http://ksp.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from KSPen-usPublic domainhttp://ksp.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://ksp.stanford.edu/60http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3324With less than a year before South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's term ends, Gi-Wook Shin says that Lee should maintain his current North Korea policy, and keep balanced relations with growing trade partner China and long-time ally the United States. Shin spoke recently with the Korea Times about Lee's final months in office.]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3324http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3305Gi-Wook Shin, founding director of Stanford's Korean Studies Program (KSP), spoke with the Stanford Daily about creating a unique niche for KSP over the past 11 years, and about being a student during an era of change in Korea.]]>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3305http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3315The Center for East Asian Studies and the Korean Studies Program are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies. The Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies recognizes and rewards outstanding examples of writing in an essay, term paper, or thesis produced during the current academic year in any discipline within the area of Korean Studies, broadly defined. This competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The prize will be awarded at a special ceremony in the spring, and the winning essays will be published in the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs. The first place winner will receive a certificate, a copy of the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs, and $1,000; honorable mention winner(s) will receive a certificate and a copy of the Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs.]]>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3315http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3287U.S.-Korea relations are stronger than ever, but there has not always been support in Korea for Americans or for the alliance. As Korea has both general and presidential elections this year whose outcome might affect U.S.-Korea relations, it is important for U.S. policymakers to appreciate the complexity of Korean sentiments. A recent article by Gi-Wook Shin and Hillary Izatt in Asian Survey sheds new light on anti-American and anti-alliance sentiments of the 1990s and early 2000s.]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3287http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3274Since Kim Jong Il's death, North Korea has a young new leader: Kim's 28-year-old son Kim Jong Un. David Straub, who attended the seventh U.S.-Korea West Coast Strategic Forum in Seoul just days before Kim’s death, shares highlights from the Forum and offers insight into the current North Korea situation.]]>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3274http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3269Since news broke of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death, the world is waiting to see what will happen next with the country's leadership, policy toward the United States and South Korea, and nuclear program. Shorenstein APARC Korea experts Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel Sneider, and David Straub weigh in.]]>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3269http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3268As the world reacts to the death of Kim Jong Il, Stanford’s Gi-Wook Shin talks about the transition of power in North Korea. He discusses what’s in store for relations between Pyongyang and Washington, and what to expect of what is perhaps Kim’s most troubling legacy: his nuclear weapons program.]]>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3268http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3235Life in North Korea is not as bleak as people imagine, says former humanitarian aid worker Katharina Zellweger, who lived in Pyongyang for five years. Food scarcity, however, is a serious concern and Zellweger says that other countries should consider providing more food aid to North Korea in order to set its economic and creative capacity free.]]>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3235http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3199Development cooperation with North Korea is critical to dealing with the country's chronic food shortage. Katharina Zellweger, Stanford KSP 2011-2012 Pantech Fellow and the former head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation office in Pyongyang for the past five years, spoke with the Voice of America about her observations and experiences of the country and its people.]]>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3199http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3195During the recent North American Chasedae Forum, 2011 Koret Fellow Joon-woo Park stated: "[...As the United States and Korea] grow closer together, the role of the Korean-American community becomes crucial for the future of U.S.-ROK relations." The forum, held November 4-6, was organized by the San Francisco Chapter of the National Unification Advisory Council.]]>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3195http://ksp.stanford.edu/events/6954Open to the public (RSVP required)
Joon-woo Park, 2011-2012 Koret Fellow in Korean Studies Program, Shorenstein APARC]]>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:18:11 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/events/6954http://ksp.stanford.edu/events/6926By Invitation Only
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The strain between the United States and the Republic of Korea is often seen as a result of South Korea's anti-Americanism. However, alliance strain and anti-Americanism have not necessarily changed together. This conceptual disparity calls for the need to specify, rather than assume, causality. The authors utilize newly collected data from two major Korean dailies to show this need.]]>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:35:52 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23538http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23531The Journal of Northeast Asian History vol. 8, July 2011
More than six decades after the end of World War II, the Japanese government has yet to return an estimated ¥278 million worth of unpaid financial assets owed to Asian victims of forced mobilization for the war effort. Clarifying the historical record of American involvement in managing these accounts can contribute towards a U.S.mediated effort to reach regional reconciliation between Japan and its neighbors in Northeast Asia.]]>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:39:39 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23531http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23431The National Unification Advisory Council, November 4, 2011
]]>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:39:19 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23431http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23371Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, October 11, 2011
]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:50:32 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23371http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23305Shorenstein APARC, distributed by the Brookings Institution Press, 2011
Written by eminent scholars, practitioners, and policymakers with extensive on-the-ground experience, Beyond North Korea assesses the varied contexts—regional and global, traditional and nontraditional—that underpin South Korea's varied security challenges.]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:52:44 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23305http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23283, April 2008
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This book explores the evolution of social movements in South Korea by focusing on how they have become institutionalized and diffused in the democratic period.]]>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:44:46 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23202http://ksp.stanford.edu/publications/23051Cambridge University Press in "Issues of History, Values, Memory, and Identity in the U.S.-South Korea Relationship", October 2010
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