Korea specialist and Chair of the Korea Studies Program Professor Clark Sorensen discusses the rising tension between the U.S. and North Korea in an interview with KOMO News Radio. North Korea recently made a ballistic missile-test which increased tension with its neighbor and U.S. ally South Korea. The United States announced in response that it is advancing

Jackson School professor Emeritus and Asia expert Donald Hellman gives his analysis to KING 5 News on what President’s Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the U.S. State Department might mean for the U.S. role in the world. “The separation of defense and diplomacy is an artificial one,” he said, describing the multiple components of an embassy

The East Asia Library at UW is home to one of the most extensive collections of information about Japan, Korea and China in the USA. It’s also home to one of a kind materials, each with its own story unique story of how it was made and how it ended up at the library. This

Beth Do, a student in the Master’s in Applied International Studies program at the Jackson School, writes about a recent public event on North Korea featuring The RAND Corporation. The event was sponsored by the Center for Korea Studies at the Jackson School. Over 100 students, faculty, and interested community members gathered on Thursday, November 10,

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH, 5:30-8:30 PM WALKER-AMES ROOM, KANE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON For the second annual Korean Peninsula Forum, which aims at enhancing the understanding and visibility of issues related to the Korean peninsula in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, the Center for Korea Studies invites Chun, Yung-woo the former ambassador of Republic of Korea

By Muyang Chen The rise of Asia in the space industry brings both challenges and opportunities to the United States. The Pacific Northwest will play a further proactive role in facilitating the continued development of space industry and reinforcing cooperation between the US and Asia. The emergence of space industry brings Seattle, a city of

East Asia FLAS fellow Noelle Roubinek, a graduate student in Korea Studies, with her classmates at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea (Noelle is in red).

Over 30 Seattle area K-12 teachers learned the latest on “Global Asia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” this year, thanks to a unique, decade-long collaboration between The Seattle Times and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. On April 29, 2015, a group of educators gathered for this “Newspapers In Education” event at The Seattle

For the first ground-breaking event for the Korean Peninsula Forum, which aims at enhancing the understanding and visibility of issues related to the Korean peninsula in the Northwest America and beyond, the UW Center for Korea Studies at the Jackson School of International Studies invited Christopher Robert Hill, the former United States ambassador to the

On Thursday, the Jackson School hosted a celebration to name the Korea Studies Program for Sen. Paull Shin, who represented Washington’s 21st Legislative District for 15 years. Shin gathered support for Korea Studies both locally and internationally, as well as supporting legislation to benefit the program. Shin was also instrumental in the creation of the