• Cha, Myung Soo , Cha, Myung Soo
  Professor Cha teaches at the Department of Economics at Yeungnam University. He is author of multiple publications on economic history of Korea. His current research interests include real interest rates in Korea, and tendenciesÊinfluencing capital formation and capital stock.
  ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~mscha/ - March 2, 2005

• Changes in the South Korean Agricultural Structure in the 1990's (Summary) , Kuramochi, Kazuo
  This paper uses government statistics to analyze and examine changes in the South Korean agricultural structure in the 1990's.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/research-f3.htm - September 29, 2004

• Choi, Inbom , Choi, Inbom
  Dr. Inbom Choi is currently the Chief Economist and Advisor to CEO at the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI). He is also teaching at the Sogang University as an Adjunct Professor. Prior to his appointment at the FKI, from 1999 to 2002, he was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics (IIE) in Washington, DC. During this period, he was also an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University and a consultant to the World Bank. From 1995 to 1996, Dr. Choi served as Assistant Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs in the Office of the President (Blue House) in Korea. In the Blue House, he also functioned as the Director of International Economic Policy. During 1997-98, he was the APEC Education Foundation’s Managing Director of Grants and Programs, promoting trade and investment liberalization within tthe APEC region. Prior to his appointment at the office of the President, Dr. Choi worked for five years as a research fellow at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), which is a thinktank advising the Korean government on international economic issues. Dr. Choi also worked at the World Bank in 1985-89, and taught at Georgetown University 1982-83.
  www.sogang.ac.kr/~gsis/faculty23.html - March 24, 2005

• Economic Development in North and South Korea , Columbia University
  Examines economic development in North and South Korea from historical and comparative perspectives. The course surveys a general development experience of the two Koreas, and discusses major issues in political economy using the Korean development experiences. Topics include socialist and capitalist economic systems, North (self-reliance) and South (East Asian) Korean development models, origins of communism (North) and capitalism (South), patterns of Korean development, agricultural development in North Korea, impacts of industrialization on state-society relations in South Korea, and the economic crisis in North and South Korea in the 1990s.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Economic History of Korea , Cha, Myung Soo
  Two regime shifts divide the economic history of Korea during the past six centuries into three distinct periods: 1) the period of Malthusian stagnation up to 1910, when Japan annexed Korea; 2) the colonial period from 1910-45, when the country embarked upon modern economic growth; and 3) the post colonial decades, when living standards improved rapidly in South Korea, while North Korea returned to the world of disease and starvation. The dramatic history of living standards in Korea presents one of the most convincing pieces of evidence to show that institutions -- particularly the government -- matter for economic growth. The paper analyzes these period in detail.
  eh.net/encyclopedia/?article=cha.korea - March 3, 2005

• Economoic Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula , Babson, Bradley O.
  There has always been an undercurrent of ambivalence in U.S. attitudes towards economic cooperation with the Democratic Peoples\' Republic of Korea (DPRK). On the one hand, an economically weak DPRK is inherently less capable of waging war and developing weapons of mass destruction than an economically strong DPRK. From this perspective, the economic distress of the 1990\'s clearly has altered the security balance in favor of U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) interests. On the other hand, an economic collapse in DPRK could lead to potentially highly destabilizing developments, including large-scale population movements across borders and the risk of the leadership initiating armed conflict as an act of desperation. Similarly, continuing economic distress could force DPRK to revert to dependence on China and Russia, perpetuating its isolation and inhibiting the creation of a new security architecture for Northeast Asia that better suits the interests of all Big Powers concerned than continuation of the status quo. The author further explores this argument and offers some interesting theories about the US involvement in North Korean development.
  www.ciponline.org/asia/reports/task_force/Babson.htm - February 24, 2005

• Facts and Myths about Korea's Economic Past , Cha, Myung Soo
  The orthodoxy in South and North Korean historiography states that Japan’s annexation of Korea in 1910 wrought havoc on indigenous economic development and started an era of exploitation lasting until 1945. Recent studies show the claim to be based less upon facts than upon Marxist dogma and nationalist sentiment. During the nineteenth century, Korea was not on the verge of modern economic growth, but in demographic and economic decline. Living standards improved and industrialisation occurred in the context of rapid pop-ulation growth during the colonial period due to transfer of capital and advanced technology from Japan.
  ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~mscha/ - March 3, 2005

• Free Trade Between Korea and the United States? , Choi, Inbom; Schott, Jeffrey J.
  Free trade agreements (FTAs) are proliferating in the Asia-Pacific region. For the first time, Korea is pursuing such accords as part of a strategy to restructure its economy and sustain the recovery from its 1997-98 economic crisis. Should it open talks with its largest trading partner, the United States? This study examines the economic and political benefits and challenges of pursuing bilateral FTA negotiations, the impact of a prospective pact on other trading partners, on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, and on the multilateral trading system.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=326 - March 24, 2005

• Korea before 1945 , Cha, Myung Soo
  Korea had suffered a long history of stagnation before Japan colonized and began to modernize the country in 1910.Ê So concluded the Japanese scholars, who pioneered during the colonial era (1910-1945) modern research into Korea’s economic past.Ê Denouncing this picture as a misrepresentation intended to defend the colonial rule, post-colonial historians in both South and North Korea presented a more optimistic view that “sprouts of capitalism” emerged in Korea during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Ê Accumulating evidence on living standards indicates neither of the two assertions is entirely correct.Ê The standard of living fell in Korea for at least a century before improving from around 1900.Ê What explains the long swing in the Korean living standards?
  ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~mscha/ - March 3, 2005

