Joongang Ilbo 12/22

http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=1323831

Jay Kim gave a lecture on current affairs on December 22. It was sponsored by the Washington Council of Security Organizations and Korean Veterans Association in theUS.

During his lecture, he said, “North Korea had agreed with the US to halt its uranium enrichment program, which is the core of its nuclear program, before Kim Jong-il died,” and “because of this, the US and North Korea will meet in Beijing in the near future to discuss the issue again under the new circumstances after Kim Jong-il’s death.”

Next, he said, “Though North Korea launched missiles right after Kim’s death, it does not seems to have any significance,” and “it seems that Kim Jong-un allowed a scheduled experiment to be carried out without thinking too much about it”.

Then, he said, “The US has focused on theMiddle Eastuntil recently so thatChinahas become a new dominant force inAsia,” and “now, theUSseems to change its focus from theMiddle EasttoAsianext year”

In addition, he forecasted, “North Koreawill finish the solidification of Kim Jong-un’s leadership in two months” and wondered “what will be the position thatNorth Koreawill take after that”.

Korean Radio Broadcasting 12/19

http://www.nyradiokorea.com/news/view.asp?idx=6195&pageno=

In his interview withKRB, Jay Kim emphasized that the Korea-US FTA was advantageous to both countries.  He claimed that theUSmade a free trade agreement withKoreato use it as an outpost for the Chinese and Japanese markets and that during that process, the advancement of Korean-Americans would be great.

AboutNorth Koreaafter the death of Kim Jong-il, he expected that the transition of power to Kim Jong-un would be established in two months, since the military has no alternative. He forecasted there would be a change in the foreign policy ofNorth Koreamade by young Kim Jong-un, which will lead to a better relationship betweenNorth Koreaand the US.

Kim predicted that the Korean politics would be stabilized by the recovery of the Grand National Party and the unification of oppositions.

He also made a rosy prediction that the economies of Korea and the US would do well despite the financial crisis in Europe and that next year would be the year that Korea would take its first step toward a path to become an advanced nation.

 

Joongang Ilbo 12/15

http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=1319363

Jay Kim claimed, “The voice against the Korea-US FTA is coming from the so-called ‘left’, which is incited byNorth Korea. Contrary to the opposition’s claim, FTA will revive the economies of the two countries.”

He said, “Some people raise their voices as if most Koreans or Koreans in theUSopposed the Korea-US FTA, but they are only in the minority,” and emphasized, “In the areas of automobile, beef and currently controversial ISD, there are many aspects that are advantageous toKorea”.

According to him, since the total amount of investment that theUShas made inKoreais $44.9 billion and the total amount of investment thatKoreahas made in theUSis $53.4 billion,Koreamay benefit more from ISD which allows companies to get mediation on unfair treatment from the government of the country in which they invest. He added, “The FTA is expected to be into effect around next March”.

Donga Ilbo 11/23

http://news.donga.com/Economy/New/3/01/20111123/42077646/1

After hearing the news of the ratification of the Korea-US FTA in the National Assembly, Jay Kim emphasized, “The politicians who try to use the FTA issue for next year’s election by instigating the innocent poor will be judged by the people”.

Paran News 12/3

http://media.paran.com/news/view.kth?dirnews=4001152&year=2011

On December 3, Jay Kim attended a publication ceremony for Choi Min-ho, the former chairman of the Multifunctional Administrative City Construction Agency.

Chosun Ilbo 12/1

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/12/01/2011120102101.html

Jay Kim gave a keynote presentation at the ‘GTX Forum’ on December 1. The forum was sponsored by Gyeonggido and organized by Gyeonggi Research Institute. It was attended by fifty people including the governor of Gyeonggido, Kim Moon-soo, and experts from related fields.

During his presentation, Kim claimed, “Public transportation similar to the GTX that Gyeonggido is pursuing is already in place in major cities of the world” and emphasized that the capital region should develop a more convenient environment for living through the GTX project.

