[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 16th that it will hold the ‘1125th 21st Century Jangseong Academy’ by inviting Professor Choi Bae-geun of Konkuk University at the Small Theater of the Culture and Arts Center on the 18th.
Professor Choi Bae-geun is a leading economist in South Korea. In 2010, he was selected as one of the ‘Top 100 Professors in the World’ by the International Biographical Centre (IBC) in Cambridge, UK, and at the same time was chosen as one of the ‘Top 100 Educators in the World’ and ‘Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century Worldwide.’
He also received the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award consecutively in 2017 and 2018.
He graduated from the Department of Economics at Konkuk University and earned a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Georgia in the United States. He has served as president of the Economic History Society, director of the Institute for National Unification, principal of the Dandelion School, and expert member of the National Human Rights Commission.
He is currently a professor in the Department of Economics at Konkuk University.
Recently, he has appeared on numerous broadcasts including TBS News Factory, gaining attention for correcting fake news in the economic field through precise data analysis. His publications include ‘This is Economics’ and ‘Economics of Crisis? Community Economics!’
In this lecture, he plans to explore solutions to unprecedented ‘new beginnings’ phenomena such as COVID-19, global economic turmoil, and climate change through coexistence with artificial intelligence (AI) and restoration of the natural ecosystem balance.
In preparation for the spread of COVID-19, the county has changed the academy’s operation frequency from every Thursday to biweekly (first and third Thursdays) starting this year, and the lecture time is from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
On-site lectures will recruit a limited number of participants in advance through the county website, and online lectures will be broadcast live via the official YouTube channel.
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