• Korea in the World Economy , Il SaKong
  This study examines the factors that have contributed to the \\\"Korean Miracle\\\": an active role by government in managing the economy; an outward-oriented trade policy; market and nonmarket factors, including culture, rapid physical and human capital accumulation rates; and macroeconomic and exchange rate policy, and international borrowing. Despite Korea\\\'s outstanding performance since 1962, the author argues that his country is now at a crucial policy juncture. Competition in the world economy and the welcome movement toward democracy in Korea will require new strategies and political consensus to promote growth and equity. The author provides policy recommendations for how Korea can meet the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Special attention is focused on Korea\\\'s growing stature in the world economy and the role Korea can play to promote international economic cooperation in Asia and at the global level. He also addresses the question of whether the \\\"Korean model\\\" is relevant to other countries.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=29 - March 24, 2005

• Korean Politics and Economy , Claremont McKenna College
  Compares the political systems and economic policies of South Korea and North Korea. Special attention will be given to an in-depth study of competing ideologies, political leadership, political participation, policy-making processes, military organizations, and economic performance.
  claremontmckenna.edu/admission/catalog/2003-2004/htmls/majors/government.asp#courses - January 19, 2005

• On the Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the ROK (Summary) , Kook, Joong-Ho
  This paper provides an overview of the intergovernmental fiscal relations, or the local public finance adjustment system, in ROK, using a model of this system to examine public finance adjustment and the regional equalization effect.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/research-f3.htm - September 26, 2004

• The Dynamics of Korean Economic Development , Soon, Cho
  One of Korea\'s most distinguished economists and teachers offers a new and critical appraisal of his country\'s postwar development. Dr. Cho argues that Korea\'s development strategy since 1960 achieved extraordinary growth rates, but it also contributed to structural imbalances that will impede Korea\'s entry into the ranks of the advanced industrial countries unless they are corrected. These structural problems include concentration of economic and political power in large industrial conglomerates, retarded development of small and medium-sized enterprises essential for entrepreneurship and technological innovation, an inadequate private financial services sector, and costly labor strife. Dr. Cho concludes that Korea must undertake a \"great transition\" in order to sustain growth and democratization. He recommends policies to reduce industrial concentration, establish a competitive pricing system (particularly in the financial sector), promote small and medium-sized enterprises, improve labor-management relations, and encourage investment in human capital.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=25 - March 24, 2005

• The Effect of the Financial Crisis on Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises in the ROK , Kwon, Oh-kyoung
  This paper analyses the way in which the problems faced in the past by small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in the ROK have altered amid the significant changes to the structure of the ROK's economy that have resulted from the financial (sic) experienced by the country.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/research-f3.htm - September 26, 2004

• The IMF Crisis and the ROK's Trade (Summary) , Jeong-Guen, Seo
  This is an analysis of South Korea's trade unit surpluses and deficits following the 1997 IMF crisis. This paper may be useful for students and researchers who want a brief overview of the ROK's resulting trade policies.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/research-f3.htm - September 29, 2004

• The Korea-United States Economic Relationship , Bergsten, Fred C.; Il SaKong
  In 1996, Korean and US officials, academics, and businessmen met in a frank, closed-door discussion of recent political, economic, and cultural developments affecting their two nations. These discussions came at a critical juncture in Korean-US relations as shifting international conditions have rapidly altered the environment in which both countries must interact. This volume highlights the topics discussed at the Twenty-First Century Council, which focused on Korea’s reform and globalization efforts, Korean-US security ties in a changing regional political environment, and the economic and political consequences of Korean unification.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=30 - March 24, 2005

• The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy , Bergsten, Fred C.; Choi, Inbom
  Koreans living in the United States have generated an increase of about 15 to 20 percent in trade between the United States and Korea. This is one of the surprising conclusions reached in this special report, which, upon the 100th anniversary of the migration of Koreans from their homeland, looks at the impact of the 6 to 7 million people who make up this diaspora on both South Korean and overseas economies. No country in history has ever succeeded in building a developed and high-income economy without participating in the global economy; globalization is imperative for economic success. And one of the largest elements of globalization, in addition to international trade and investment, is migration. In The Korean Diaspora in the World Economy, experts hold up South Korea as one of the most dramatic examples of that experience, having gone from being a poor, underdeveloped country fewer than 40 years ago to becoming a postwar economic success story. This report also looks at South Korea’s role as a regional trading partner and its present and future relations with North Korea.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=365 - March 24, 2005

• The Korean Economy and Its Institutional Environment , Columbia University
  Provides a general overview of the current issues in the Korean economy with an emphasis on institutional perspectives. It surveys issues that Korea is confronting today, including the structure of the financial market and the role of the government, the workings of the labor market, corporate finance and corporate governance, innovation and venture capital, corporate diversification and antitrust, corporate bankruptcy mechanism, and the future of the North Korean economy.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• The ROK Economy at the Starting Line of the 21st Century (summary) , Jonghwan Choi
  While focusing on major macro-economic indicators and trends in major sectors in the ROK economy since the 1990's, this paper considers the economic variables relating to these, as well as various problems and issues in each sector, and attempts to examine the future economic growth path of the ROK.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/research-f3.htm - September 26, 2004

