Korea-Japan Forum
7th Meeting
August 27–29, 1999
The seventh meeting of the Forum was held on August 27-29, 1999, in Seoul, Korea with over 40 leaders from the political, business, academic, media, and the nonprofit sectors. Discussions focused on ways to further enhance cooperation between the two countries in a broad, Asian regional context.
Agenda
Friday, August 27 |
- Opening Ceremony
Congratulatory Speech: Foreign Minister Hong Soon-young
- Session I: The Domestic Situations in Korea and Japan
Part I: The political and economic situation in Korea
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Saturday, August 28 |
- Session I (cont.): The Domestic Situations in Korea and Japan
Part II: The political and economic situation in Japan
- Session II: The Security Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
- The Korean Peninsula
- Major power relations
- Regional issues
- Korea-Japan bilateral cooperation
- Session III: The Economic Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
- The impact of and the recovery from the financial crisis
- Prospects for restructuring and deregulation
- Regional cooperation
- Korea-Japan bilateral cooperation
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Sunday, August 29 |
- Session IV: The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Korea-Japan Cooperation
- Globalization, civil society, and governance
- Cultural and educational exchanges
- Cooperation on information and communications technology
- Session V: The Future Agenda for Korea-Japan Cooperation
- Cooperation for the World Cup
- Cooperation on global and regional Issues
- Youth and grassroots-level exchanges
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