Korea Quarterly Update: August-October 2007
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  A. THE ASIA FOUNDATION IN KOREA
  B. HIGHLIGHTS FROM ASIA

THE ASIA FOUNDATION IN KOREA

Upcoming & Recent Events

Upcoming Events

Friends of The Asia Foundation's Annual General Meeting will be held in January 2008
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The Friends of The Asia Foundation will hold its annual general meeting and new year's reception in January 2008 inviting its members and partners. The detailed information including guest speaker will be determined and announced soon.

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Nomination for 2008-2009 Nieman Journalism Fellowship at Harvard University
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The Asia Foundation's Korea Office and the Sungkok Journalism Foundation will seek suitable Korean candidates for consideration as nominees for the 2008-2009 Nieman Journalism Fellowship designed to allow mid-career journalists to pursue a year of academic study at Harvard University in areas of their own choosing. The nominating process and deadline will be announced soon through the Foundation's Korea website.

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Recent Events

China Delegation's Study Tour to Korea on State Compensation Law, September 9-15, 2007
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The Asia Foundation organized a study tour to Korea by a Chinese delegation headed by Vice Chairman of Legal Affairs Standing Committee of The National People's Congress, from September 9 to 15, in support of their research on state compensation law. They visited the Supreme Court, the Ministry of Justice and the Ombudsman of Korea to understand the practice and theory of state compensation in Korea and to observe the organizations' roles and functions.

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Research Project on Korea-Southeast Asia Relations
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Seminar on Korea-Southeast Asia Relations, August 30, 2007
The Asia Foundation, the Korean Institute of Southeast Asia Studies and Yonsei University Center for East-West Studies, co-organized a seminar on August 30 on "Current Issues in Korea's Relations with Southeast Asia" at Yonsei University. Korean scholars presented papers on political, economic and migration issues between Southeast Asia and Korea.

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Singapore Seminar, October 11-12, 2007
The Asia Foundation collaborated with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore to sponsor a planning meeting for the research project on "Korea's Role in Southeast Asia" with participation of six scholars from Korea and Southeast Asian scholars. Professor David Steinberg, Georgetown University, is the research coordinator. TAF will organize a major conference based on this research in Seoul in early March 2008.

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2007 Asia Development Fellowship
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The Asia Foundation and the Korean NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC) selected two fellows for the 2007 Asia Development Fellowship (ADF) to enhance the capacity of Korean NGOs and their overseas aid programs. Ms. Choi Eun-Jung from One Body One Spirit Movement and Ms. Ha Kyoung-Hwa from Korea Food for the Hungry International were placed in the Asia Foundation's offices in Bangladesh and Cambodia respectively for six weeks.

To share their field experiences and to discuss how to improve the fellowship program, The Asia Foundation and the Korean NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC) organized a dialogue entitled "Economic Challenges for Korea and Asia" at Jeongdong Franciscan Center on October 31.

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Korea-India Program
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The Asia Foundation invited special guests Mr. Tarun Das, Chief Mentor of Confederation of Indian Industry, and Ambassador Rajendra Abhyankar, India Program Development Consultant of The Asia Foundation, to Seoul from October 17 to 20. The Asia Foundation and the Friends of The Asia Foundation Korea hosted various meetings with them to strengthen and expand economic relations between Korea and India. Mr. Das and Amb. Abhyankar made a courtesy call on Vice-Chairman of Federation of Korean Industries, delivered a speech at a dinner meeting with approximately 60 Korean business leaders, attended a private CEO dinner, and presented on "India Emerging in the 21 st Century: Economic and Political Dimensions" at Korea University.

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Visit by Dr. Bruce Tolentino, Director for Economic Reform and Development, The Asia Foundation, September 4-8, 2007
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The Asia Foundation Director for Economic Reform and Development Programs, Dr. Bruce Tolentino, visited Korea from September 4 to 8. During his visit, Dr. Tolentino introduced The Asia Foundation's Economic Reform and Development (ERD) programs to Ministry of Planning and Budget, Korea Development Institute (KDI), Export-Import Bank of Korea, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and exchanged views on Korea's ODA. In the workshop entitled "Building Public Awareness and Support for ODA" hosted by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Dr. Tolentino presented his views on how to build support for ODA and aid effectiveness and the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs).

