In my opinion, 21st century is the era of Asia. We live in a world of porous borders, in which relationships between people, groups,firms,non-governmantal organizations and states. One of the most important issue is the high levels of complexity and integration of economics politics and cultural. As a Thai which is one of the ASEAN members. I feel the rush of ASEAN regionalism.So,I decided to choose an academic major is International Politics. Because, I would like to study the role of the state and other agents both in traditional diplomatic interactions and increasingly salient transnational problems and processes. My primary goal of study is not only to study all aspects of Political Science, particularly with East Asian and Southeast Asian studies, but also do the research about Thailand-South Korea relations in the context of ASEAN regionalism.
My study plan focuses on Korean and Thailand applied academic research on the politics, economies, societies, and cultures of East and Southeast Asian countries. Moreover, Following the rise of China, the future of the Korean peninsula and the change of ASEAN regionalism which is affected to Thailand-South Korea relations.So, In the phase of ASEAN regionalism I would like to analyze the increasing interdependence between Thailand-South Korea. Basically, South Korea began its relationship with ASEAN in 1989. And Thailand23 has now become an extremely important trade and investment partner for Seoul. Therefore, The title of my research is ASEAN Regionalism: Thailand-South Korea relations. South Korea is aroused as one of the influential powers in the world reflected in the relations between Thailand and South Korea which is a partnership arouses me of several questions “What’s exactly ASEAN integration which affected the relations between Thailand and South Korea” Or Will South Korea directly gain plentiful consequences through ASEAN integration in terms of Thailand-South Korea relations” Accordingly, I want to figure out the interactions between Thailand and South Korea.In consist of the appearance of ASEAN regionalism and the role of Thailand-South Korea relations which demonstrate the developing process of ASEAN-South Korearelations in this Era.
The department of Political Science in ... has many classes such as Theories of Inter-Korean Relations, Modern Korean Political Thought, and Methodology of Korean Politics which really suits my needs. I am willing to work on my Korean and hope to have proficient in Korean the same as English first. After that I will put all my efforts to get all the experience which helps me for further achievement in my research. I am certainly that KNU will be able to have good study environment and academic experiences and I will be able to fulfill my goal of study in this field with the excellent teaching staff and academic supervisors who are outstanding in the research, educational capacities and in directing the focus of their studies by developing a specialization liked to their intellectual interests and professional goals.