Ending the Korean War

A recent Center for Korean Studies conference brought together a wide range of speakers to reconsider how to end a war that never technically ended.


The UCLA Im Doctoral Student Fellowship

Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Doctoral Student Fellowship

Call for Papers and Proposals

2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity

East meets west in a portrait: A conversation with Korean art scholar Burglind Jungmann

UCLA Professor Burglind Jungmann, a member of the core faculty of the Center for Korean Studies, speaks about her work and Rubens's drawing, "Man in Korean Costume," on exhibit at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

The Complicated Lives of Gay Men in South Korea

According to anthropologist John Cho, single gay men in South Korea retreated from gay life in the wake of the 1997 Asian banking crisis and began to concentrate on making money, while married gay men became much more active in the gay community.

Symposium brings together experts to discuss human rights

Abuses against children, political prisoners and families among the topics addressed

UCLA scholars bring Korean Buddhist works to English-speaking world

The field of Korean Buddhism, which has a nearly 1,700-year history, has opened up to Western scholars and students with the release of the first comprehensive collection of Korean Buddhist works to be published in any European language. 

North Korea facing acute food shortages, says expert

Mercy Corps operations director urges prompt action to ease North Korean food crisis.

Grad shares insight into how Olympic Games changed a nation

UCLA Center for Korean Studies and The Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Endowment for Contemporary Korean Studies launches new lecture series that aims to bring prominent speakers to campus to share their expertise on current issues of great interest to both Korean-Americans and non-Koreans.

Korean Studies e-school offers learning opportunities for students in Latin America

Professor John Duncan leads innovative program to enhance Korean Studies teaching and learning south of the border.

East Meets West in Scholar John Duncan

Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies and a leading light on pre-modern Korea, Duncan has lived comfortably in two cultures since the late 1960s. Duncan is receiving the Korea Foundation Award in Seoul for a lifetime of contributions to Korean studies worldwide.

Visit news archive »