SEOUL, KOREA: “Local Politics and Basic Income: International Conference on Basic Income, June 19-20, 2015

The Basic Income Korean Network (BIKN) held a two-day, international conference on “Local Politics and Basic Income” at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, June 19-20, 2015. Topics ad the conference included activism for basic incoe, local and international movements for Basic Income around the world, the political feasibility of Basic Income, and youth and Basic Income. Participants included Hyosang Ahn of BIKN, Karl Widerquist of SFS-Q of Georgetown University, Zhiyuan Cui of Tsinghua University, Nowan Kwak of the University of Seoul, Enno Schmidt of the Swiss campaign for Basic Income, Sarath Davala of the Self-Employed Women’s Association of India, Anja Askeland of the Basic Income Earth Network, Ju-on Kim of the Basic Youth Network, and several others.