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Mon, October 22, 2018 | 21:41

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English and Korean War

“One morning, father told me to go and pay attention to the situation at the American army office and see if there is a job opening,” says Prof. Yoo Chong-ho in his three-volume memoir.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-06-03 17:03

Korea-Iran relations: 1974 and 2016

One morning in 1974, I was sitting in an ante-chamber of the minister of health and social affairs. As a reporter covering the ministry, morning check-in at the minister's office was routine. At the time, labor affairs were also handled by the ministry, with the Office of Labor established later.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-05-06 15:24

Having a second house in Japan

How about having a lovely second house in a small town in Japan almost for free? It sounded like a fairy tale when I first learned that one of my high school seniors spends half of her year in a second house near Nagoya, Japan. This retired couple in their seventies began enjoying their life in the small town of Komono, Miye Prefecture, several years ago.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-04-08 16:56

A new era for go

Korea is a latecomer in the global community of go. Called baduk in Korean and weiqi in Chinese, the game is known to have originated from China, like most of the culture and civilization of Asia.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-03-11 18:06

Cyber memorial for Sewol

“Sae-hyeon, this is Dad. I will never forget you. I am so sorry that I was not there to save you.” - A note on a desk at Danwon High School, Ansan, South Korea. This is a message from a suffering father sent to his dead son, one of more than 300 victims of the Sewol ferry tragedy in 2014. The high school lost 250 students and 11 teachers in the worst peacetime disaster in Korean history.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-02-12 16:44

On history and environment

There are numerous incidents in history which could only be properly explained after seemingly remote factors - that of humans along with environment and ecology - and their interactions were found and connected. One broad example is the fact that the success or failure of sea-faring countries in the Imperialist period between the 15th century to around 1910 largely depended on their skills to cope with the climate, sea and the unfamiliar, tropical regions.

Kim Ji-myung | 2016-01-15 17:06

A special book donation

Do you know what keeps a college professor awake at night as retirement nears? A new lecture position? A plan to write a book? What to do during long, leisurely hours every day? No. The answer is “books.”

Kim Ji-myung | 2015-12-18 16:43

Funding is key factor

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Defense Department appears first when we search out the history of the Internet. It was in 1963 that the agency began research to build a reliable communication network that would function normally even in an emergency situation.

Kim Ji-myung | 2015-11-20 17:03

Regional studies and language skill

By Kim Ji-myung How much language capacity is required for country-specific study? Or to be more concrete, is it possible for a Korean studies scholar to work without the linguistic competence to read the source materials?It is hardly imaginable that a Chinese studies scholar doesn’t speak or understand written in Chinese or that a Japanese studies expert cannot read documents written in Japanese. Classics and old books of all three countries are in Chinese characters. But this classic literacy issue is one of the major issues facing Korean studies academia, according to a survey condu...

Kim Ji-myung | 2015-10-23 17:08

Solving historical puzzles

Stories of the murder, mysterious death and poisoning of kings and queens inside royal courts are a familiar and intriguing topic of fables and history around the world. And the 519 years of the court history of the Joseon Kingdom is no exception. In many cases, puzzles remain surrounding the truth of these intriguing royal deaths.

Kim Ji-myung | 2015-09-25 14:19

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