Professor Yunus meets business and political leaders in South Korea
Nobel Peace Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was in Seoul on 14-16 August to discuss social business with business and political leaders of South Korea.
H.E. Kim Moon-Soo, Governor of Gyeonggi province, who is interested in setting up a Social Business Fund in collaboration with the Yunus Centre in Bangladesh, hosted a dinner in honour of Professor Yunus. During this visit Professor Yunus also met with the Korean parliamentarians from both ruling party and the opposition, to discuss how to expedite the process of achieving MDGs globally. The MPs expressed their deep interest in applying social businesses for achieving the MDGs. Their discussions also included issues relating to microcredit in Korea. A meeting of the Parliamentarians was organized by Ambassador Dho Young-shim, member of the UN MDG Advocacy group, which is working to achieve the MDGs globally, under the leadership of the UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon.
Professor Yunus delivered a public lecture on microcredit program at the Ewha Women's University organized by the Ewha Centre for Peace Studies. This lecture was held at the Press Centre of Seoul. Professor Yunus was received by the President of the university and had lunch with Deans and faculty members. Professor Yunus was made the Distinguished Professor of Ewha Women's University in 2007, and is invited to give a lecture every year at the University.
