KF to Hold Webinar on 'Impact of COVID-19' with Harvard Belfer Center on 27th

Presentation by World-Renowned Scholar Joseph Nye, Harvard University Emeritus Professor, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yoon Young-kwan

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Korea Foundation (KF) announced on the 26th that it will hold a webinar on the geopolitical and geoeconomic impacts of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at 10 PM Korea time on the 27th, co-hosted with the Belfer Center at Harvard University, and will be live-streamed on YouTube.

The third installment of the 'KF Virtual Dialogue Series,' this webinar will be moderated by John Park, a professor at Harvard University's Belfer Center, and will consist of two sessions featuring discussions and Q&A.

In the first session, Joseph Nye Jr., a world-renowned scholar who first coined the concept of 'soft power' and an emeritus professor at Harvard Kennedy School, along with former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yoon Young-kwan, will present on the geopolitical impacts of COVID-19 from the perspectives of Korea and the United States.

The second session will feature presentations on the 'geoeconomic impacts of COVID-19' by Professor Lee Jae-min of Seoul National University Law School, who has served as a panel expert on the Korea-EU FTA, and Christopher Smart, CEO of Baring Investment Institute, who recently shared his views on market damage and recovery prospects due to the COVID-19 aftermath.

This webinar is open to anyone through pre-registration. Participants who register by 7 PM on the 27th via the KF website or the pre-registration link will receive the YouTube live stream link via email.

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