Two Years After the Asian Financial Crisis
Two Years After the Asian Financial Crisis |
In cooperation with the Korea Press Foundation and the Korea Herald, this international symposium was held on November 22, 1999, to discuss the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis in retrospect and major issues of economic restructuring in Korea.
Keynote Speaker
"Korea's Strategies for Economic Reform", Rakyong Uhm, Vice Minister of Finance & Economy
Session I
Economic Crisis in Asia, Two Years Later - Evaluation and Prospects
Presenters
"Shaping a New Investment Environment - Korea Prepares for the 21st Century", Bongkyo Park, Director General for Trade & Investment Policy, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy
"Labor Reform Policies and Outcomes in Korea", Jeongtaik Lee, Foreign Press Spokesman, Ministry of Labor
"Korea's Corporate Restructuring, and its Future Direction", Daehyung Kang, Director General, Antitrust Bureau, Fair Trade Commission
"Progress and Prospects of Financial Reform in Korea", Cheonsik Yang, Director General, Structural Reform Planning Unit, Financial Supervisory Commission
Discussants
Okyu Kwon, Director General for Economic Policy, Ministry of Finance and Economy
Geun Lee, Professor, Institute of Foreign affairs & National Security
Session II
Asian Economies - Present & Future
Chair
Il SaKong, Chairman & CEO, Institute for Global Economics
Presenter
Kenneth S. Courtis, First Vice-President, Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific