Monday, October 4

8:00-9:00 a.m.    Continental Breakfast & Registration

9:00-9:15 a.m.   Welcome and Opening Remarks

Dr. Yesook Merrill, U.S. General Accounting Office

Dr. Semoon Chang, President, The Korea-America Economic Association

9:15-10:45 a.m. Implications of the US-DPRK Berlin Agreement: Panel Discussion

Chair: Dr. K. A. Namkung, The Atlantic Council of the United States
 

Panelists

Mr. Evans Revere, U.S. Department of State

Mr. W. Rob Warne, Korea Economic Institute of America
Dr. Ok-Nim Chung, The Brookings Institution
Dr. Yoon Shik Park, The George Washington University

 

General Discussion

10:45-11:00 a.m. Refreshment

11-12:20 a.m.     Economic Cooperation: Introduction

Chair: Dr. E. Han Kim, University of Michigan
 

Speakers

Dr. Youn-Suk Kim, Kean University
     "Economic Cooperation Between the North and the South: Historical Analysis"

Mr. Marc Vogelaar, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
     "KEDO: A Progress Report"

Dr. Marcus Noland, Institute for International Economics
    "The Implications of Increased Economic Integration"
 

Discussants

Dr. Sung Yeung Kwack, Howard University

Mr. Joel Wit, U.S. Department of State

Dr. Suchan Chae, Rice University
 

Questions & Answers

12:20-2:00 p.m.   Luncheon

Moderator:  Dr. Semoon Chang, Korea-America Economic Association
 

Speaker

Hon. Donald Gregg, The Korea Society
    "Recent Developments in US-DPRK Relationship: Implications for Inter-Korean
     Economic Cooperation"

2:00-3:45 p.m.    Economic Cooperation: Nuts and Bolts

Chair:    Dr. Wontack Hong, Seoul National University
 

Speakers

Dr. Gill-Chin Lim, KDI Graduate School of International Policy & Management, and Dr. Joon Han, Hallym University
      "North-South Cooperation for Food Supply: Demographic Analysis and Policy Directions"

Drs. Chinkook Lee, Xinshen Diao, John Dyck, & Agapi Somwaru, USDA
      "Can Reindustrialization of North Korea Support a Sustainable Food Supply?"

Dr. Hong-Tack Chun, Korea Development Institute
     "Economic Relations between North and South Korea under the 'Sunshine' Policy"
 

Discussants

Dr. Bong J. Yoon, State University of New York at Binghamton

Dr. Jongmoo Jay Choi, Temple University

Dr. Soon Paik, U.S. Department of Labor

3:45-4:00 p.m.   Refreshment

4:00-5:00 p.m.   Issues on Economic Coopration: Panel Presentation

Chair:  Dr. Chong Soo Pyun, University of Memphis
 

Speakers

Dr. Young Back Choi, St. John's University
      "Costs and Benefits of Unification"

Dr. Sang Taek Kim, Korea Information Society Development Institute
      "The Role of the Telecommunication Industry in Preparing for the Unification of Korea"

Dr. Whee Gook Kim, President, East-West Research Institute
      "From Military Confrontation to Economic Cooperation: A New Paradigm for Inter-Korean Relations"
 

General Discussion

6:00-8:30 p.m. Reception & Dinner at Korean Ambassador's Residence

Tuesday, October 5

8:00-8:30 a.m.    Continental Breakfast & Registration

8:30-10:15 a.m.    Topics on Unification

Chair: Dr. Sung Hee Jwa, Korea Economic Research Institute
 

Speakers

Dr. Jeong-ho Roh, School of Law, Columbia University
      "Korean Unification and Legal System"

Dr. Chung-in Moon, Yonsei University
      "Korean Unification and Political & Administrative Foundation"

Dr. Kun-Young Yun, Yonsei University and Harvard University
      "Designing Economic Institutions for Korean Unification"
 

Discussants

Mr. L. Gordon Flake, The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs

Mr. Stephen Costello, ProGlobal

Dr. Yung Y. Yang, California State University - Sacramento

Dr. Kyttack Hong, Chung-Ang University
 

10:15-10:30 a.m. Refreshment

10:30-12:00 a.m. Where Do We Go From Here?

Chair:  Dr. John Merrill, U.S. Department of State
 

Panelists

   Dr. Leon Sigal, Social Science Research Council

   Dr. David Steinberg, Georgetown University

   Dr. Katy Oh, Institute for Defense Analysis

   Dr. Kenneth Quinones, Mercy Coprs International

12:00-1:30 p.m. Luncheon

Presiding:  Dr. Semoon Chang, Korea-America Economic Association
 

Speaker

Hon. Tony Hall (D-Ohio), U.S. House of Representatives
      "Humanitarian Diplomacy: Foundation for Reconcilliation and Economic Partnership"

EDWARD ELGAR TO PUBLISH CONFERENCE PAPERS:

A CALL FOR ADDITIONAL PAPERS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

KAEA is pleased to announce that a selection of papers presented at the conference will be published as a book, with the tentative title "Perspectives on Korean Unification and Economic Integration". The editors will be Drs. S. Chang, Y. Merrill, and Y. Choi, Y. Yang, all officers of KAEA. The volume will be published by Edward Elgar, an active and reputable publisher in the field of economics. To insure the quality of the planned volume, the editors will carefully review papers to select papers to be included in the volume. The editors also encourage papers not presented at the conference to be submitted. Papers judged to be relevant and enhance the value of the book will be included in the volume.

All those who wish to have their papers considered for the volume should send a copy of their manuscripts to each of the following:

1. Dr. Yesook Merrill, Senior Economist, Office of the Chief Economist, U.S. General Accounting Office, 441 G Street, NW, Rm 6X15, Washington, DC 20548.

