Paraguay-Korea cooperation

I was inspired by a recent symposium on a Paraguay-Korea alliance that I had the opportunity to listen in on last week. (You can read about it on the Global Peace Foundation website's landing page here.)

The main topic of the symposium was about building an alliance between Korea and Paraguay for the development and prosperity of both nations.

What struck me was to see how having a strong vision, principles, and values is essential to the success of even a complex task like nation-building. Without a foundation of a common ethical code, even a nation's development is hindered because its companies are less likely to receive foreign investment due to a lack of trust in the long-term stability of that company.

Carlos Gustavo Fernandez Valdovinos, President of Central Bank of Paraguay

I realized that modern developed countries (including the United States and Korea), have gradually forfeited their moral foundations rooted in traditional family values and culture in the hastened pursuit of economic advancement and development.

Recognizing this demerit, I’m very intrigued with the solution presented in this symposium of pursuing moral and economic development in tandem. I believe this will be a historic symposium in solving the ethical and humanitarian challenges facing our world.