HK Agency in our ARI was selected 'a good case in building cooperation networks, at 2011 HK evaluation by National Research Foundation of Korea. Nae Young, Lee the director of ARI presented in World Humanities Forum 2011 HK(Humanity Korea) conference. The conference was held for sharing the good cases and making directions of improvement of research institutes.

'Building a balanced international networks' is the reason why we, HK agency was selected as a good case. ARI has planned to build step1 for 3 years networks at first, but on 1st November, 2011 we signed MOU with 12 global institutes and 16 domestic institutes.

We have built Northern/Beijing base, Eastern base, Central/Shanghai base, Southern base and Taiwan base in China, moreover Kantou and Kansai in Japan. In Europe we built networks with Ecole Francise d'Exteme-Orient and newly Modern East Asia Research Centre in Leiden University.

The director proposed the broad direction of future HK and other directors and the persons concerned gave him positive responses.