On November 9, the Sejong Institute held the 4th Thesis Competition on Korea-Japan-China Trilateral Cooperation with the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the host. The competition is to raise awareness of the trilateral cooperation as well as to gather original thoughts on the development of trilateral cooperation. The theses were open to submission from June 1 to October 15, and the selected 12 participants/teams were given the opportunity to present their ideas. The referees evaluated the theses and presentations and awarded one team for the grand prize, two teams for excellence, and three teams for encouragement.