News from EcoS

This section compiles all of the news from the EcoS program. You can also see the articles according to the following categories: EcoS up to Date, EcoS in the News or Student's Corner.

12.02.2018
 

DAS! with Prof. Rüdiger Frank

Prof. Frank is interviewed by the German TV magazine "DAS!" on his insights and travels to North Korea.

EcoS Online
06.02.2018
 

Documentation on the DPRK's participation in the 1964 Olympic Games (with Prof Frank's comments)

On the 4th of February, the Austrian broadcasting services featured a documentary on the DPRK's participation in the 1964 Olympic Games with comments...

EcoS Online
16.01.2018
 

Jörg Thiele, a former EcoS student, is now a Myanmar-based Business Development and Marketing Manager for the German company Jebsen & Jessen Southeast...

Student's Corner
16.01.2018
 

On 15 January 2018, EcoS held a workshop with senior experts from the Diplomatic Academy Vietnam.

EcoS Updates
10.01.2018
 

"Tauwetter in Korea?"

Is the current rapprochment on the Korean peninsula a short-lived flare or a lasting development?

EcoS Online
09.01.2018
 

"In Washington ist man ein wenig nervös"

In Austrian newspaper Der Standard, Prof. Frank comments on the current rapprochment between North and South Korea, international mediation, and the...

EcoS Online
09.01.2018
 

Prof. Rüdiger Frank's Interview with "ZDF Heute"

On the 8th of January, 'ZDF Heute' featured an interview with Prof. Rüdiger Frank on the current talks between North and South Korea.

EcoS Online
04.01.2018
 

The is a change for the guest lecture by Dr. Min Wonjung "Behind the Curtains: How Politics and Economic Pressures Impact the Evolution and Exchange...

EcoS Updates
03.01.2018
 

On 9 January, 6:15 pm, Prof. Rüdiger Frank will give a public lecture on "Between Defensive Realism and Economic Reforms: Quo Vadis, North Korea?"

EcoS Updates
03.01.2018
 

Self-Confidence after a Tough Year

On 38 North, Prof. Frank commented on the 2018 New Year speech by Kim Jong-un.

EcoS Online
12.12.2017
 

In October 2017, EcoS student Kristian Viflot traveled to Japan as participant of the MIRAI program, offered by the Japanese Foreign Ministry. In the...

EcoS Updates
01.12.2017
 

In a commented slideshow of pictures taken during his own travels in the DPRK, Prof. Frank offers a rare view inside the hermit kingdom.

EcoS Online
01.12.2017
 

On January 9, we are pleased to have Dr. Min Wonjung hosting the guest lecture "Behind the Curtains: How Politics and Economic Pressures Impact the...

EcoS Updates
29.11.2017
 

"Nordkorea unempfindlich gegen Sanktionen"

For the upcoming episode of 3sat's business programme Makro, Prof. Frank explains the limitations of sanctions in dealing with the DPRK, China's...

EcoS Online
15.11.2017
 

From summer semester 2018 onward, the University of Vienna will apply a new tuition fee structure for students coming from a non-EU/EEA country.

EcoS Updates