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DAY 128 April 2025 (Monday)
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8:00 - 9:00Registration
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9:00 - 9:20Opening Program
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SESSION 1Moderator: Marco ANGULO
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9:20 - 10:00KEYNOTE SPEECH
Gendered Mobility of North Korean Women in the Post-Cold War Era
Sung Kyung KIM (University of North Korean Studies)
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10:00 - 10:30Q&A
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10:30 - 10:50Coffee break
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SESSION 2Moderator: Mark YSLA
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10:50 - 11:502024 UP KRC Core Research Projects
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Paradiplomatic Realities: Diplomacy Taking Roots Through City Sisterhood - Emil Miah DAMIAN
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Balancing Benefits: Analyzing the Economic Outcomes of the Philippines-South Korea Free Trade Agreement - Axl Fitzgerald BULAWAN
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Gender, National Interests, and Constructions of the "Comfort Women" Issue: The Philippine Legislature from the 9th to 18th Congress - Joshua Emmanuel RAMOS
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11:50 - 12:10Open forum
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12:10 - 13:10Lunch break
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SESSION 3Moderator: Amparo UMALI III
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13:10 - 14:10The Master’s Duty: Tourism qua Critique of Asymmetrical Japanese Colonial Policies in Yi Sang’s “Miscellaneous Writings by Autumn Lamplight” - John FRANKL
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Subversive Gaze in Whispering Corridors (1998) - Andrew Sanggyu LEE (recording)
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The Importance of 한강 Han Kang's 채식주의자 The Vegetarian as a Piece of Feminist Literature: Reading Korean Literature through a Philosophical Lens - Ingrid Mae DE JESUS
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14:10 - 14:30Open forum
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14:30 - 14:50Coffee break & GS197 Poster presentation
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SESSION 4Moderator: Marian GONGORA
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14:50 - 15:50Balancing Competition and Collaboration: Japan and South Korea’s Roles in Southeast Asia within the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Framework - Maria Thaemar TANA (recording)
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Non-Priority or Lost Opportunity? South Korea’s Naval Diplomacy with the Philippines in Strategic Perspective - Joshua Bernard B. ESPEÑA
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Unveiling The Evolution of Korean Wave: A Policy Analysis And Involvement of Chaebols From Park Geun-Hye To Moon Jae-In Era (2013-2022) - Manuel Antonio D. SALAK, Elijah Justin SORIANO, & Ma. Regina P. AGUSTIN
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15:50 - 16:10Open forum
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16:10 - 16:40Special Performance: Korean Traditional Dance Team NARA
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16:40 - 16:50DAY 1 Synthesis & Exit the venue
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DAY 229 April 2025 (Tuesday)
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SESSION 5Moderator: Jasmine ROMBAOA
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9:20 - 10:00PLENARY SPEECH
How South Korean Entrepreneurs Reconstruct Filipino Women as English Instructors
Jung-Eun LEE (Ritsumeikan University)
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10:00 - 10:30Q&A
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10:30 - 10:50Coffee break
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SESSION 6Moderator: Johanna ZULUETA
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10:50 - 11:50Korean Migration to the Philippines: The 1.5 Generation - Neville Jay MANAOIS
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Korean Diaspora as Agents of Migration to the Philippines: A Study on Korean Community Association in the Philippines - Hannah Faith MONANA
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When Age is Just a Number: The Case of Middle-Aged Filipina K-pop Concert-Goers - Rochelle LEONOR
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11:50 - 12:10Open forum
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12:10 - 13:10Lunch break & GS197 Poster presentation
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SESSION 7Moderator: Jean ENCINAS-FRANCO
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13:10 - 14:10Navigating Migration and Faith: Examining the Role of Religion Among Korean Christian Migrants in Angeles City - Joseph DIZON
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Korean Influence in the Kapampangan Foodscape in Angeles City - Charlene MANESE
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Preliminary Analysis of the Linguistic Landscape of Fil-Am Friendship Highway, Angeles City, Pampanga - Patricia Grace BUGAYONG
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14:10 - 14:30Open forum
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14:30 - 14:50Coffee break & GS197 Poster presentation
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SESSION 8Moderator: Marshal MURILLO
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14:50 - 15:50From stans to active citizens: Spaces and motivations for civic (re)engagement in K-pop fandoms in the Philippines - Joesyl Marie D. ARANAS, Lyann Marie S. ESPAÑOLA, & Sarah Margaret G. GAVILE
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What’s next for Korean Pop Music: A stakeholder theory perspective - Erik Paolo S. CAPISTRANO
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Gothicizing Han: Squid Game as a Site of Korean Gothic Imaginary - Jan Marvin A. GOH
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15:50 - 16:10Open forum
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15:40 - 16:00GS197 Poster presentation & Coffee break
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SESSION 9Moderator: Ariel LOPEZ
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16:00 - 17:00A Comparative Examination of Developments in the Modern Civil Service in South Korea and the Philippines and their Divergence After the Post-War Era - Ador R. TORNEO
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Martial Law in the 21st Century: Comparative Perspectives from the Philippines and South Korea - Josiah Patrick BAGAYAS
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A Comparative Study on the Development Paths and Impacts of Confucian Familism in Chinese and South Korean Society: From the Late 19th Century to the Present - Shuyu ZHANG
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17:00 - 17:20Open forum
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17:20 - 17:30CLOSING & Photo-op
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