APARC: Korea Program

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Flyer for the 2024 Sustainable Democracy Roundtable.

2024 KFAS-Stanford Sustainable Democracy Roundtable

June 21 in Seoul, ROK | Join experts from Stanford, the United States, and Asia as they evaluate current trends facing liberal democracy worldwide and solutions advancing democratic longevity.

Exploring the Global Success of Korean Cuisine

We hosted celebrity chefs Judy Joo and Ryu Soo-young and esteemed academics who explored the global ascendance of Korean cuisine and how food traverses national and cultural boundaries.

Korean Cuisine Gone Global

South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung (C) and candidates, watches TVs broadcasting the results of exit polls for the parliamentary election at the National Assembly on April 10, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.

Unpacking Korea's Parliamentary Election Results

Following a landslide victory for the opposition, Gi-Wook Shin analyzes the implications of the election outcomes for President Yoon’s domestic and foreign policies and Korean society.

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Robert Carlin, Siegfried Hecker, and Victor Cha

Deciphering North Korea's Escalating Belligerence

Amid North Korea’s increasing provocations, the Korea Program hosted three experts — Robert Carlin, Victor Cha, and Siegfried Hecker — to consider whether Pyongyang plans to go to war.

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Recently at the Korea Program

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

Is North Korea Preparing for War?

Slow Boil: What to Expect from North Korea in 2024

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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(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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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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