The founding director of the Ph. D. Program in Asia-Pacific Regional Studies (APRS), National Dong Hwa University(NDHU), Taiwan, Professor Hurng-Jyuhn Wang, and adjunct Professor of the Ph. D. Program, Doo-Chul Kim, a professor at Okayama University, Japan, visited Indonesia from February 25th to March 5th.

They had a discussion on studying in Japan and Taiwan with the crew of the Centre for Human Rights, Multiculturalism and Migration (CHRM2), University of Jember. The meeting focused on cooperation in journal submission, conference holding, and doctoral student training.

Prof. Wang and Prof. Kim also visited Prof. Ir Sugeng Prijono at Brawijaya University. They went to the agroforestry research base and talked with the farming communities to learn how they conduct agroforestry and what promotes policies they have.
		And then, Prof. Wang and Prof. Kim came to University Sebelas Maret (UNS) and had an appointment with Deputy President Dr. rer.nat. Sajidan. They reached an agreement to plan to sign a MOU to strengthen cooperation between UNS and NDHU.

At University Kristen Indonesia, Prof. Wang and Prof. Kim had a meeting with the Deputy President, Dean of the Educational College, Dean of the Humanities College, Dean of the Diplomatic and International Affairs College, and Director of the Chinese Language Center.

the related report from UniversitasKristenIndonesia

In addition to promoting inter-university cooperation and encouraging students to study in Taiwan, Prof. Wang and Prof. Kim also visited some research bases of doctoral students of the Ph. D. Program in APRS. Because students’ dissertation research bases can be in Taiwan or their home country, several students are working on it in Indonesia now. And it would be a great experience to increase social and cultural exchanges by studying in different places.