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• A Study on Local Energy Business Development and Cooperative Measures for the Balanced Development of Local Areas , Kim, Z. O.
  This project tried to examine the basic causes closely, in which forms the detrimental factors in regional balance development using the industrial organizational methodology. Furthermore, we attempted to investigate the energy projects which become non-preference facilities such as Nimby facilities in local government and to relocate them into the friendly relationship to environment. Therefore, we tried to suggest alternative plans to the local government in Korea that they are able to solve the discord structure arising from people¡¯s request for pollution within local government as well as to cooperate the plans between the local governments.
  www.keei.re.kr/web_keei/en_publish.nsf/frame.htm?ReadForm&url=/web_keei/en_publish.nsf/ByallV/9B60AA51B6FC362F49256F8E00421023?OpenDocument - February 9, 2005

• A Study on the Effects of the LIberalization of Oil Prices on Energy Prices and Consumption and Industrial Production Activities , Moon, Y.S.
  It is a very important research topic to evaluate the performance of oil price liberalization on domestic oil product price, oil consumption, and industrial activities. In order to study this topic, we have to understand the background and rationale of the oil price liberalization and how this deregulation is actually affecting the market. Also we need to find out what oil consumer, oil industry and the whole economy actually respond to this policy change. To answer these questions, this research follows the logical step to investigate the impact of international oil price to domestic oil product price, and in turn to the change of oil consumption, and finally to the change of industrial activities. Of course, the various changes of behavior and responses of economic agents themselves are not the sole objective of the oil price deregulation. However oil price liberalization was a shift of regulation regime, it surely had some impact on the behavior of economic agents. We will try to derive policy implications from the understanding on the economic impact of oil price liberalization.
  www.keei.re.kr/web_keei/en_publish.nsf/frame.htm?ReadForm&url=/web_keei/en_publish.nsf/ByallV/D7D377DFC15BCFF149256F8900177406?OpenDocument - February 9, 2005

• Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) , Government of Korea
  The KEEI was established as a government-affiliated research institute in order to contribute to the national energy policy-making by collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on the issues pertaining to energy security.
  www.keei.re.kr/keei/main_eng.html - February 9, 2005

• Korean Penninsula Energy Development Organization , Korean Penninsula Energy Development Organization
  Funded through financial support from member and contributing countries, KEDO was created in March 1995 to advance the implementation of the Agreed Framework between the United States and the Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Signed in October 1994, the Agreed Framework secured the DPRK\'s agreement to freeze and ultimately dismantle its existing nuclear program in exchange for, among other things, provision to the DPRK of alternative sources of energy in the form of heavy fuel oil and a modern nuclear power plant that would be built, operated, and regulated in accordance with international standards of safety. Through these activities, KEDO has contributed to improving the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, and to improving the prospects for lasting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and beyond. This website has been designed to provide public with convenient access to comprehensive information on the organization\'s activities.
  www.kedo.org/ - March 23, 2005

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• China and North Korean "Refugees" , McCarthy, Thomas F.
  The author, Thomas F. McCarthy, has traveled frequently to the DPRK as an agricultural development consultant and has worked in Washington, most recently in cooperation with the Atlantic Council's 'Korea in Transition Program.'  McCarthy argues that NGOs have no right to risk the consequences of Chinese or DPRK decisions to prevent people from receiving continued aid because of misdirected efforts to turn their plight into an international political issue.  Instead, these groups could be more effective by supporting World Bank and IMF efforts at development assistance programs.
  69.44.62.160/archives/pub/ftp/napsnet/special_reports/mccarthy_refugees.txt - March 21, 2002

• Democracy, History, and Migrant Labor in South Korea: Korean Chinese, North Koreans, and Guest Workers , Park, Hyun Ok
  This paper concerns the paradox of democratization in South Korea, whose progression has been entwined with neoliberal capitalism beginning in the 1990s. A particular form of democratization addressed in this paper is the broad-reaching initiatives to transform the relationship between the state and society. Specifically, the initiative to rewrite colonial and cold-war history was examined. This particular initiative is part of an effort to correct a longstanding tendency of previous military regimes that suppressed the resolution of colonial legacies and framed Korean national history within an ideological confrontation of capitalist South Korea and communist North Korea.
  ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20790/ - February 22, 2005

• North Korean Defectors and Inter-Korean Reconciliation and Cooperation , Dong-man, Suh
  The government of China swiftly resolved the recent incident where a group of 25 North Korean asylum seekers rushed into the grounds of the Spanish Embassy in Beijing - apparently out of concern that the defection might have a spillover effect, creating a much more serious situation. Reaching South Korea via a third country seems to have become a common method of defection by North Koreans, as in the case involving the Jang Gil-suh family last year. The issue of North Korean defectors is a political minefield, affecting the trilateral relationship between the two Koreas and China. And the latest defection is likely to trigger NGOs that support North Korean defectors to pressure the Seoul government to double its diplomatic efforts to grant them refugee status.
  69.44.62.160/archives/pub/ftp/napsnet/special_reports/DPRKrefugees.txt - May 7, 2002

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• Ethnology of Korea: Re-Presenting Lives in Contemporary South Korea , University of California, Los Angeles
  Examination of South Korea's contemporary structural positioning, with focus on its dynamic development out of a history of colonialism and war to capitalism; multiple and conflicting linkages of Korean people involving class, gender, family/kinship, and nation.
  www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=ANTHRO+&funsel=3 - August 6, 2004

• A Country Study: North Korea , The Library of Congress
  A conprehensive overview ofÊpolitical, social, security, and economic situation in theÊcountry. The site can be a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in North Korea.
  lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kptoc.html - March 22, 2005

