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[CANCELLED] [Cultural Excursion] Evaluation of the Kim Young-Sam Presidency 1993-98

March 18, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm KST

[CANCELLED]

Evaluation of the Kim Young-sam Presidency 1993-98

RAS Special Seminar, held at Kim Young-sam Presidential Library

Leader: David Mason

 

DATE: Saturday. March 18, 2023. 1:00-4:00PM (KST)
DESTINATION(S): Kim Young-sam Presidential Library (MAP)
COST: 25,000 won for members; 30,000 won for non-members

 

MEETING POINT: The 1st Floor of the Kim Young-sam Presidential Library (구립 김영삼도서관), located near southern mouth of the Sangdo Tunnel, west side of the highway (Sangdo-1-dong, Dongjak-guk, Seoul), which is a 6 min. walk from Sangdo Station (상도) (Subway Line 7, Exit 4).  At 1:00PM.

 

RSVP by March 16 (Thursday) by clicking HERE with payment of the fee via bank transfer. Please register one RSVP at a time.

☞Payment to be remitted to the following account:
SHINHAN BANK ACCOUNT # 100-026-383501 (RAS-KB)

*Reservation is not confirmed until payment has been received by RAS Korea in advance of the event.

 

SUMMARY:

The presidency of democracy activist Kim Young-sam was a crucial turning point in modern Korean history. From early 1993 through early 1998, vast reforms were implemented in Korean government, many changes occurred in society and the status of an advanced industrialized nation was achieved, but then precipitously damaged in what we call the East Asian Financial Crisis (or “IMF Era” to Koreans).  His long political career that finally led to attaining the presidency after several attempts also had many dramatic incidents and severe controversies.  We hope to attract a group of fellow seniors who were in Korea during his time, have memories and opinions they are willing to relate, as well as younger attendees who want to listen to what we all have to say, and we will all learn perspectives together.  We will walk thru the small hall of exhibits and then gather in their small seminar room. Professor Mason will give opening remarks of the basic framework of Kim’s career and administration, including the controversies, and explain his own basic opinions; and then open it up to a spirited debate and insightful discussion.
BIO:

David A. Mason recently retired as a Professor of Korean Cultural Tourism at Kyung Hee & Sejong Universities for 17 years, and is a longtime researcher on the deep religious characteristics of Korea’s mountains.  Prior to this, he served as a consultant for the national Ministry of Culture and Tourism for 5 years.  Mason earned a Masters’ Degree in the History of Korean Religions from Yonsei University in 1997, and was appointed the national Honorary Ambassador of the Baekdu-daegan Ranges in 2011.  He has authored and edited ten books on Korean culture and tourism.  He is now a tour-guide and public-speaker, based in Seoul.  A native of the USA, he has been living in South Korea for 37 years now, always following his passionate interest in traveling around Korea.  He has proudly been an active member of the venerable Royal Asiatic Society – Korea Branch for those four decades, and this is his 16th lecture for it.

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