How Korea Created and then Destroyed the Martial Sport of Taekwondo
Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace 7, Yulgok-ro 2-gil, Jongno-gu, SeoulShortly after liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, Koreans who had studied karate in Japan returned to Korea and opened martial
Korea during the 1880’s through 1910: Modernisation and Reforms
Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace 7, Yulgok-ro 2-gil, Jongno-gu, SeoulDebunking 115 years of denigration of Korea's Culture & History by the Japanese, Western Imperial Powers with special interests & writers in
The 1956 Crisis and the Making of North Korean Despotism
Second floor Residents’ Lounge, Somerset Palace 7, Yulgok-ro 2-gil, Jongno-gu, SeoulWhy is North Korea so unusually repressive? Even by the standards of communist countries, it stands out for having no dissidents and
[Lecture #1424] Online: Jeju Island’s Haenyeo
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[Lecture #1425] Online: Exploring Korean Diaspora through Korean Cubans
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[Lecture #1426] Online: Finding common ground: Reconstructing contemporary Korean history with archival footage
ZoomLecturer: Taewoong Lee Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2020. 7:30-9:00PM. We are inviting RAS members and friends to the RAS online lecture via
[Lecture #1427] Online: Tourism and Engagement in North Korea: How It Works
ZoomLecturer: Simon Cockerell Date: Tuesday, September 22. 07:30~09:00PM (Seoul) We are inviting RAS members and friends to the RAS online lecture via