• AsianInfo , AsianInfo
  AsianInfo.org is devoted to introducing Asian culture, traditions and general information to the world through the internet.Ê The authorsÊbelieve each country in Asia is unique and beautiful with a lot to offer the world.ÊÊAccording to theÊcreators of the site, \"the world needs to be more cognizant of Asia and the internet revolution is the best way to connect globally.Ê\"ÊIt can be a valuable resource for profile
  www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/about_asianinfo.htm - March 22, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies , Far Eastern National University
  The FENU Center for Korean Studies was established in 1999 with the support of Korea Foundation to organize research dealing with the issues of Russian - Korean relations in the Far East. The Center incorporates the leading specialists of the University in history, economics, political science, philology, and archaeology.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=397 - October 4, 2004

• Center for Korean Studies , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The University of Hawai‘i Center for Korean Studies was established in 1972 to support and coordinate the activities of students and faculty with Korea-related teaching and research interests. Now with more than twenty faculty members offering academiccourses and conducting research related to Korea in fields such as Asian studies, dance, economics, history, language, linguistics, literature, music, political science, and sociology, the Center is home to the oldest and largest Korean studies program outside of Korea. The Center for Korean Studies Online also hosts several important resources for Koreanists and others interested in Korea.
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/ - February 15, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies , University of California, Berkeley
  The Center for Korean Studies (CKS) is a unit of the Institute of East Asian Studies within International and Area Studies at UC Berkeley. The Center is one of the nation\'s most active academic centers for the study of Korean humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to use the academic resources of the University of California to promote international cultural, economic, and political understanding.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cks/ - February 17, 2005

• Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Berkeley , UC Berkeley Center for Korean Studies
  The Center is one of the nation\'s most active academic centers for the study of Korean humanities and social sciences. Our goal is to use the academic resources of the University of California to promote international cultural, economic, and political understanding. This site includes events, faculty bios, courses, visiting scholars, K-12 teaching project, library, publications, Korea links, and a mailing list.
  ieas.berkeley.edu/cks - October 2, 2004

• Choson History , University of Toronto
  This course examines various approaches - economic, social, gender, political, international, and cultural - to the history of Choson Korea.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS373H1 - January 17, 2005

• Contemporary Korea , University of Southern California
  Social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural effects of modernization in contemporary Korea; comparison of contemporary culture with traditional culture.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

• Contemprorary Korean Culture , University of British Columbia
  An introduction to the literature, drama, music, and art of Korea today. Particular attention will be paid to the continuing influence of traditional themes and forms, as revealed in short stories, novels, films, paintings, dances, and popular songs. This course will adopt an historical approach, tracing the forging of a modern Korean cultural identity under the impact of Japanese colonial rule, the Korean War, the division of the peninsula into North and South Korea, and the rapid industrialization of the last three decades.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Culture and Society of Korea , University of Alberta
  No course description at this site.
  www.arts.ualberta.ca/~eastasia/course_offerings.htm - September 22, 2004

• Early Korean History , University of Toronto
  This course is a survey of issues in early Korean history with particular attention to theuses of and approaches to ancient history in contemporary Korea.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS372H1 - January 17, 2005

• Eberstadt, Nicholas , American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
  Eberstadt researches demographics, foreign aid, poverty, infant mortality, health disparities, and economic development. He has written extensively on Korea, East Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. His books include "The End of North Korea" and the forthcoming "North Korean Economy".
  www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.62,filter.all/scholar.asp - October 22, 2004

• Education Fever: Society, Politics, and the Persuit of Schooling in South Korea , Seth, Michael J.
  This volume explains how Koreans' concern for achieving as much formal education as possible appeared immediately before 1945 and quickly embraced every sector of society. Through interviews with teachers, officials, parents, and students and an examination of a wide range of written materials in both Korean and English, Michael Seth explores the reasons for this social demand for education and how it has shaped nearly every aspect of South Korean society. He also looks at the many problems of the Korean educational system: the focus on entrance examinations, which has tended to reduce education to test preparation; the overheated competition to enter prestigious schools; the enormous financial burden placed on families for costly private tutoring; the inflexibility created by an emphasis on uniformity of standards; and the misuse of education by successive governments for political purposes.
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/pages/Publications/book_review.htm#education_fever - February 15, 2005

• Em, Henry , Em, Henry
  Professor Em teaches courses on Korean history and does research on modern Korean intellectual history, with focus on colonialism, nationalism and historiography. Professor Em\'s most recent article, \"Minjok as a Modern and Democratic Construct,\" appears in Colonial Modernity in Korea, Shin and Robinson, eds. (Harvard University Asia Center, 1999). Currently, he is working on a book on historians and history writing in modern Korea. Ê
  www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/ksp/facultystaff/em.html - February 17, 2005

• Ethnographic Literature on Korea: Class, Gender & Family , University of Toronto
  This course addresses writing ethnography as a cultural critique through the anthropological literature dealing with Korean women, marriage, gender and class.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS462H1 - January 17, 2005

• Flake, L. Gordon , The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs
  L. Gordon Flake was appointed Executive Director of the Mansfield Foundation in February 1999. He is a regular contributor on Korea issues in the U.S. and Asian press, and he has traveled to North Korea on four occasions. Mr. Flake has published extensively on policy issues in Asia. He completed his M.A. at the David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies.
  mansfieldfdn.org/about_fdn/lgflake.htm - October 11, 2004

• Higher College of Korean Studies , Far Eastern National University
  English-language web site of the Higher College of Korean Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Far Eastern National University, Vladivostok, Russia.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=195 - September 30, 2004

