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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Korean Hopes Go Global with Launch of The Hope Institute
Seoul, Republic of Korea, (27 March, 2006) The Hope Institute, an independent, alternative, and culturally-oriented Korean think-tank went global today, as it launches and holds an international seminar attended by experts from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Korea.
The seminar, entitled “Think-tanks and the Search for Hope” is held at the prestigious Korea Press Center in Seoul, on Monday, March 27, 2006. The Event goes from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with an inaugural seminar, followed by the official launch of the Institute and a reception, which are free and open to the public.
Many prominent speakers are present including Sanho Tree, a Fellow and Director of the Drug Policy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) in Washington, DC; Takahiro Suzuki, a think-tank expert from Japan; Molly Webb from Demos, a think-tank in the United Kingdom and Dr. Hwang from Chung-Ang University.
“It’s part of our approach,” said Dr. Park Won-Soon, founder and Executive Director of the Institute, said of the international guests and topics. “The problems we face in society cannot be cured by a totally narrow approach. Our philosophy has always been organic and multi-disciplinary, and that’s why we wanted international experts to share their ideas as well as help us inaugurate our Institute,” he added.
The Hope Institute is a unique independent, civil-society based, people-oriented Korean Think-tank. For more information about the Institute, please visit www.makehope.org or, for more information about the event, call Yukyung Kim-Cho at (82) 2 3210 0909 (English) or Gyeong Ah Jeong (Korean).
CONTACT: The Hope Institute
Contact Person: Yukyung Kim-Cho (English)/Gyeong Ah Jeong (Korean)
Voice Phone Number: (82) 2 3210 0909
FAX Number: (82) 2 3210 0126
Email Address: ykimcho@makehope.org (Eng)/ jeongmal@makehope.org (Korean)
Website URL: www.makehope.org
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Media Advisory
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Korean Hopes Go Global with Launch of The Hope Institute
SEOUL, Korea - The Hope Institute, an independent, alternative, and culturally-oriented Korean think-tank will go global on Monday, as it launches at an international seminar to be attended by experts from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Korea.
The seminar, entitled Think-tanks and the Search for Hope,” will be followed by the launch of the Institute and a reception, which is free and open to the public. The Hope Institute is Korea’s only independent, civil-society based, people-oriented think-tank.
WHERE: Korea Press Center in Seoul
WHEN: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
WHO: Sanho Tree, Drug Policy , Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), Washington, DC
Takahiro Suzuki, a think-tank expert from Japan
Molly Webb from UK-based think-tank Demos
Dr. Yun-Won Hwang from Chung-Ang University
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Yukyung Kim-Cho (English)
Gyeong Ah Jeong (Korean)
Chang Kuk Kim
(82) 2 3210 0126
ykimcho@makehope.org (Eng)
Gyeong Ah Jeong (Kor)
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