□ In the second session, Yang Moon-soo, vice president of Graduate School of North Korea, mediated the event. Choi Chang-yong, a professor of the Graduate School of International Policy at KDI, proposed ‘cooperative plans to effectively incorporate the past experience of providing technological cooperation to countries that underwent regime change, into North Korea.‘ Kwon Yul, a director of the International Development Cooperation Center at the Institute for Foreign Economic Policy, gave a presentation on the ‘phased-in multilateral cooperation tasks for future development of North Korea and the role of IKCF.‘
□ Questions and answers were exchanged actively during the panel discussions in each session.
ㅇAt the discussions, panelists shared their views on the current status of the North Korean economy and ways to efficiently develop North Korea after COVID-19.
ㅇ As panelists, Kang Woo-chul, a senior researcher at Korea Eximbank, Lee Jong-woon, a professor at Hanshin University, Lim Jung-kwan, a senior researcher at the Northeast Asia Peace Economy Association, Moon Kyung-yeon, a professor at Chonbuk National University, and Choi Kyu-bin, a vice researcher at the Unification Institute participated in the discussions.
□ Meanwhile, prior to the conference, Korea Eximbank Chairman Bang Moon-kyu visited the Ministry of Unification on August 25 and delivered 100 million won in contributions to IKCF to Minister Lee In-young as part of the Bank‘s social contribution activities.
ㅇ Since the establishment of the fund in 1991, Korea Eximbank has been entrusted with managing the funds, and has contributed 170 million won to the fund five times since 2000.
