SERI Quarterly Vol.5, No.3

002 From the CEO CHUNG Ki-Young
008 Executive Summaries

FEATURE
014 Korea Needs to Groom More Top Scientists and Engineers BAE Seong-O
022 China’s Strategy for Nurturing Core Workers as a Global Talent Power QIU Jing and XU Liyan
032 Japan: The Dilemma of a Technological Power Yutaka Kato
042 Singapore Making Progress as a ‘Brain Gain’ Nation Toh Mun Heng and Jiang Bo

FOCUS
050 Time to Invest in Disadvantaged Young Children Seong Hyeok Moon
060 Lessons from K-pop’s Global Success SEO Min-Soo

SQ INTERVIEW
067 Prof. Isao Yanagimachi on East Asia’s Talent Race

CASE STUDY
072 Benikea Hotels of Korea JOO Young-Min

DEPARTMENTS
Economy
082 Is Korea’s Economic Recovery Sustainable? SHIN Changmock
088 Korea’s Rural Population Reverses Its Outflow KIM Sun-Bin
Industry
094 Cars Suggest the Future of Chemical Materials KIM Dong-Min
Consumer & Society
099 The Cosmetics Industry Adopts a High-Tech Makeover KANG Chan-Koo
North Korea Bulletin
104 The Kim Jong-Un Era: Style, Ideology and Diplomacy LIM Soo-Ho
111 Obama’s Evolving North Korean Policy Bruce Klingner