Sarah Leibson has been awarded a Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study Korean language in South Korea during the 2018-19 academic year. Sarah is currently and undergraduate student studying Korean and International Studies at the University of Washington. David L. Boren Scholarships and Fellowships are sponsored by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), a major federal

The presidency of Donald Trump is having a significant impact on international affairs, global alliances, the U.S. role in the world, and on the status and politics of other countries. The Jackson School of International Studies is hosting a lecture series called “Trump in the World” that deal with these topics. The lectures are weekly

Jackson School Professor Emeritus Don Hellmann believes that a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely to persuade Kim Jong Un give up nuclear weapons. In an interview with King 5 News he says that the meeting in fact advances Kim Jong Un’s strategy – that of legitimizing North Korea as an independent nuclear state. He also highlights

2018 Spring Test of Proficiency in Korean Information Test date: Saturday, April 14, 2018 Test time: 9:30-16:00 Registration deadline: January 30, 2018 Test venue: University of Washington, Mechanical Engineering Building (MEB) 246 Click here for more information. The 57th TOPIK information The 57th TOPIK Application Form

NOV. 29th, 2017, KANE HALL WALKER-AMES ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON The 4th Annual Korean Peninsula Forum, hosted by the UW Center for Korea Studies, featured special guest Adam Mount, a Senior Fellow at the Federation of American Scientists, whose work covers U.S. nuclear strategy and force structure, global nuclear politics, deterrence, and North Korea. Previously,

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

Two East Asia faculty members are releasing a new book titled Spaces of Possibility; In, Between, and beyond Korea and Japan. Clark Sorensen, who is a Professor and Director of the Center for Korean Studies, and Andrea Gervurtz Arai who is a Lecturer in the Jackson School of International Studies, worked together to create Spaces of Possibility, which is

Thursday, November 10th, 5:30 – 8:30 PM LECTURE IN LAW 133 — RECEPTION IN LAW 115, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON In many ways, the North Korean regime is unstable. Its people suffer from poverty and starvation, while the regime is embarrassed by its inferiority to its South Korean neighbor in terms of economics, international relations, and

3:30-5:00 PM, Communications #202 Friday October 14, 2016 Youngmi Kim is Associate Professor of Korean history at Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea. She earned her Ph.D. from the Korean History Department at Seoul National University in 2005 with a study of the politics of government mobilization schemes targeting neighborhoods. That study developed into her 2009