National Diet Library Newsletter
No. 176, December 2010/February 2011
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The 2nd Mutual Visit Program between the National Diet Library,
the National Assembly Library and the National Assembly
Research Service of Korea
The second mutual visit program with the National Assembly Library (NAL) and the National Assembly Research Service (NARS) of Korea was held from December 6 to 10, 2010, in Seoul. Two of the staff members of the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau of the NDL, Mr. Ken’ichi Terakura (Director, Education, Culture, Science and Technology Division), and Mr. Natsuto Fujiwara (Researcher, Overseas Legislative Information Division) visited the NAL and the NARS for this year’s program.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Paper Session with NAL: Foreign legal information services to the parliament
- NDL report by Mr. Natsuto Fujiwara
- NAL report by Ms.Namhee Kim, Deputy Director of the Law Information Division, Parliamentary Information Office
Mr. Fujiwara introduced the overseas legislative information service provided to the Diet by the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau. Ms. Kim gave an outline of the law information service and network construction with external institutions, including the establishment and opening of the Law Library Advisory Committee.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Paper Session with NARS: Issues of policy and legislation on the costs of higher education
- NDL report by Mr. Ken'ichi Terakura
- NAL report by Dr. Hwankyu, Chung, Legislative Researcher, Education and Science Team
Mr. Terakura reported on the current situation of higher education in Japan, the burden of education costs on households, issues of the scholarship system and the relation between a family's financial situation and the education gap. Dr. Chung reported on the background of the increasing burden of the expense of higher education in Korea, a law amendment to hold down the increase in university tuition fees and the introduction of an income-based repayment scheme for student loans. The education gap in primary and secondary education, and involvement of the Korean Taxation Bureau in the student loan system to ascertain the income amount of borrowers so as to assure pay back was also discussed in the question and answer session.
Mr. Terakura and Mr. Fujiwara at the National Assembly
The two NDL delegates paid a courtesy call on Dr. Jaeil Yoo, Chief Librarian of the NAL, and Mr. Ji Yeon Shim, Chief of the NARS, and exchanged information and opinions with several divisions of NAL and NARS. During their stay, they also visited KOCCA (Korea Creative Content Agency), National Museum of Korea, National Assembly, Blue House and the Seoul National University.
Regarding future programs, it was confirmed that the cooperation will be continued.
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