This year’s contest is the “Midwest Korean Policy Op-Ed Contest.”
This year, the Institute for Korean Studies is partnering with the George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies to host the "Midwest Korean Policy Op-Ed Contest." The contest is open to any policies made in South Korea. Some examples include but are not limited to:
- Aging/fertility/birthrates
- Migration
- Gender war
- Unification
- Medical school reform
- Climate change
- Online sex crimes
- Housing prices
- Elder poverty
Eligibility
- Any undergraduate students currently enrolled in universities in the Midwest
Requirements
- Op-eds must be between 800-1200 words
- Submissions must be in either PDF or Word Doc format
- Use hyperlinks for all sources. If quoting from a secondary source that is not available online, hyperlink to the book on the publisher's website or the amazon page for the book. (necessary for publication on KEI blog).
Criteria
- Analysis of a specific policy issue and its significance
- Content of proposed policy recommendations
- Evidence to support the policy recommendations
- Technique (writing, sources, etc).
Submission Method
- Submit op-eds to iks@iu.edu
Prizes
- Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places
- Winning piece will also be published in Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI)’s flagship blog“The Peninsula.”
Deadline: December 1, 2024
If you have any questions about the project, please contact iks@iu.edu
This year's winners
The winning piece for this year's competition is "Addressing South Korea’s Provider-to-Patient Ratio Crisis" by Destiny Kanning from the Michigan State University. You can read her winning piece on the KEI Blog here.
1st place: Destiny Kanning (Michigan State University). "Addressing South Korea’s Provider-to-Patient Ratio Crisis."
2nd place: Michael Ridyard (University of Illnois Urbana-Champagne). “Addressing Elderly Poverty in an Aging Society.”
3rd place: Eva Collins (Indiana University - Bloomington). "Deepfakes, Nth Rooms, and Spycams: Cybercrime is the New Frontier for South Korea’s Gender War."