• History of Choson Dynasty: Conference Course , Korea Institute
  Reading and discussion of Chosôn society and culture. We will try to understand social and political structures and institutions by examining the daily life of various groups of people from top to bottom.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• History of Korean Religion , University of Toronto
  This course offers a broad overview of Korean religious tradition.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS389Y1 - January 17, 2005

• History of Korean Thought , University of British Columbia
  An examination of Korean religious, philosophical, and scientific thought from the earliest written records to the present day, with particular focus on Shamanism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and, in the present century, Christianity. Some attention will also be paid to Taoism in Korea as well as to Korea\'s new religions. Geomancy and Oriental medicine will also be discussed. Emphasis will be on how Korean approaches to the natural and supernatural realms have shaped as well as reflected Korean values, behavior, and self-identity.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• Intercultural Institute of California , Intercultural Institute of California
  The Intercultural Institute of California (IIC) is a private, independent, nonprofit organization, offering Korean studies programs for students. The IIC also hosts a special on-going lecture series and online discussions, promotes research, and publishes selected books and articles. The IIC community of scholars and students is committed to collaboratively engaging the culture, art, language, politics and historical legacy of Korea, examining its relevance to the present and envisioning its prospects for the future, to include issues of particular interest to Korean Americans.
  www.iic.edu/Main/frame_About.html - February 21, 2005

• Introduction to Korean Civilization , University of Toronto
  The historical development of the Korean political system and society; philosophical, religious, artistic and literary aspects of its culture. Korea's relationship to Chinese civilization and its role in transmitting civilization to Japan. Films and slides may be used for illustration.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS270Y1 - January 13, 2005

• Introduction to Korean History and Culture , Stanford University
  This course presents a broad survey of Korean historical experiences and cultural forms from antiquity to the present. (It focuses, however, on thenineteenth and twentieth centuries.) Topics for study include, intera alia:mytho-history and archaeology; ancient regional cultural contacts and stateformation; premodern socio-cultural and political-economic structures/dynamics; intellectual and artistic traditions; the tragedies and legacies of colonialism and the Korean War; state-society relations in North and South; diasporic (i.e. Korean-American) experiences and identities; globalization and youth culture; various issues of ethnicity,class, and gender. In an attempt to consider a wide array of historical interpretations and (too often neglected) voices, we will engage these topics through a variety of sources: Primary documents and Secondary academic analytical writings, literature, documentary and feature films,Internet forums, etc.
  ksp.stanford.edu/courses/801/ - January 12, 2005

• Keimyung University , Keimyung University
  Keimyung University was founded in 1954 to provide Christian higher education for the southern part of Korea. Its immediate task was to nurture young minds for the reconstruction of a war-torn country. A sense of dedication  to excellence, whether in scholarship or service, has been the motivating force behind the founders and other dedicated people at Keimyung University. Today, Keimyung University proudly continues to cultivate the minds of future international leaders and experts who can contribute to the world peace and welfare. We constantly develop and renew academic partnerships with foreign institutions in order to enhance our international programs. The University offers unique courses to help foreign students capture the flavor of Korean culture, history, and society and gain practical knowledge of the Korean language, economy, and business.
  www.kmu.ac.kr/e_kmu/index.shtml - February 15, 2005

• Korea Country Analysis , American Military University
  Instead of examining just North or South Korea, this course will examine the Korean peninsula as a whole, as one cannot truly understand the policy of either North or South Korea without understanding both.
  apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=IN - September 21, 2004

• Korea Institute , Harvard University
  The Korea Institute is Harvard University's only non-departmental entity for the support and development of Korean Studies at Harvard. Originally established in 1981 as part of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, it became a completely autonomous organization in 1993.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/index.html - February 15, 2005

• Korea Studies Program , University of Washington
  The University of Washington maintains one of the oldest programs in the United States providing undergraduate and graduate training in Korean studies in a variety of disciplines. Courses are offered in Korean language, literature, history, social organization, and politics. The language program consists of three years of modern language and advanced reading. The history courses cover the full range of the Korean experience, from the origins of the Korean people in the archaeological record to contemporary times. Undergraduate and graduate courses on Korean history and society cover the period under Japanese colonial rule in the first half of the twentieth century, the liberation of Korea after 1945, the Korean War, and the political, economic, social, and cultural development of both South Korea and North Korea. Graduate seminars provide opportunities for research in Korean and other non-Western languages on a variety of topics in the political, social, economic, and intellectual history of the country. Regular course offerings are supplemented by visiting faculty from political science, economics and economic development, law, folklore, and literature. The objective of the program is to provide students at the BA and MA degree levels with a broad background for use in a variety of professions.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/easc/KoreaStudiesProgram.html - February 15, 2005

• Korea Web , Hoffman, Frank
  A very extensive database on various issues related to Korea and Korean studies.
  koreaweb.ws - February 16, 2005

• Korean Cinema , Korean Institute
  An introduction to the world of Korean cinema focusing on the diverse aesthetic strategies of prominent Korean filmmakers. The class will draw examples from neo-realistic representations of turbulent Korean society after the Korean war (1950-1953) by Yu Hyon-mok, horror films by Kim Ki-yong that allegorize the disintegration of masculinity and patriarchy in the 1970s, emotional exploitations of human relationships by Jang Sun-woo in the 80s, and brutally painful portraits of degraded intellectuals by Hong Sang-soo in the 90s.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/new.html - February 16, 2005

