LSESU Korea Future Association

What a dynamic day it was for South Korea! People's Power Party (Conservative Party)'s Yoon Suk-Yeol was elected as the next president, defeating Lee Jae-Myung with less than 0.8%! Congratulations .yoon on your victory and a warm consolation to !

What a dynamic day it was for South Korea! People's Power Party (Conservative Party)'s Yoon Suk-Yeol was elected as the next president, defeating Lee Jae-Myung with less than 0.8%! Congratulations 윤석열 on your victory and a warm consolation to 이재명!

🔈 It's elections season! Please read all of the information in these slides carefully, and note down all the dates. You have to be a KFA member to run for elections, so please ensure that you have bought your membership before running.

Nominate yourself at tinyurl.com/kfaelection2022 before March 18!

Most essential information can also be found at tinyurl.com/kfaelection2022 but if you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us through our social media.

-KFA Committee

🔈 We are happy to finally announce our last KFF panel, ‘The Evolving Investment Landscape in Korea’, held in collaboration with Warwick Korean Society.

👨‍🏫 This panel aims to discuss the ever growing popularity and relevance of alternative technologies, and their effect on the Korean stock market and investment landscape. We have recruited three speakers working in relevant fields to discuss the topic from their respective areas of expertise— so join along to this fantastic learning and networking opportunity!

❗️To join the event, please sign up with this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclPrTecWstpF3ygXU0fhOMgOEP4SF554-U_XjkoZp6YYSJ7w/viewform :)

🔈 Here are the speaker details for our second panel for Korea Future Forum 2022.

👨‍🏫 This panel aims to critically question the rose-tinted image of Seoul as a global city, focusing on issues of city branding and gentrification, and explain how residents and local organisations are fighting against speculative urban planning to retain their right to the city.

Sign up here to receive the zoom link ahead of the event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdvkyp9wMo-PZ4K2YfA9u8vvvrc0QgGYHEA1zu-mpqY1U1CxA/viewform

🔈 Our first Korea Future Forum panel is called 'Setbacks in Development:The Origin and Challenge of Nouveu-riche Nationalism in South Korea.'

👨‍🏫 Panel description:
South Korea's population is becoming increasingly global with a growing number of foreigners and immigrants. This panel aims to discuss their experiences of living in South Korea, especially regarding the discrimination they may face in relation to Korean nationalism and anti-discrimination laws.
We are honoured to invite Professor Han from Monash University, Australia, who will speak about nationalism in South Korea and the experience of immigrants with notions of heterogeneity and pure blood nationalism. Professor Han will be talking about the origin and challenge of nouveau-riche nationalism in South Korea with reference to his book Nouveau-riche Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Korea.

Sign up with the following link: https://forms.gle/ZSdGxLzu3rQGuJtk9

KOREA FUTURE FORUM 2022 IS HERE.
SIGN UP HERE: https://linktr.ee/lsesukfa

👥 About us:
We are a group of LSE students who want to bring a wide variety of issues within and beyond the Korean peninsula to a larger platform, where students can convene to learn from our renowned speakers and exchange ideas and knowledge with each other.

🏆About Korea Future Forum (KFF):
The annual Korea Future Forum is recognised as Europe’s largest student-run Forum discussing the economic, political, societal and cultural issues shaping Korea and the world, inviting high-profile speakers to share their expertise and insight on said issues.

🇰🇷 This year's KFF:
This year's KFF, titled 'Korea in the Making: Navigating Innovation and Setbacks', aims to discuss a range of new and old topics; it will include panels on the discrimination and inequalities in South Korea, residents’ everyday resistances against the rampant gentrification of Seoul, the increasing popularity of Korean entertainment and its global impact, and, finally the role of cryptocurrency and fintech in the evolving investment landscape of South Korea.

❗️PANEL & SPEAKER INFO on each of our four panels will be updated in the next few days, so follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Linkedin, and look out for new posts!
If you have any questions, do send us a direct message, and please feel free to share this with those who might be interested!

Hope to see you at our panels, coming NEXT WEEK!!

We are excited to announce our event on the histories and politics of Korean diasporas in Germany, USA, and Japan, in collaboration with Korean American Students at Yale and Korean American Young Leaders!

The event will feature academics such as Deokhyo Choi (historian on Zainichi Koreans), Kyeyoung Park (author of two books concerning Korean immigrant communities in LA and also Korean-American small businesses) and Martin Hyun (specialist on Korean-Germany relations, author of a book concerning the Korean-German experience). The event will start off with presentations and insights from all speakers on their research and then a fluid Q&A discussion will follow.

Sign up at https://linktr.ee/lsesukfa to receive the zoom link ahead of the event!

LSE Korea Future Association presents its first completely in-person event “Life as a North Korean Refugee.”

As our committee members have felt while attending as guests at the "North and South Korean Women Speak of Peace" event co-hosted by the Korean Embassy, personally engaging with North Korean individuals who have escaped the inhumane DPRK regime and hearing their stories give a whole new perspective— a refreshing, but also heartbreaking one— to the important discourse on North Korea, refugees, and reunification.

Our speaker, Park Jihyun is looking forward to sharing her personal story escaping North Korea twice and her experience working to further the cause of North Korean human rights working with organisations such as the United Nations and the European Commission. Starting with an outlining of her origins and background, she will present her experiences settling in to the UK as a refugee and getting into activism. The event will wrap up with a Q&A session for a valuable insights into a topic that is often politicized but not as often shown so personally.

Please sign up at https://linktr.ee/lsesukfa to attend the event!
Hope to see you there for a fruitful discussion!

The Olympics is full of tea ☕️
More importantly, details on this year's Korea Future Forum are to be released soon!!! Stay tuned 😌

Hey all, hope your week 3 has been pleasant and not too stressful.
Q: Keeping up with the presidential elections? The first four-way presidential candidate debate has recently been broadcasted 2 days ago!
Also, don't forget about our event on disarmament in the Korean Peninsula NEXT TUESDAY! Sign up with the link in our bio to receive the zoom link (but you can also join in person). See you all there! 😙