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 %fellowship1% in the Center's Korean Studies Program for 2009-2010 academic year.

Mr. Bahk served as the vice minister of the Ministry of Finance and Economy in Korea and was a senior advisor to President Lee Myung-bak briefly.  Bahk brings 24 years of experience in economic affairs.

While at the Center, Mr. Bahk will lead a research project on economic affairs of Korea in relations to the U.S., including organizing a policy-related conference that will bring Koreans, Americans, and potentially others from the region together to engage in high-level discussions aimed at producing a report for the policymaking community.  He will also teach a course and offer public lectures or seminars on his search at Stanford.

The Koret Fellowship, generously funded by the by Koret Foundation of San Francisco, was established at the Center in 2008 to bring leading professionals in Asia and the United States to Stanford to conduct research on contemporary U.S.-Korean relations, with the broad aim of fostering greater understanding and closer ties between the two countries.