Startup fever in Southeast Asia and its implication for India to improve indispensable public services(5)

Recent startup boom across Southeast Asia

The number of internet users in key countries of Southeast Asia like Vietnam and the Philippines has been mounting the fastest on the planet. A recent article from the Wall Street Journal rings another bell that whopping 120,000 online users are newly marked in the region on a daily basis. 

There is further prediction that 480 million people almost nearing the entire population of the EU (European Union) will be accessed to internet in Southeast Asia by 2020.

 

SKKU proud of Asia's oldest university(1)

SKKU boasts of Asia's oldest university with over 600-year-long history

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) was founded in 1398 as the highest national educational institute in the early years of the Chosun Dynasty in South Korea. 

As the oldest university in Asia, it has fostered leaders of the Korean society for more than 600 years. '修己治人,' pronounced as 'Su-Gi-Chi-In,' SKKU's main ideology, teaches that SKKU students sincerely strive to perfect themselves to contribute to the society. 

Old Sungkyunkwan was established over 600 years ago by royal decree to promote the scholarship in Confucianism. As a nation's highest educational institution, old Sungkyunkwan went through vicissitudes with the country it had served. 

Though a long history alone cannot guarantee the excellence of an institution, the rich culture, which exudes from a profound tradition, is surely a unique and valuable asset of the school.

Walking around Cafes in Indonesia(2)

Introduction of Indonesian cafes along with local coffee culture

My desire to truly explore the local coffee culture becomes stronger as my experience on Indonesia gets richer in both quantity and quality. That finally led to my frequent visits to cafes in the country.

 

By that time, I also started working as an Indonesian correspondent for COFFEE SPACE, a monthly coffee magazine issued in Korea. Whenever available, I tried to walk around cafes with decent reputation here and there in the nation. 

Indonesian friends were generous enough to advise me places to navigate. Bookstores were right spots where I managed to collect useful information especially on weekend.