JEON, Bang Nam: was promoted from Associate Professor to Professor of Economics and International Business, Bennett S. LeBow School of Business, Drexel University, effective September 1, 2002. Congratulations!

KIM, Hak Youn: has pusblished the following papers. (1) H. Youn Kim and Junsoo Lee, "Quasi-fixed Inputs and long-run equilibrium in Production: A Cointegration Analysis," Journal of Applied Econometrics, 16 (2001), 41-57; (2) H. Youn Kim, "Intertemporal Production and Asset Pricing: A Duality Approach," Oxford Economics Papers, 55 (April 2003), 344-379.

KIM, Sunghyun H.: has moved from Brandeis University to the Department of Economics, Tufts University. His new address is on the directory.

KIM, Se-Jik: has been taking an IMF program called External Assignment to visit the KIEP since early January.

KIM, Youn-Suk: authored a book Japanese Economy in Korean (Seoul: Munumsa Publishing, Inc. 2002, Pp. 322) with Yong Seung Jung. His other recent publications include "The Japanese Recession and Korea" with Yong Seung Jung, Asian Profile, Vol. XXX, No. 1, February 2002, 13-25; "Economic-political Layout for Science & Technology Collaboration with DPRK", Korea Observer, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, Spring 2002; and "The East Asian Perspectives in Changing Global Economy" With Dong-Keun Jeong, The Journal of East Asian Affairs, Vol. XVI, No. 1, winter/spring 2002. He edited book Korean Industrial Economy under IMF Bailout with Hyung-Yoon Byun et al. (Kwangju: Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2001, Pp. 394.) He presented an invited lecture, "Technology Policy in Korea" at the XXI Congress of the Brazilian Computing Society on August 1, 2001.

KWACK, Sung Y.:Hope you had a nice summer and are ready to meet the fall semester. I came back here from Seoul last monday. I organized a webbsite organization, called Korea Center for Growth and Competitiveness, with several friends in Seoul, intended to give and exchange information among the persons who are interested in and doing research on growth centered topics such as tech, edu, investment, competitiveness, etc. Advisory members are Park Sung Yong, Kim Kihwan, Lee Hunje, and Yonsei Univ. Business school prof. The center will be located at Yonsei univ(?) and have a meeting in the middle of December, Seoul, announcing its establishment and paper presentation. As the website and meeting schedule are finalized, I will let you know. Pls join the group and give your published and working papers to be included in the website. Your suggestions are welcome.

KWACK, Sung Y.: has published "An Economic Analysis of the Cost Structure of the Korean Economy: Input Substitution, Economies of Scale, Technical Progress, and the Sources of Growth," Bank of Korea, and "Total Factor Productivity Growth and the Sources of Growth in Korean Manufacturing Industries, 1971-1993," The Journal of Korean Economy, Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2000.

NAM, Kiseok: has moved from Texas A&M University to University of Texas-Pan American.

PARK, Sang In: is on leave from SUNY - Stony Brook to visit Yale University as an assistant professor.

Yoon, Yeomin: has been appointed Senior Special Fellow of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Yoon served as Academic Advisor to the UNITAR's New York Office for the past four years. As Senior Special Fellow, he will be actively involved in establishing the UNITAR Centre in the Pacific / Asia (currently called the Hiroshima Programme) in Hiroshima, Japan.