Seminar on Building an East Asian Community
This seminar will serve as an opportunity to analyze politico-security, economic, and sociocultural cooperation for the building of an East Asian community, issues discussed at the ASEAN+3 Summit and other meetings held in Singapore from November 20 to 21. MOFAT and the participating scholars will exchange views on a wide range of issues including the direction of Korea-East Asia cooperation and ways to promote cooperation vis-a-vis the ASEAN.
In particular, the participants will evaluate the efforts to build an economic community within the region and various cooperation projects that were discussed at the ASEAN+3 Summit, and will discuss Korea's mid- to long-term response strategies in setting the direction of regional integration and the ways to enhance cooperation.
Korea and ASEAN member states have witnessed a surge in trade, investment and people-to-people exchange in the recent years (an annual increase of 15-20%), and consequently relevant Korean companies and the academic circle have displayed heightened interest in the exchange and cooperation with the ASEAN.
※ 2006 Korea-ASEAN trade volume: 61.8 billion US dollars
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