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  1. Children look around cells at Seodaemun Prison, the former prison used to lock Independent fighters from 1908, on August 15, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea.
    On the Centennial of the March First Independence Movement of Korea
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    The year 2019 is the centennial of several anti-colonialist movements that emerged in Asia, including the March First Movement of Korea. On that day a century ago, protesters shouting “Mansei!” (“Long live Korean independence!”) gathered in Seoul and formed what would become the first nationwide political protest in Korea under Japanese colonial rule.
  2. Eun Young Park delivers seminar
    Audio: Pacific Settlement of Disputes in East Asia: Inter-State Arbitration and Judicial Diplomacy
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    On May 10, 2019, Eun-Young Park  presented his lecture "Pacific Settlement of Disputes in East Asia: Inter-State Arbitration and Judicial Diplomacy." Audio and a transcript of that event is now available. Listen to the Seminar:
  3. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) pose for photographs
    How to Keep the Ball Rolling on North Korean Negotiations
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    The current stalemate should not be taken as a restless waiting game or a prelude to dejected failure. The situation is frustrating and nerve-wracking to some, but the good news is that neither side is willing to close the window of talks and jump off the lurching — but still running — train of diplomacy.
  4. Gi-wook Shin, director of the Korea program at Stanford's Shorenstein APARC, and Andray Abrahamian, visiting scholar who has taught North Koreans about capitalism, at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., last week.
    At Carleton College, APARC Scholars Lay Out North Korea's Economic Quandary
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    Scholar Andray Abrahamian organized many projects to promote economic change in North Korea over the past decade, including that country’s first two ultimate frisbee tournaments. So when he spoke at Carleton College in Northfield last week, the first thing Abrahamian did was acknowledge the school’s prominence in the sport.
  5. Portrait of Yong Suk Lee
    Academic Prize Awarded to Korea Program Deputy Director
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    We are happy to share that FSI’s SK Center Fellow and APARC's Korea Program Deputy Director Yong Suk Lee is the recipient of the 2018 Urban Land Institute United Kingdom Academic Prize for his paper “Entrepreneurship, small business and economic
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