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
Songnisan National Park and Beopjusa
North Chungcheong Province (Chungcheongbuk-do)After leaving Seoul, we will drive straight to Beopjusa, one of Korea's foremost Buddhist temples. The bus ride from Seoul to North
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
Seongsu-dong Walking Tour
Located along the north bank of the Hangang River in eastern Seoul, Seongsu-dong is an old industrial zone of factories and warehouses
[Lecture #1424] Online: Jeju Island’s Haenyeo
ZoomWe are inviting RAS members and friends to the RAS online lecture via Zoom ** How to join the lecture: 1) Go
[61st RAS B&C Club] Hierarchies of Korean Traditional Bldg.
Jogyesa Temple 55 Ujeongguk-ro, Gyeonji-dong, Jongno-gu, SeoulHi, Biz & Culture Club members, In this month, we will look into the hierarchical order of Korean traditional buildings such as
[Lecture #1425] Online: Exploring Korean Diaspora through Korean Cubans
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[Online Korean Literature Club] ‘Festival of Ashes’ by Park Chan Soon
Zoom'Festival of Ashes' by Park Chan Soon (translated by Brother Anthony of Taize) We will discuss a short story by Park Chan
[Korean Literature Club] Online: ‘Mildawon Days’ (by Kim Dong-ni)
ZoomDear friends, We will be reading Mildawon Days by Kim Dong-ni (Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé). The PDF file for the