Curriculum Vitae

DR. TAN SOO KEE

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of East Asian Studies
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • 03-79675589

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND CULTURE
    S. Korea

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD (International Studies), (Arts)
    Seoul National University, Korea
  • MInt.Stud, (PERNIAGAAN ANTARABANGSA)
    Ehwa Womans University, South Korea
  • BA (Hons)(East Asian Studies & Chinese Studies), (PENGAJIAN ASIA TIMUR)
    Universiti Malaya (UM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Head of Department
    16 Jan 2023 - present (Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • AJK Kurikulum Ijazah dasar
    14 Mar 2019 - 13 Mar 2024 (Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Head of Department
    03 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Deputy Head
    17 Feb 2021 - 16 Feb 2022 (Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MEMBER OF MALAYSIA SCHOLARS ON KOREA NETWORK (MASK), MEMBER
    2023 to present (International)
  • MAJAS LIFETIME MEMBER, MEMBER
    Since 2021 (National)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBER OF KEN 2 MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, COMMITTEE MEMBER
    2020 to 2022 (National)
  • JABATAN PENGAJIAN ASIA TIMUR, EXAMINER
    2018 to 2018 (University)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, ASSESSORS
    2018 to 2018 (University)
  • JABATAN PENGAJIAN ASIA TIMUR, ASSESSORS
    2018 to 2018 (University)
  • DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
    2018 to 2018 (International)
  • MAJAS, COMMITTEE
    2018 to 2018 (National)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Korea Foundation Fellowship 2019 (Field Research program)
    Korea Foundation, 2019 (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Asmadi Hassan, Tan Soo Kee, Muhammad Muhsein Kamarudin, Rohayati Paidi (2023). FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: AN ASSESSMENT OF PUTTING LEARNING INTO PRACTICE AMONG ALUMNI OF KOREA STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA. WILAYAH-The International Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol 12, No.1
  2. S.K Tan ( 2021). Global pandemic, technology booms and new business trends: The case of Japan. International Journal of East Asian Studies, 10(1), 120-140.
  3. Tan, S.K ( 2020). State supports and competitiveness of industry: The shipbuilding industry in Korea, International Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol.9, No.1, 2020.pp.32-46
  4. Tan, S.K (2017). Race in the shipbuilding industry: Case of South Korea, China and Japan, The International Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol.6, No.1, pp.34-50.
  5. Tan, SK.(2016). Korean economy: From protectionism to liberalism. International Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.29-41
  6. Tan Soo Kee. 2015. The role of Korean collectivism in South Korea's industrialization process.International journal of East Asian Studies. 4(1):35-48
  7. Asmadi Hassan, Rohayati Paidi and Tan Soo Kee. 2014. The Issue of Japan s Marine Corps Air Force Station Futenma s Relocation and the Fall of Hatoyama. International Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2013/2014, pp. 1-12
  8. Asmadi Hassan, Rohayati Paidi and Tan Soo Kee. 2014. The issue of Japan's Marine Corps Air Force Station Futenma's Relocation and the fall of Hatoyama. International Journal of East Asian Studies. vol.3, no.2.pp.1-12
  9. Kim Seung Jin & Kim GiSeung. Changes in Revealed Comparative Advantage of South Korea and Her Major European Union Trading Countries, International Journal of East Asian Studies, UM, 3(2): 47-68
  10. Tan Soo Kee.2013.South Korea's outward foreign direct investment in South East Asia:Trends,motivation and case studies
  11. Tan Soo Kee.2011.Policy responces to the Asian Currency Crisis: The case of Malaysia and South Korea. International Journal of East Asian Studies vol.1,no.1 .pp.97-114
  12. Tan Soo Kee, Influence of Confucianism on Korean Corporate Culture , Asian Profile, Vol.36, No.1 (Feb issue of 2008), pp.9-20
  13. Md.Nasrudin Md.Akhir& Tan Soo Kee.2007.Education and Research on Korean Studies in Malaysia. International Review of Korean Studies Vol. 4, No.1, 2007
Books
  1. Geetha Govindasamy, Park Chang Kyoo and Tan Soo Kee (eds), Korean Affairs: A Contemporary View, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Malaya, 2010.
Chapter in Books
  1. Tan, S.K (2023). Japanese and South Korean Foreign Direct Investments in Malaysia: Motivation and Trends . In Nasrudin M.A, Ikhbal M.H and Asmadi H. (Eds), Evolution and Multidimensional Reflections of Malaysia's Look East Policy (pp. 164-178). Bangi: UKM Press
  2. Tan, S.K ( 2019). Perbandingan Keiretsu Jepun dan Chaebol Korea Selatan: Fungsi Konglomerat dan Kepentingan Hubungan Politik. In Paidi, R., Hassan, A. and Akhir, N. Jepun dan Dinamisme Global. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 177-196.
  3. Paidi, R., Seo, W.J., & Tan, S.K.(2018). Homogeneity,Diversity and Multiculturalism in Japan. Insight into East Asia: Bridging the past and present. Azman, D.M., & Govindasamy.G. (93-109) Kuala Lumpur: UM press
  4. Soo Kee Tan and Rohayati Paidi. (2018). Growing Competitiveness of China's Manufacturers and its Challenges to South Korea. In Muhammad Danial Azman & Geetha Govindasamy (Eds.). Insights to East Asia: Bridging the Past and Present (pp. 39-58). Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press.
  5. Tan Soo Kee.2012.Foreign worker's policies and issues in South Korea. in Asian Migration Policy: South, Southeast and East Asia, Md.Mizanur Rahman and AKM Ahsan Ullah eds.New York: Nova Science. pp. 41-56
  6. Tan,Soo Kee.2010.Collectivism and Korean Youth Drinking Pattern.In Geetha Govindasamy, Park Chang Kyoo and Tan Soo Kee eds. Korean Affairs: Contemporary View. Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya.pp.147-162
  7. Asmadi Hassan, Tan Soo Kee.Rohayati Paidi.2009. Dasar Buruh Asing dan Isu-isu Buruh Indonesia di Jepun dan Korea Selatan. in Md.Nasrudin Md. Akhir.Geetha Govindasamy.Zakaria Mustafa eds.Japan and East Asia: Diplomacy and Strategic Partnership.Kuala Lumpur: Department of East Asian Studies, University of Malaya.hlm.135-156
  8. Tan Soo Kee.Zakaria Mustafa.2009.Perbandingan Budaya Korporat Korea Selatan dengan Jepun. in Md.Nasrudin Md Akhir.Rohayati Paidi eds.Japan and the Asia Pacific.Kuala Lumpur: Department of East Asian Studies, University of Malaya.hlm.200-236
  9. Tan Soo Kee, 2008 .Korean Studies in Malaysia: Development and Research Issues. "Korean Studies in South East Asia".Inha BK Korean Studies Project Team. Seoul Incheon: Inha University
  10. Tan Soo Kee, Economic Relations Between South Korea And Malaysia(1960-2004): Development And Challenges in Md Nasrudin Md Akhir (ed.), Asia Timur Dalam Era Globalisas, Kuala Lumpur: East Asia Studies Department, University Of Malaya, 2005, pp. 111-142.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Tan Soo Kee.2014. Key drivers of Korea's FDI in South East Asia. 6th KoSASA Biennial International Conference's proceeding, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.403-421
  2. Tan Soo Kee.2009.Foreign Worker's Policies and Issues in South Korea: Focus on the workers from the South East Asian Region.Proceeding of the Sixth Biennial Conference Korean Studies Association of Australasia: Global Korea: Old and New. University of Sydney. Australia.pp/545-557
  3. Tan Soo Kee, 2007 Korean Studies in Malaysia: Development and Challenges , the Second International Conference of the Korean Studies Association of Southeast Asia: Korean Studies in Southeast Asia Strategic Cooperation and Development in Research and Education, 29 January- 1 Feb 2007, Proceedings ,Kuala Lumpur, pp21-29

