油膩膩趴趴走記事本

以為上了大學就再也不用寫周記了，但是為什麼我老闆每個禮拜都要我交一篇周記，嗚嗚。這禮拜很繁忙，也開始為我下禮拜的【日本─韓國對話】緊張，希望一切都會很順利完成。

*Project Progress*
I finalized the agenda and did a little flyer for the 6th Japan-Korea Dialogue. I am preparing for the dialogue and still need to make sure that the Japanese students will come. I will contact Dawn and the other Korean students.

I went to a conference on Taiwan politics. It was a very good conference; there were several panels. It dealt with democracy, identity and security in Taiwan. Taiwanese identity and the divide of public opinion are fervently discussed. I met a Korean intern during the luncheon; her major is North Korea Studies and she is interning in IPS. Maybe I can ask her to come to IMTD. I am working on the memo about this conference. I will be able to share with IMTD later.

*News around Northeast Asia*
Chiefs from two Koreas met in Pyongyang
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, met the South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyun, in Pyongyang today for a summit meeting. President Roh travels to North Korea with quite a bold initiative: if North Korea agrees to arms cuts and a de-escalation of half a century of animosity, South Korea will help rebuild the North’s moribund economy, creating a “joint economic community.” This might be the prelude to eventual reunification. However, this summit has a mixed review. President Roh is taking a great risk offering a large sum of unilateral South Korean aid without knowing whether this is just another Kim Jong-il’s tactical move.

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下面這篇蠢信，是我寫給呂秀蓮副總統的．．．我不是很相信她會看然後回應我老闆，但是老闆說：「你要一直嘗試啊！」

副總統您好：

我叫游小乖。（當然是我的匿名~~）我現在在美國華府的非營利組織Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD，多軌外交研究所)工作，本組織的網站是www.imtd.org，上面有更詳細的組織介紹，本組織的理事長是John McDonald大使，大使擔任公職逾四十年，退休後成立了IMTD，致力於多軌外交與衝突解決。

McDonald大使提到他與你早年在黨外時期就有交集，他曾四次來台灣，其中一次當時的政府官員請他用餐，他說好但是要請您一起參加，讓當時政府相當錯愕，他對民進黨相當友善，所以他吩咐我寫信給您希望您與McDonald大使能再次聯繫。

如果可以用英文回信，麻煩請回到大使的信箱jmcdonald@imtd.org，謝謝您。如用中文回信，煩請回信到我的信箱ltyou@imtd.org。

敬祝安康。
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The Sixth Japan-Korea Dialogue:
From Conflicts to Peace
Date: Friday October 12, 2007
Time: 5 pm－7pm
Venue: Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) Office
1901 N. Fort Myer Drive Suite 405
Arlington, VA 22209

Institute of Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) is glad to hold its sixth Japan-Korea Dialogue. Young professionals and students from Japan, Korea and other countries are invited to talk and learn more about the conflicts between the two countries.

Potential Agenda: The participants can alter the order and raise more topics
*Are Japan and South Korea at odds with each other?
*Cultures in conflicts? Nationalism? Cultural adjustment and modernization?
*Role of men and women in the society

*Territory dispute: Dokdo/ Takeshima
*Difference in Textbooks/ Historiography
*The visit to Yasukuni Shrine and comfort women

*The new Prime Minister in Japan: Can he bring peace to Asia?
*The perception of Japanese military expansion/constitutional reform
*The perception of North Korea and its nuclear power
*What can the US do in this conflict?
*Kaesung Industrial Park—Is it effective? Japanese investment?

If you are interested in this event, please contact Northeast Asia Program Officer, Ms. Li-Ting You. RSVP to ltyou@imtd.org or (703) 528-3863 by October 11, 2007.