News Highlights
June 29, 2009Acknowledging the Differences in Historical Memories in Northeast Asia
Gi-Wook Shin, Director of APARC, says "acknowledging the differences in historical memories is an important step toward reconciliation in Northeast Asia," in his interview with the Northeast Asia History Foundation in Seoul.
- » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (English)
- » Interview with Northeast Asia Foundation (Korean)
June 22, 2009
Appointment of the Koret Fellow in Korean Studies Program for 2009-10
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that Mr. Byongwon Bahk, former Senior Advisor to President Lee Myung-bak of Korea, will join the Center as the recipient of the Koret Fellowship in the Center's Korean Studies Program for 2009-2010 academic year.
June 8, 2009North Korea: Extreme But Not Crazy
In recent months, North Korea has put on trial two young American journalists working for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV, launched a long-range rocket, tested its second nuclear device, and has renounced the Beijing Six-Party nuclear talks. The regime's actions are a source of serious concern, David Straub writes for cbsnews.com
June 11, 2009Obama's Trifecta: So Far, So Good
US President Barack Hussein Obama's speech on 4 June 2009 in Cairo, the second of three planned trips to Muslim-majority countries, was outstanding.
May 6, 2009Madam Park Geun Hye Addresses U.S. - Korea Relations in a Changing World
Madam Park Geun Hye, former chairperson of South Korea's Grand National Party and the daughter of late President Park Jung Hee, addressed "Korea and the U.S. in a Rapidly Changing World" at FSI. Noting that U.S. - Republic of Korea ties have been "forged in blood," Madam Park emphasized our common interests in maintaining a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons and an open trading system. 
Research Highlights
May 29, 2009"Entrepreneurship in Japan" symposium
Forbes.com covered the May 29 "Entrepreneurship in Japan" symposium, co-sponsored by SPRIE's Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship and the University of Tokyo. Visiting scholars Robert Eberhart and Ulrike Schaede and others presented papers at the event on the state of Japanese entrepreneurship and how to foster it, as well as the outlook for startups there and the question of whether entrepreneurship itself can be taught.
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