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • International business ( East Asia and S.Korea) (Korea)
  • Cross culture and competitiveness ( East Asia and S.Korea) (Economy and culture )

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2017 - 2019, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG Programme) - SBS (Equitable Society)
    Rise Of China And Its Threat To South Korean Key Competitiveness Industries ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2017 - 2019, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG Programme) - SBS (Equitable Society)
    Diversity And Multiculturalism In Japan ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2014 - 2015, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Motivation of Korean FDI in Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2008
    Korean Business Practice and culture
Private
  1. 2020 - 2023, Private Funding
    The Role Of Government In Current Industrial Development: Case Of Sounth Korea And China ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2007 - 2008, Short Term Research Fund (Vote F)(PJP)
    Perubahan Ciri-Ciri Budaya Organisasi Perniagaan Korea Selatan: Pertembungan Budaya Tradisi dengan Budaya Barat ( Principal Investigator(PI))

PAPER PRESENTED

PRESENTER
  1. Key drivers of Korea's FDI in South East Asia., 6th Kosasa Biennial International Conference, KoSASA( Korean Studies Association of South East Asia) (International) (23 Sep 2014 - 25 Sep 2014)
  2. Foreign Workers\' Policies and Issues in South Korea: Focus on the workers from the South East Asian Region, Global Korea: Old and New, The Sixth Biennial Conference Korean Studies Association of Australia (International) (08 Jul 2009 - 10 Jul 2009)
  3. Akhir Jepun dalam ASEAN+3: Ke Arah Pembentukan Komuniti Asia Timur( EAC), Seminar Internasional: Indonesia-Malaysia Update 2008, Universitas Gadhja Mada (International) (27 May 2008 - 29 May 2008)
  4. Korean Studies in Malaysia: Development and Challenges, The Second International Conference of the Korean Studies Association of Southeast Asia: Korean Studies in Southeast Asia Strategic Cooperation and Development in Research and Education, University of Malaya- KAREC (International) (29 Jan 2007 - 01 Feb 2007)

TEACHING

Bachelor
  1. (2020) AIG3028 - Korean Organizational Culture

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Committee of Majas(Malaysia Association of Japanese Studies), (01 Dec 2018 - 01 Dec 2019)