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KLRI Holds Academic Conference on "New Government's Legislative Policy Direction and Legal Challenges"
- Date 2025-06-30 View 5
The Korea Legislation Research Institute (President Yeong-soo Han) held a joint academic conference with the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice on the theme "New Government's Legislative Policy Direction and Legal Challenges" at the SC Convention Center starting at 2 PM on Monday, June 30th.
This joint conference was organized to explore legislative policy directions for key economic and social issues requiring national attention, coinciding with the inauguration of the new administration.
The opening ceremony featured an opening address by Woong-seok Jeong of the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, a welcome speech by Yeong-soo Han, President of the KLRI, and congratulatory remarks by Dong-cheon Shin, Chairman of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
President Yeong-soo Han stated in his welcome address, “In a situation demanding a paradigm shift to address complex challenges such as the rapidly changing technological environment and shifts in population structure, flexibility and proactive responsiveness are also required across the laws and institutions that form the foundation of our society.” He added in his welcome address, “Through collaboration between our two institutions, I hope we can derive practical legislative alternatives that combine academic insight with policy implementation capabilities, thereby meeting the new administration's governance philosophy and the expectations of the people.”
This academic conference holds special significance as it is jointly hosted by two institutions specializing in legal research among the 26 state-funded research institutes under the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences. The two institutions selected AI and foreign policy among recent social topics of common research interest as themes for in-depth discussion.
The first session, moderated by Hae-sung Yoon, Director of the AI and Future Policy Research Division at the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice, examined "Directions for Legal System Improvement in Response to the AI Era." Won-jun Jeong, Leader of the AI Legislation Team at the KLRI, presented on "Key Contents and Future Development Directions of the Basic Act on Artificial Intelligence," while Yu-ri Sung from the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice presented on "The Present and Future of Behavior-Based AI Technology." Professor Cheon-su Yang of Yeungnam University and Research Fellow Jun-cheol Kim of the Seoul Institute participated in the discussion.
The second session, moderated by Hyun-sook Cha, Director of the Department of Legislative Innovation at the KLRI, featured discussions on "Future-Oriented Foreign Legal Policies Responding to Social Change." Hyo-won Choi, Associate Research Fellow, presented on "Improvement Directions for Policies Related to Employment of Foreign Students," while Kwang-dong Park, Senior Research Fellow, presented on "Directions for Foreigner Legislation Policy from a Social Integration Perspective." Ji-eun Han, Ph.D. from Konkuk University, and Jin-hong Lee, Professor at Konkuk University, participated in the discussion, continuing the dialogue on foreigner legal affairs policy and legislation policy.
Meanwhile, the Korea Legislation Research Institute, as the nation's sole state-funded research institute specializing in legislation, actively conducts legislative policy research across diverse fields. This includes publishing approximately 400 legislative and legal research reports and publications annually.
Date: June 30, 2025 (Monday)
Venue: SC Convention Center