A Closer Look: Opportunities and Reform in the Korean Stock Market
John Lee delivers a talk on the South Korean stock market in the 1980s at the Charlotte Suite in Lotte Hotel Seoul.
May 18, 2021 ㅡ Asia Society Korea held a special session of the Monthly Lecture Series on the Korean financial markets. With a clarion call sounding for South Korea to put its equity market and cryptocurrencies in perspective to meet the aspirations of an evolving economy,
John Lee, CEO of Meritz Asset Management, offered deep perspective and strategic insights into the challenges and opportunities for the Korean economy and the key questions that bear upon the future outlook of the nation s financial markets.
April 20, 2021 ㅡ Asia Society Korea held a special session of Monthly Lecture Series on the North Korean military and invited two North Korea experts, one from the military and the other from the academia. ROK Army
General (ret.) In-Bum Chun, former commander of the ROK Special Warfare Command, and
Dr. Andrei Lankov, director of Korea Risk Group and professor of history at Kookmin University, joined as guest speakers and shared their thoughts on the future dynamics of the Korean Peninsula and the East Asian region under North Korea s military threat. LTG (ret.) Chun, while acknowledging Pyongyang’s outsized investment into conventional forces and military parades, emphasized the proven ability of the ROK-U.S. alliance to win at wars. The discussion was moderated by
Dr. Andrei Lankov,
director of Korea Risk Group and professor of history at Kookmin University, will participate in the discussion.
Mason Richey, Asia Society Korea s senior contributor and associate professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, will moderate the conversation. This event is open to the audience by invitation only.
About the Guest Speakers
Gen. (Ret.) In-Bum Chun
Lieutenant General (Ret.) In-Bum Chun is a graduate of the Korea Military Academy in 1977. As aide to the Chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chun saved the Chairman from the infamous Rangoon bombing in 1983.
Previously, LTG (Ret.) Chun was assigned as Chief of the Election Support Branch at the Multi-National Force in Iraq. He also served as Director of U.S. Affairs at the defense ministry and was involved in negotiations with the U.S. on wartime OPCON. Chun commanded the 27th Infantry Division and was a Senior Member of the UNC Military Armistice Commission. In 2013, he was promoted