HelloDD 11/13

http://www.hellodd.com/kr/dd_news/article_view.asp?mark=36088

“Colonel Sanders traveled around the U.S. to sell his chicken recipe when he was 65 years old. He was rejected 1008 times, but every time he was rejected, he said, “Again.” Finally, in his 1009^th trial, he made KFC.”

Jay Kim gave a lecture on ‘why aren’t there any heroes around us?’ at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on November 13. In his lecture, he talked about real heroes of our time, what people should learn from them, and the social conditions that foster those heroes.

He listed American heroes such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln, and raised a question about the universality of their status as heroes. He said, “There are many cases like Jefferson’s where the heroic image has been broken after a revealed mistake,” and “Lincoln’s image as a hero is relative in the sense that he is recognized as a hero only by some part of the people”.

He pointed out that after Yi Sun-sin, there were “no real heroes recognized by more than 80 % of the people in Korea, and there are only unverified heroes.”

 

He claimed that the requirements of a hero should be considered in relation to the characteristics of our time, and emphasized that a hero should have a wide viewpoint instead of that of a specialist in one area.

As the characteristics of our time, he picked: English as an international language, imagination rather than experience, short message, positive thinking, etc.

He expressed the need for the spirit of challenge as Colonel Sanders had and the importance of putting in efforts for the future.

In addition, he used Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan as examples to show a difference in leadership. He claimed, “Carter is regarded as the most incapable president of the U.S. He could not draw a big picture, which wore on those around him. On the other hand, Reagan showed great leadership and knew how to use the right people in the right places.”

He emphasized a social atmosphere that could foster leaders, saying that peace “should be maintained by conversation and cooperation instead of power,” and “young people should be given opportunities to work and communicate.”

Korea Economic Daily 11/25

http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?type=2&aid=2011112563711&nid=910&sid=01061002

Jay Kim claimed that the incident where Kim Sun-dong, National Assemblyman from the Democratic Labor Party, sprayed tear gas in the National Assembly during the ratification process of the Korea-U.S. FTA was ‘the destruction of parliamentary democracy.’ He claimed, “This kind of incident is unimaginable in the U.S. congress,” and criticized other members of the National Assembly, saying that he “could not understand why other assemblymen were not doing anything about it after the incident.”

He claimed that a similar incident in the U.S. congress would cost the congressman his seat and political life due to disciplinary action or negative reactions from his district, and raised a question about the possibility of sneaking a bomb into the Assembly building.

He pointed out, “Unlike advanced nations where slightly unpleasant remarks or personal attacks would bring political disadvantages to those who have committed such acts, our National Assembly is defenselessly left open to a terrorist threat from a small number of radicals”.

Kyeongin Ilbo 11/1

http://vote.kyeongin.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=614709

Jay Kim went to Icheon on November 1 to visit the Gyeonggi International CeraMIX Biennale and the Woljeon Museum of Art, after which he had a meeting with the mayor of Icheon, Cho Byung-don.

Asia Economy Daily 10/24

http://stoo.asiae.co.kr/news/stview.htm?idxno=2011102413472146206

Jay Kim gave a lecture, “I do not give up hope,” as the 87^th HUNET Lecture at the KFOST International Convention Center on October 19.

During the lecture, Kim claimed that the Korea-U.S. FTA was not a zero-sum game, and urged that people should not be afraid of the free trade agreement.

He pointed out that the markets of various service industries such as finance, insurance, real estate, law, etc., would be open, but claimed that people should not be afraid of the U.S. service industries beforehand and that in the open legal market, for example, Korean lawyers may turn out to be more competitive than U.S. lawyers from rural areas.

He expected that the Korean agricultural industry could face the most challenges from the FTA, pointing out the cheap price of Californian rice and the fatal effect that it would have without the tariff.

However, he emphasized that it should be taken into consideration that the U.S. gave up the shipbuilding market which is 50 times as big as the rice market.

He also advised that this crisis could be overcome by changing rice-oriented agriculture into more competitive crops such as apples and pears.