2. Prof. Semoon Chang, Department of Economics, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688

3. Prof. Young Back Choi, Department of Economics and Finance, St. John's University,

8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439.

4. Prof. Yung Y. Yang, Department of Economics, California State University-Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819

The deadline for the manuscript is November 30, 1999.

The editors will review the submissions, make selections, and return the selected papers with editorial suggestions, along with style sheets and other instructions by the end of December 1999. Adhering to this timetable is essential if the book is to be published in time for the ASSA meetings in January 2001, where the publisher will exhibit the title and promote it.

Prof. Choi will handle all subsequent correspondence with authors and the publisher. Phone: 718-990-7318: E-mail: choiyb@stjohns.edu.

**If you know of others who would be interested in having their manuscript considered for the volume, please encourage them to do so. We are open to unsolicited manuscripts and promise to review them carefully. Thank you.

The final program of the KAEA annual meeting in Boston is now available in a pdf format, which you can dowload by clicking on the KAEA PROGRAM .

Kyung Hwan Baik (Sung Kyun Kwan University) was promoted to the rank of full professor on October 1, 1999.

Kwan S. Kim (University of Notre Dame), received a "Distinguished Fellow " award during the plenary session of the Fifth World Congress of the International Society for Intercommunication of New Ideas in Mexico City, August 20, 1999. The award has been given bi-annually in recognition of the contribution to the advancement of new ideas in the economic science and humanities. He was also an invited panel member during the US-Libya Conference on Economic and Business Relations held in Maastricht, Netherlands, April 9, 1999.

Bong-Soo Lee, (Univ of Houston) has been promoted to the rank of full professor.

Kwan S. Kim, Growth, Distribution and Political Change- Asia and the Wider World. ed. w Ryoshin Minami & Malcolm Falkus, 1999. London: Macmillan Press Ltd, and New York: St. Martin's Press Ltd.

Kwan S. Kim, "The Political Economy of Income Inequality in the United States," in R. Minami, K.S. Kim, & M. Falkus eds. Growth, Distribution and Political Change - Asia and the Wider World. ( London: Macmillan and New York: St. Martin's, 1999).209-231.

Ryoshin Minami and Kwan S. Kim, "The Search for the Relationships: Themes and Challenges," in Minami, Kim, & Falkus eds. Growth, Distribution and Political Change - Asia and the Wider World. ( London: Macmillan and New York: St. Martin's, 1999).3-19.

Kwan S. Kim, "Economic Crisis, Reform, and Governance for a Developing Open Economy: Case of South

Korea," in E.Ortiz & A. Cabello ed. Economic Issues and Globalization: Theory and Evidence, Mexico City: UNAM Press, 1999. 59-69.

Buchanan, James M. and Yong J. Yoon, "Symmetric Tragedies: Commons and Anti-commons", Journal of Law and Economics, (forthcoming, April 2000.)

Youn-Suk Kim and Hyon-Keun Koo, "Asia's Contagious Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Korea" J of Asian Economics. (1999), 111-121.

Youn-Suk Kim and Yongseung Jung, "Innovation with imported technology in a dynamic global economy: the case of Korean industry", Human Systems Management 17, 1998: 257-265.

Youn-Suk Kim and Hyung Keun Koo, "The Korean Crisis--A Year After", Korea Observer, 30 (3), 1999: 397-410.

The Journal of the Korean Economy is published two times a year by the Association of Korean Economic Studies. The first issue will be published in March 2000.

The aim of the Journal of the Korean Economy is to disseminate original economic research on the Korean Economy. It publishes empirical and policy-oriented contributions related to the Korean Economy. Contributions are invited from the international community of researchers. Best Article Award: The Journal of the Korean Economy will grant the Best Article Award ($1,000) each year to the paper selected among the papers published in that year.

Manuscripts (4 copies) should be sent to:
Professor Jong won Lee
Editor, Journal of the Korean Economy
Department of Economics
Sungkyunkwan University
Seoul 110-745, Korea
E-mail: jwlee@yurim.skku.ac.kr

Co-Editors: E. Kwan Choi, Soon Won Chung, Jong-Wha Lee

Advisory Editors: Alice H. Amsden, Hiromitsu Ishi, Lawrence Krause, Chung H. Lee, Ronald I. McKinnon, Yoon S. Park, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Toshio Watanabe.

Of almost 300 currently listed in the KAEA Membership Directory, only 69 members have paid their 1999 dues as of Nov. 7, 1999. (This does not include 22 junior members for whom due is waived.)

KAEA should strive to increase due-paying membership. There are many benefits in being a due-paying member. For example, due paying members are being generously subsidized in their participation in the forthcoming DC conference on the economic relationships between two Koreas. In the past, KAEA has not discriminated against "non-members", i.e., those who do not pay dues. But too many have tried to free-ride and the existence of the organization has been jeopardized, despite the numerous benefits KAEA has rendered for its "members". In the future, KAEA will be more discriminating in conferring benefits. We have begun to do so in the forthcoming DC conference. All formal participation in the future KAEA sponsored functions--which are numerous and valuable, e.g., KAEA-SEA sessions, KAEA-ASSA sessions, not to mention the biennial KAEA-KEA conference in Seoul, etc.--will be limited only to due paying members.

2000 MEMBERSHIIP DUE

It would be good to pay your membership due for the year 2000, now. The KAEA annual due is for the period between Jan. 1 and Dec 31 of the year. Prof. Yoon Bong Joon, president-elect, says that the membership due will remain at $20.00 a year. You can use the 1999 form below, just cross out 1999 and write in 2000.