• Korean Civilization , University of Southern California
  Survey of the main characteristics and development of Korean art, literature, philosophy, religion, political and social institutions through different periods.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - October 2, 2004

• Korean Civilization , University of Pennsylvania
  Survey of the civilization of Korea from pre-historic times to the present.
  ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ceas/eacourses.html#Description - January 5, 2005

• Korean Cultural Identitues , Korea Institute
  Surveys articulations of Korean cultural identity in literature, art, and the writing of history from the Unified Silla Kingdom in the 7th century, through the succeeding Koryô and Chosôn dynasties, and into the first half of the 20th century. Then examines event and aftermath of the Japanese colonial occupation, 1910-1945; liberation, division, and the Korean War, 1945-1953; and the separating cultural spheres in north and south. Considers the re-production of identity issues in the context and course of the first century of Korean-American history, 1903-2003.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/index.html - February 16, 2005

• Korean Food, Korean Identity; The Impact of Globalization on Korean Agriculture , Feffer, John
  In a divided country, cold noodles serve as an important reminder of a common culture. They also represent a unique contribution that the economically weaker North Korea can bring to the reunification process. But however tasty Pyongyang-style mul naengmyen may be, cold noodles ensure neither a sustainable livelihood for every North Korean defector nor an equal place at the reunification table for North Korea. The author explores intricate details of recent history of the Korean Peninsula making unique observations revealing some very interesting links between the agricultural practices and political realities.  
  ksp.stanford.edu/publications/20815/ - February 21, 2005

• Korean History 111. Traditional Korea , Korean Institute
  Survey of the history of Korea, from earliest times to the 19th century. Examines various interpretive approaches and issues in the political, social, economic, intellectual, cultural, and diplomatic history of premodern Korea.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• Korean History: A Bibliography , Robinson, Kenneth R.
  This bibliography covers many features of Korean history. The subjects include not only political, diplomatic, and economic history, but also historical linguistics, art history, literature, philosophy and religion, and overseas Koreans, for example. Chronologically, coverage concludes in the 1960s. For studies of South Korea's politics and economy, 1961 is the stopping point; for South Korean foreign relations, coverage continues through the 1965 treaty with Japan and the Vietnam War. Coverage of North Korea continues into the late 1960s. I have not sought to compile a comprehensive list for each subject. Rather, I have provided publications that have appeared since the publication in 1980 of the annotated bibliography Studies on Korea: A Scholar's Guide and recent publications not cited in that work. This bibliography, then, is both an updating of and a supplement to that venerable reference.
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/biblio.htm - February 15, 2005

• Korean Law , University of British Columbia
  Overview of Korean laws and legal systems with emphasis on South Korea.
  courses.students.ubc.ca/cs/main?pname=subjarea&tname=subjareas&req=3&dept=LAW&course=335 - August 5, 2004

• Korean Studies , Provine, Rob
  Korean Studies is an international, English-language, nonpartisan, moderated electronic discussion group on Korea. The list welcomes academic discussions on any aspect of Korean Studies. It may also be used for posting announcements of publications, job vacancies, and so forth. However, the KoreanStudies list adheres to strict academic standards and limits frequent participation to academics and other professionals in Asian studies. Presently, the list has about 750 subscribers, many of whom are established Korea specialists. Only messages with substantial Korean Studies content or with content that will be of wide interest within the discipline will be posted. Please also note that a scholarly discussion list such as this should not be used as a source for people\'s e-mail addresses, except as a last resort; discussion is the primary purpose. Therefore, requests for bibliographical information or e-mail addresses should be sent to the list only after all other means of search have been exhausted. All postings will be permanently stored online.
  koreaweb.ws/ks/ - February 16, 2005

• Korean Studies , Epstein, Stephen
  This electronic review journal endeavours to provide timely reviews of the latest work in Korean Studies.
  koreaweb.ws/ks/ksr/ - February 16, 2005

• Korean Studies Institute , University of Southern California
  USC College¡¯s Korean Studies Institute, established in 1995, is quickly becoming one of the nation¡¯s premier Korean studies programs. Already, the Institute is among only a small number of elite academic institutions to have developed a major Korean studies program and the Institute¡¯s Korean Heritage Library is one of the nation¡¯s preeminent research collections in Korean language materials.
  www.usc.edu/schools/college/east_asian_studies/ksi/ - February 17, 2005

• Korean Studies Newsletter , University of Hawaii at Manoa
  The Korean Studies Newsletter is a cooperative effort of the Committee on Korean Studies, Northeast Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies, and the University of Hawai‘i Center for Korean Studies. The newsletter is published semiannually (in July and December).
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/pages/Publications/Newsletters/newsletterindex.htm - February 15, 2005

• Korean Studies Program , University of Michigan
  The Korean Studies Program (KSP) is a unit of the International Institute within the University of Michigan. As a program devoted to the study of Korea, our goal is to foster teaching and research across disciplines and to use the academic resources of the university to promote an economic, political, and cultural understanding of Korea. The KSP provides funding for public programs (art exhibitions, film festivals, lectures, and conferences), individual faculty research, development of new courses, and the expansion of the Asia Library’s Korea collection. It maintains an active colloquium series, bringing eminent Korean Studies scholars from around the world to lecture on a diverse set of issues. The program also sponsors Korean events on campus including undergraduate and graduate initiatives and cultural activities. Major financial support from the Korea Foundation helped establish a senior professorship in Korean Studies. These activities and programs have raised awareness and appreciation of Korean culture across U-M and in the surrounding community.
  www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/ksp/ - February 15, 2005

