APARC: Korea Program

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.

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In the Spotlight

Fall 2023 Applications for Next Asia Policy Fellowships

Our new Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab, led by Professor Gi-Wook Shin, is accepting applications for inaugural postdoctoral fellowships and visiting scholar positions in four research tracks, beginning fall 2023.

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Gi-Wook Shin, Amb. Jung-Seung Shin, and Oriana Skylar Mastro at the Winter Payne Lecture

South Korea’s Strategic Path Amid U.S.-China Competition

Ambassador Jung-Seung Shin, the Winter 2023 Payne Distinguished Fellow, examines the impacts of the U.S.-China competition on South Korea and the prospects for enhanced Korea-U.S. collaboration.

Sino-U.S. Relations and South Korea

A North Korean defector, now living in South Korea, prepares to release balloons carrying propaganda leaflets denouncing recent North Korea's nuclear test, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 15, 2016 in Paju, South Korea.

The Urgency of Addressing North Korean Human Rights

It is time to depoliticize North Korean human rights, writes Gi-Wook Shin, calling for the Yoon administration to develop multilateral approaches and reach a domestic bipartisan consensus on the crisis.

North Korean Human Rights

Assessing South Korea's Democracy

Gi-Wook Shin and the Korea Program offer analysis and commentary on the threats to Korean democracy and its future

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Recently at the Korea Program

(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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