There are now 65 members who have paid their annual membership dues as of November 24, 1998. This is a pretty good record compared to past years, considering in particular that the membership dues are doubled this year. Thank you all!

The Association still needs supports from all other members. You may click on the Dues-Paying Members to check the list of the members who paid 1998 membership dues. If your name is not on the list, please send your payment to the treasurer, Dr. Jinill Kim, Department of Economics, 114 Rouss Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 22903-3288. Checks should be made payable to the Korea-America Economic Association.

As reported in the June newsletter, Professor Hak Youn Kim organized an academic session for the KAEA at the Southern Economic Association annual meeting in Baltimore this year. The KAEA session, Applied Economic Issues, was held on November 10 in Omni Inner Harbor Hotel. Here is the report from Professor Kim about the meeting.

"We had a good session at the SEA-KAEA meetings in Baltimore this past week. I will try to organize two sessions next year. I tried to minimize financial expenses for the KAEA - with the dinner expense of $70.00."

Please give Professor Kim an applaude for his excellent service.

1. ELECTION of KAEA Executive Committee for 1999:  Dr. John Riew chaired the nominating committee for the next year's executive committee, and Youn-Suk Kim, Kwan Suk Kim and E. Han Kim served as the members of the committee. The nominees were

Each nominee was asked to provide his/her c.v. in the format provided by the President of the KAEA. The format asked the nominees to limit the list of the papers published in refereed journals to maximum 5, and the number of papers published in edited volume to 2.

Sixty one ballots and the copies of curriculum vitae of the nominees were mailed out on October 18 to the KAEA members who paid the membership dues as of that day.

Dr. Riew reports that 43 votes were cast, with 41 casting in favor of all individuals nominated. One person nominated substitute candidates of "Eun Kwan Choi or Woo Sik Jung" for the president-elect, and another person abstained from voting for the president-elect and voted for all other nominees.

The president of the KAEA now officially announces the election of Bong-Joon Yoon, Yung Y. Yang, Yesook Merrill and Young Back Choi to their nominated positions. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!!!

2. THE NORTH KOREA WORKSHOP  Professor Suchan Chae at Rice university has organized a workshop on North Korea. The workshop will be held on December 5, 1998 at the Baker Institue in Rice university, Houston, Texas. You can print out the tentative program, which is in a pdf form. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Suchan Chae: e-mail: chae@pop.ruf.rice.edu.

3. JOB OPENINGS IN KOREA: 

Organization: Ajou University, School of Business Administration
Positions: Two positions in Finance and Industrial Organization
Rank: open and negotiable (assistant, Associate, or Professor)
Appointment time: open and negotiable (Spring or Fall)
Salary: negotiable

Please send a copy of updated vitae and three references to:

Dean Yoon Dokko
School of Business Administration
5 Wonchun-dong, Paldal-gu
Suwon 442-749,
South Korea

For an interview at the ASSA meetings in New York in January, please contact Dean Dokko by e-mail: dokkoy@madang.ajou.ac.kr. He will be staying at Sheraton hotel during the ASSA meetings.

4. KAEA CONFERENCE PLANNED FOR 1999:  Dr. Semoon Chang, the president-elect of the KAEA, has been working on a conference to be held sometime in September, 1999, in Washington, DC. The tentative theme of the conference is Two Koreas: Towards One Economy. Objectives of the conference are to: