Diplomacy, Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA),
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
00:28:53 : Session 1
Assessing Korea’s Soft Power in ASEAN countries
Moderated by Prof Bert Hofman, Director, East Asian Institute, NUS
00:29:33
1. Korea’s Soft Power and Viet Nam-Korea Relations
Mr Tran Xuan Thuy | Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
00:47:19
2. Attractive and (can be more) Persuasive: A Thai Perspective on Korea’s Soft Power
Mr Seksan Anantasirikiat | Researcher, International Studies Center, Thailand
00:59:06
3. South Korea’s Soft Power in Malaysia: Time to Move Beyond Cultural Dimension?
Dr Nur Shahadah Jamil | Senior Lecturer, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia
01:12:51
4. South Korea’s Soft Power in Indonesia
Ms Aisha Kusumasomantri | International Relations Department, Universitas Indonesia
01:34:36
5. Assessing South Korean Soft Power in Singapore
Mr Gordon Kang | Research Assistant, Korea Centre, East Asian Institute, NUS
01:53:02 : Session 2
Major Powers’ Soft Power Strategies towards ASEAN
Moderated by Dr Chen Gang, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS
01:56:04
6. American Hard and Soft Power Divergence: Simultaneous Acceleration and Degradation and Implications for Southeast Asia
Dr Ryan Clarke | Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS
02:07:44
7. Chinese Soft Power in Southeast Asia
Assoc Prof Li Mingjiang | Associate Professor and Provost Chair in International Relations, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
02:25:40
8. Cool Japan in Sunny Singapore
Dr Lam Peng Er | Head of Korea Centre & Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS
02:43:19 : Session 3
Soft Power Strategy towards ASEAN and its Enhancement
Moderated by Dr Lam Peng Er, Head of Korea Centre & Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS
02:43:51
9. Korea’s Soft Power Strategy towards ASEAN
Dr SunHa Yeo | Senior Researcher, Debiasing and Lay Informatics (DaLI) Lab, Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma, USA
02:57:25
10. ROK’s Soft Power and Future Cooperation to Enhance ASEAN-ROK Relations
Mr Shawn Ho | Associate Research Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University
03:10:29
Closing Remarks
Dr Lam Peng Er, Head of Korea Centre & Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS