http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from KSPen-usPublic domainhttp://ksp.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/60http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3960Since 2001, the Stanford Korean Studies Program has developed into a world-renowned center offering impactful programs addressing current, policy-relevant issues and events.]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3960?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3943South Korean President Park Geun-hye visited the United States this May for the first time since taking office in February. Stanford experts weigh in on the future of U.S.-Korea relations.]]>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3943?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3917Speaking at Stanford on April 12, South Korean poet Jiha Kim emphasized that Korea and the United States are destined to work together in harmony -- like the mountains and waters -- toward a new world.]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3917?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3918Stanford's Korean Studies Program and SPICE have launched an unprecedented online lecture series on Korea for a group of high school students from around the country, who will take courses ranging from Korean history to pop culture.]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3918?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3909Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow Jaeeun Kim’s dissertation Colonial Migration and Transborder Membership Politics in Twentieth-Century Korea has won the American Sociological Association's Theda Skocpol Award in the area of comparative and historical sociology.]]>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3909?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3905David Straub, associate director of Korean Studies Program, joined Ploughshares Fund Executive Director Philip Yun on April 8 for a town hall discussion in San Francisco on the recent North Korean threats. The panel was held at the Commonwealth Club, the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, and moderated by Gloria Duffy, the President and CEO of the Commonwealth Club.]]>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3905?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3897Tension between Pyongyang and allies the United States and South Korea has mounted in recent weeks since North Korea's February nuclear test. Shorenstein APARC experts weigh in on the possibility of conflict.]]>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3897?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3872In an interview with the South Korean daily newspaper Segye Times on March 7, David Straub said that the United Nations Security Council resolution on North Korea passed earlier in the day was a necessary but not sufficient condition to respond to North Korea's latest provocations. He urged alertness to possible conventional North Korean attacks on South Korea and said that the Obama administration would support efforts by the new South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye to engage North Korea diplomatically.]]>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3872?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3868KSP associate director David Straub joined a panel organized by The Korea Society on February 28 to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the new South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye.]]>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3868?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3865Shorenstein APARC recently released a policy report explaining why, of the new governments on and around the Korean Peninsula, only the South Korean government of President Park Geun-hye may have an opportunity to revive North Korea diplomacy.]]>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3865?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3837North Korea keeps its pledge to conduct a third underground nuclear test. We ask our experts to weigh in on the detonation condemned by the White House as destabilizing.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3837?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3838North Korea has conducted its third underground nuclear test. Shorenstein APARC Korea experts weigh in on the event, which is drawing criticism from Beijing to Washington, DC.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3838?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3819The security of Northeast Asia has important global implications beyond the region. The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Yonhap News Agency co-sponsored a symposium in Seoul on Feb. 5 to address current security issues, looking also within the context of recent leadership changes.]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3819?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3816The United Nations Security Council recently adopted a resolution in response to North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch. David Straub discusses the North Korean nuclear program, and Pyongyang's rhetoric against South Korea and the United States.]]>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3816?rsshttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3809Korea's new presidential administration should embrace the opportunity to provide more foreign aid, and to raise the profile of Korean technology and culture abroad, said Gi-Wook Shin in a recent Dong-A Ilbo op-ed.]]>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/3809?rss