DAY 1 : Session 1-3 

The first day of the forum will focus on global issues, including U.S. trade policies, the rise of new tariff barriers, and intensifying technological competition. Further sessions will explore the shifting world order, evolving foreign and security strategies, and the future of inter-Korean relations and the U.S.–Korea alliance.

Session 1 discusses Korea's policy options in response to the rapidly evolving global economy shaped by the second Trump administration. It aims to identify future-oriented strategies to address Trump's unpredictable tariff shifts and the US-China technological hegemony competition centered on AI and semiconductors.

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Session 2 discusses Korea's evolving diplomatic and security strategy within the US-centered international order under restructuring by the second Trump administration. It considers the prospects of the Korea-US alliance and regional relations, highlighting Korea's strategic choices amid strengthening North Korea-China-Russia relations and intensifying US-China competition.

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As both North Korea’s and the United States’ policies undergo major shifts with profound implications for South Korea’s security and future, this session offers in-depth analysis and forecasts, while presenting the Korean government’s potential response strategies.

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The Lee Jae-myung administration has already announced three real estate measures since its inauguration, yet the market is showing a trend of accelerating instability rather than stabilization. Doubts are growing about the effectiveness of the government's policies, which have reacted oversensitively to localized, short-term instability in the housing market, as seen in the sequence of the 6.27 Loan Regulations, the 9.7 Supply Measure, and the 10.15 Real Estate Measure. Consequently, the intensity of arguments for the necessity of strengthening real estate taxation, which the President had pledged not to touch, is also increasing. This session aims to diagnose the fundamental reasons for the ineffectiveness and the escalating serious side effects of the government's policies intended to curb real estate prices. We will also attempt an in-depth discussion on the direction of reasonable countermeasures.

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Following the introduction of the U.S. GENIUS Act, debates are heating up around the adoption of dollar and won-based stablecoins. Concerns that stablecoins could undermine financial stability and banks' credit creation function while increasing money laundering risks stand in opposition to expectations for innovation in cross-border remittances and the activation of micropayments in the AI era. The key issues that need to be reviewed will be examined ahead of upcoming legislative discussions on stablecoins.

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