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Flyer for a call for papers for the 4th International Conference on the Sociology of Korea.

Call for Papers: 4th International Conference on the Sociology of Korea

The Korea Program is hosting the 2025 I-CSK and invites scholars, esp. early-career faculty and graduate students, to submit either a full-length paper or an extended abstract to be considered for inclusion in the conference program.

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Flyer for "The Second Trump Era: High Stakes for Asia"

Panel Discussion: May 5 @ 4 p.m. | The Second Trump Era: High Stakes for Asia

APARC/Korea Program Director Gi-Wook Shin and additional experts consider the implications of Trump's second term for the Asia-Pacific and examine how stakeholders in the region look at their future with the United States.

Anti-Yoon Suk Yeol protesters participate in a rally against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea.

Upheaval in South Korea After Impeachment: Commentary by Gi-Wook Shin

In The Diplomat magazine, Program Director Gi-Wook Shin discusses the political crisis in South Korea following President Yoon's ill-fated attempt to impose military rule, its implications for the country's future, and necessary reforms.

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Recently at the Korea Program

Youth Movements in Asia, Past and Present | Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Meredith Weiss, and Gi-Wook Shin

Domestic Political Challenges Facing the U.S.-South Korea Alliance | Scott A. Snyder

North Korea Foreign Policy Under the Three Kims | Yong Suk Lee and Benjamin R. Young

Who We Are

The Korea Program at Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is a West Coast hub of scholarship on contemporary Korea and the issues shaping the future of the Korean Peninsula and U.S.-Korea relations. Our work examines these topics from regional and comparative perspectives through cultural, political, and economic lens. We train and support emerging Korea scholars and convene experts from academia, government, business, and civil society for dialogue, research, and publishing activities that inform policymakers in the United States and Korea and strengthen the bonds between the two countries.

About Us

(Right to left): Gi-Wook Shin, ROK Ambassador to the US Cho Yoon-je, and Siegfried S. Hecker seated at a conference room at Stanford

Our Research

Together with academics and stakeholders in government and civil society, we explore Korean issues and policy solutions through economic, social, political, and security lens.

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Hallym-Stanford Innovation Cnference Panel

Our Publications

We share our research findings through peer-reviewed journals, scholarly and trade presses, policy reports, and Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center’s publishing program.

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