• Korean Studies Program , the University of Michigan
  The Korean Studies Program (KSP) is a unit of the International Institute within the University of Michigan. As a program devoted to the study of Korea, our goal is to foster teaching and research across disciplines and to use the academic resources of the university to promote an economic, political, and cultural understanding of Korea. The KSP provides funding for public programs (art exhibitions, film festivals, lectures, and conferences), individual faculty research, development of new courses, and the expansion of the Asia Library¡¯s Korea collection. It maintains an active colloquium series, bringing eminent Korean Studies scholars from around the world to lecture on a diverse set of issues. The program also sponsors Korean events on campus including undergraduate and graduate initiatives and cultural activities. Major financial support from the Korea Foundation helped establish a senior professorship in Korean Studies. These activities and programs have raised awareness and appreciation of Korean culture across U-M and in the surrounding community.
  www.umich.edu/%7Eiinet/ksp/ - February 17, 2005

• Korean Studies: New Pacific Currents , Suh, Dae-Sook
  This volume contains sixteen papers selected from the nearly one hundred presented at the First Pacific Basin Conference on Korean studies, held in Honolulu in 1992. The papers have been selected to reflect the wide range of academic disciplines and geographic regions rep-resented at the conference. They are grouped into five broad categories-history, literature, philosophy and religion, politics and economics, and sociology-and address such topics as rethinking popular culture in 1930s Korea, women’s literature in the Choson period, early Western studies of Korean religions, North Korean foreign policy, and ethnic identity and commu-nity involvement of young Korean Americans.
  www.hawaii.edu/korea/pages/Publications/book_review.htm#new_pacific - February 15, 2005

• Koreanists , Korea Foundation
  The Koreanists web site offers a free online database of Korean studies scholars and students. It has been constructed to provide users with easy access to up-to-date information about scholars of Korean studies around the world.
  www.koreanists.net/index.asp - February 21, 2005

• Modern Korea: The Development of a Divided Nation , Claremont McKenna College
  A comparative study of political, economic, and social development of South Korea and North Korea with particular emphasis on the collapse of traditional Korea, Japanese colonial rule, the independence movements, the national division, the Korean War, the dynamics of inter-Korean rivalry, and the recent efforts for national reconciliation
  claremontmckenna.edu/admission/catalog/2003-2004/htmls/majors/government.asp#courses - January 19, 2005

• Modern Korean History Seminar , University of Toronto
  An examination of recent research results in the modern Korean history field, focusing especially on the late 19th and 20th centuries
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS473H1 - January 13, 2005

• Modern Korean History Seminar , University of Toronto
  An examination of recent research results in the modern Korean history field, focusing especially on the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS473Y1 - January 17, 2005

• Modern Korean History: Proseminar , Korea Institute
  An introduction to some of the current issues in modern Korean history through selected readings. Designed primarily for entering graduate students.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• Modern Korean History: Seminar , Korea Institute
  Reading and research in modern Korean history. Students are required to write a project paper based largely on primary materials.
  - February 16, 2005

• Modern Korean Society , Victoria University of Wellington
  This course offers a study of contemporary Korean society through secondary sources drawn from a variety of social science disciplines and literature. Topics to be discussed include colonialism, nationalism, democratisation and political change, class conflict and social change, literature and popular culture, and gender issues.
  www.vuw.ac.nz/saelc/what-we-offer/asian-studies/courses/ASIA-203.aspx - February 16, 2005

• Native People of the Northeast , Cornell University
  This course is designed to provide a wide-ranging coverage of Korea's political, economic, social, and intellectual history. The first half of the course briefly reviews Korea's political history and establishes the chronological framework. In the second half, the discussion turns to a topical approach and investigates the development of uniquely Korean sociopolitical and intellectual institutions. As Korea cannot be studied in isolation, due consideration will be given to its adaptation of Chinese values and its role in transmitting cultural impulses to Japan.
  cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSdetail.phtml?college=AS&number=236&prefix=HIST&title=Native+Peoples+of+the+Northeast+%28also+AM+ST+236%29+%23+%28III%29+%28HA%29 - January 20, 2005

• North Korea WWW Virtual Library , Han, M.Y.
  The site is the central clearing house of links to high quality online resources on the society, cultures, economy, politics, language, education, history, religion, demography, tourism and other Social Sciences subjects concerningÊNorth Korea.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• Organization for Promoting Education Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea , Far Eastern State Technical University
  The Organization for Promoting Educational Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea was established in 1988 as the result of join efforts by FESTU President Gennady P. Turmov, and Rev. Kim Won Sik, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the FESTU's Branch in Seoul. Both educators clearly understood the necessity to start a new stage of bilateral educational cooperation.
  www.festu.ru/en/korea.htm - October 4, 2004

• Papers on DPRK , Nautilus Institute
  A list of publications with active links to actual paper on various issues of political, economic, security and cultural life of the DPRK.
  www.nautilus.org/papers/regional.html#dprk - November 23, 2004

• Post-War Korean Society and Culture Through Literature and Film , University of Toronto
  This course focuses on understanding political and cultural contexts of post-Korean war South Korean society through fictions and film.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS351H1 - January 13, 2005

• Post-War Korean Sodiety and Culture , University of Toronto
  This is a theme-oriented course with anthropological approaches to South Korean society and culture. The course deals with various subjects and phenomena appeared I post-war period in South Korea, which include post-Korean war crisis, gender and family dynamics, military dictatorship and economic development.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_eas.htm#EAS272H1 - January 13, 2005