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Training for Philippine Fiscal and Financial Officials, October 29, 2007
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The Ministry of Planning and Budget organized a 14-day training program in Korea for senior Philippine government officials related to economic, financing and budget policy from October 18 to November 2, 2007. The Asia Foundation's Korea Office organized a one-day seminar on "Economic Challenges for Korea and Asia" as a part of the training program, on October 29. Edward Reed, Korea Representative of The Asia Foundation, Kim Joongi, Professor at Yonsei University GSIS, and Zhang Hyoung-soo, Professor at Hanyang University, made presentations.

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B. HIGHLIGHTS FROM ASIA


Korea-Cambodia Consultation Meeting on Trafficking for Marriage, September 18, 2007
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The Asia Foundation's Cambodia Office organized a consultation meeting on "Trafficking for Marriage" in Phnom Penh, on September 18, 2007, to share experiences on trafficking in persons and other forms of exploitation in Cambodia and Korea and to explore possibilities for program cooperation between the two countries. Seven representatives from relevant Korean NGOs including Korea Women Migrants Human Rights Center and Cambodian NGO representatives participated in the meeting.

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The Asia Foundation and Levi Strauss Foundation Enter Ninth Year of Support for Chinese Migrant Women Workers
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The Levi Strauss Foundation has entered its ninth year of partnership with The Asia Foundation with a $200,000 grant to continue to best serve the immediate needs of migrant women workers in China, protect migrant women's rights, and provide educational and legal services, while expanding the project into new regions.

Since 1999, The Asia Foundation, with the support of the Levi Strauss Foundation, has been working to ensure that migrant women workers - who make up sixty percent of all migrant labor in Guangdong province - are provided free education and counseling, occupational health and safety training, HIV/AIDS awareness education, and legal services. To date, the Foundation has provided assistance to more than 740,000 migrant women workers from more than 200 factories in 22 cities and districts in China's Pearl River Delta, the Lower Yangtze River, and in Beijing municipality and has helped enhance joint policy making in favor of migrant workers.

"Our nine-year partnership with The Asia Foundation will now further expand into Jiangsu and Beijing . The Asia Foundation program provides access to critical worker-rights and life-skills services and information that ultimately provide opportunities for advancement and improve the quality of life for women workers living away from their families and villages," said Theresa Fay-Bustillos, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation.

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The Asia Foundation Puts Mobile Libraries in Motion for Local Sri Lankan Communities with Support from AIG
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The Asia Foundation is launching a new mobile library initiative in Sri Lanka aimed at helping an estimated 80,000 families and children who do not have access to the existing library services in four local authorities. Many of these communities were devastated by the tsunami, and schools and libraries are still in the process of being rebuilt. The mobile library initiative is being launched with support from the AIG Disaster Relief Fund (DRF), and Give2Asia, an organization founded by The Asia Foundation to promote philanthropy to Asia.

The Asia Foundation has retrofitted buses to become mobile libraries, which are stocked with books selected by each local authority, a laptop computer, a multi-media projector, and educational DVDs. Books are available in Sinhala, Tamil and English languages and will be highly useful for school children, university students, and teachers.

"Through the AIG Disaster Relief fund, AIG and its employees are proud to support this important initiative which brings books and learning to these families and children," said Ned Cloonan, President of the AIG DRF. "Education is a critical part of rebuilding communities and will help bridge the transition from immediate relief to sustainable recovery in Sri Lanka."

The Asia Foundation's popular Books for Asia Program provided books for the libraries. Books for Asia distributes approximately 100,000 brand new, high-quality text books and children's books per year in Sri Lanka and is now further widening its reach through the launch of these mobile libraries.

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