UW students from the Korea Studies Program got an opportunity to interact with 40 students from Sangmyung University, South Korea, when they visited campus on July 1st. They got to exchange cultures, talk about their college lives and explore the campus together. It began with a meet and greet session in the Simpson Center (Communications

Towards the end of this academic year and the beginning of the next, Korea Studies is adding a few new faces to the program. New Professor of Korean History Hajin Jun will join the Jackson School faculty in Winter 2019 as the new James B. Palais Professor of Korean History. She will receive her Phd in Korean

Join us on March 5, 2019 at 3:30 PM in CMU 202. Free and open to the public. President Trump and Korean Workers’ Party Chair Kim Jong Un met from February 27-28, 2019. Hear Jackson School East Asia specialists’ analysis of what went on and the implications of this meeting. Panelists include: Yong Chool Ha,

John P. DiMoia, Associate Professor from the Department of Korean History, Seoul National University gave a lecture on Interrogating “Security Roads” and Transport Infrastructure: Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam) and South Korea’s Formative Construction Industry, 1954-1973 at the University of Washington on October 31, 2018.

Thursday, May 24, 2018, 3:30-5:00 pm at CMU 226. The Korea Program in the Jackson School of International Studies is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on the Trump administration’s policy toward North Korea. Participants will briefly discuss recent aspects of the foreign policy of North and South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia in the wake of

 Sarah Leibson, a Korean Studies and International Studies double major, was selected for a scholarship to study abroad in South Korea. Isabel Bartholomew, a sophomore Linguistics major who also studies Korean language was named alternate. According to the Boren Press Release, “Student Receives Prestigious Boren Award”: Sarah Leibson has been awarded a Boren to study Korean

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