• Proseminar in Korean Cultural History , University of Southern California
  Introduction to Korean cultural and social history through intensive reading of the English-language literature on Korean history and culture.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ealc/courses.php - January 17, 2005

• Readings in Modern Korean History , Korea Institute
  Explores the history of the field through an examination of major scholarship. Designed primarily for graduate students preparing for the general examination.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• Readings on Premodern Korean History , Korea University
  A study of social, political, economic, and intellectual history of premodern Korea reviewing major scholarship in the field. Designed primarily for graduate students preparing for the general examination. All readings are in English.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• Republic of Korea National Education Center , Far Eastern National University
  The center was established in 1995 in accordance with the agreement on cultural cooperation between Republic of Korea and Russia. The center holds seminars and conferences for faculty and students, supplies 34 educational institutions offering courses in Korean with teaching materials. In 2000, for the first time in Russia, the center administered Korean Proficiency Test.
  www.fenu.ru/?a=page&id=398 - October 4, 2004

• Selected Topics in Premodern Korean History: Seminar , Korea Institute
  Reading and research of selected primary sources and secondary works on premodern Korean history.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/courses/history.html - February 16, 2005

• Social Change and Development in Korea , University of California, Los Angeles
  In-depth understanding of social change and development in 20th-century Korea. Discussion, in comparative/historical perspective, of major theoretical and empirical issues related to social, political, and economic Korean transformation.
  www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.asp?sa=SOCIOL+&funsel=3 - August 9, 2004

• South Korea WWW Virtual Library , Han, M.Y.
  The site isÊthe central clearing house of links to high quality online resources on society, culture, economy, politics, language, education, history, religion, demography, tourism and other Social Sciences subjects concerningÊSouth Korea.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• The History of Modern Korea , Columbia University
  The course covers Korean history from 1636 to the present.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• The Korea Colloquium , Korea Institute
  The schedule of a colloquium on issues pertaining to Korea. Contains dates, names of the guest speakers, and issues discussed.
  www.fas.harvard.edu/~korea/colloquium/colloquium_s2005.html - February 16, 2005

• The Korean People in Modern Times 1600 to the present , University of British Columbia
  The transformation of Korea from a Confucian state into an industrial nation. Primary focus on the rise of nationalism and modern ideologies in Korea and on the cultural, social, and economic changes Korea has undergone as it has entered the modern world. This will be a lecture-discussion class in which students will be required to read primary materials (in English translation) as well as secondary materials in order to formulate their own perspectives on important events in modern Korean history. The purpose of this class is to help students gain a greater understanding of recent Korean history, and of the reasons for Korea\'s successes as well as its failures of the last few centuries. In addition, students should gain a greater understanding of how Koreans have defined themselves, and of how that self-definition has changed over time.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• The Kyushu Univeristy Korean Studies Center , Kyushu University
  The Kyushu University Korean Studies Center is the product of a public-private partnership, and was opened in December 1999 as the first unique institution to study in direct connection with Korea.The fourÊdepartments of the CenterÊinclude Social Networks, Political-Economic Systems, Humans and the Environment, and Planning.
  rcks.isc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e-rcks/gaiyo.html - February 17, 2005

• The People's Korea , DPRK government
  The People's Korea, a semimonthly on Korean affairs, is a Tokyo-based unofficial source of information on the DPRK Government's perspective. Since its inauguration on January 1, 1961, The People's Korea has been providing news and analyses from the DPRK perspective on international and domestic affairs as well as on Korea's national reunification, and information on Korean people's living, politics, economy, military, culture, history, customs, laws and regulations, festivals, sports, business, free trade zone, religions, tourism, etc. in its eight-page edition. The People's Korea, which has its branch office in downtown Pyongyang, has been committed to the cause of one Korea, enjoying an international readership in more than 120 countries and regions, including the United States and Tanzania. This PK web site (opened on July 20, 1997) is an abbreviated version of the original paper, and is updated weekly.
  210.145.168.243/pk/main.htm - February 21, 2005

• The Rise of Korean Civilization , University of British Columbia
  The evolution of a distinctive Korean civilization within the East Asian cultural sphere. Primary focus on cultural, social, and political development from the earliest times to the sixteenth century. This will be a lecture-discussion class in which students will be required to read primary materials (in English translation) as well as secondary materials in order to formulate their own perspectives on important issues in pre-modern Korean history. The purpose of this class is to help students gain a greater understanding how a distinctively Korean civilization emerged as well as gain a greater understanding of how the way Koreans have defined themselves, and how they have been defined by others, has changed over time.
  www.asia.ubc.ca/courses/history.htm - January 18, 2005

• The Society of Korean-American Scholars , Duke University
  Society of Korean-American Scholars (SKAS) is a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to engender intellectual exchanges in the global Korean community with a view to enlightening and empowering individual members of the community. It promotes scholarship and fellowship among its members and seeks to foster leadership among young Korean-Americans.
  www.skas.org/ - February 9, 2005

• UCLA Center for Korean Studies , University of California, Los Angeles
  The UCLA Center for Korean Studies was established in 1993 to coordinate development of UCLA's burgeoning programs in this field of research. Despite its short history, the Center now presides over the biggest Korean Studies program on the mainland of the United States, with the most specialists dedicated to Korea on its faculty and the largest number of students studying Korean subjects, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
  www.isop.ucla.edu/korea/ - February 15, 2005

• University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies Library , University of Hawai