The Center for Korea Studies fosters teaching, research, and outreach related to Korea at the University of Washington and in North America. The Center currently supports a Korea Studies colloquia series, a visiting scholars program, student scholarships, international student exchange programs, an outreach program to K-12 educators, Korean language textbook development, and the publication of research.
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February 8, 2018
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In the run-up to the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Jackson School Professor and Director of the Center for Korea Studies Clark Sorensen is quoted in an article on the use of Korean pop
February 8, 2018
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How is the second-largest Korean-language collection in the United States connected to Korean television dramas? Jackson School undergraduate Kristy Kwon’s journey started from the UW’s East Asia library as she examined
January 24, 2018
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Cybersecurity Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer Jessica Beyer and Ph.D. Candidate Donghui Park‘s analysis published by Reuters in December 2017 has been quoted in an article on North Korean cyber attacks
January 23, 2018
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An article on the kind of food that athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea may expect quotes Clark Sorensen, Jackson School Professor and Director of the Center for Korea Studies.
December 21, 2017
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Cybersecurity Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer Jessica Beyer and Ph.D. Candidate Donghui Park, who researches cyberwar and non-state actors, analyze the potential for North Korea to destroy critical infrastructure without a nuclear weapon, which has
December 18, 2017
Posted by: Monique Thormann
Ph.D. Candidate Clint Work, also a foreign and national security writer for current affairs magazine The Diplomat, is quoted by Voice of America in “South Korea, China Make Amends, But THAAD
November 16, 2017
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Professor Don Hellmann is interviewed by KOMO Radio to discuss key takeaways from President Trump’s 12-day visit to Asia. He says while some advances were made on the economic front
November 14, 2017
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Ph.D. Candidate Clint Work, recently added as a policy writer for The Diplomat magazine, discusses the revival of the debate concerning wartime operational control of the Republic of Korea (ROK) military in his
November 14, 2017
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Professor Emeritus Don Hellmann, a Korea specialist, is interviewed by KOMO Radio to discuss President Trump’s 12-day visit to Asia. Hellmann says the visit is important for the U.S. because Asia is
November 14, 2017
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Professor and Chair of the Korea Studies Program Clark Sorensen is interviewed on KOMO Radio following U.S. President Trump’s joint press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Sorensen comments on Trump’s shift in tone