November 1, 2012
…“The Future of the Korean Peninsula and the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance” open forum between the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Sung Kim, and the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the U.S., Young-jin Choi. The forum was hosted by UC San Diego’s School of International Relations…
October 11, 2012
…taking place on the Korean peninsula, including elections in the South and the succession and possible reforms in the North. Yet, progress on the denuclearization of the peninsula through multinational talks remains blocked. The U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Sung Kim, and the Republic of Korea’s…
January 9, 2014
…San Diego ‘House’ of Korean Studies Five-year, $600,000 grant from the Academy of Korean Studies aims to build interdisciplinary, comparative scholarship of Korea Todd Henry, assistant professor of history, is principal investigator on the project. A grant for nearly $600,000 will boost Korean studies at UC San Diego for the…
May 29, 2014
…for research in South Korea. Fellowship recipient Kent Boydston, a graduate student at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS), will travel to South Korea for an intensive, nine-month Korean language program at Yonsei University in Seoul. His accompanying research project will analyze how non-governmental organizations can influence…
April 5, 2019
University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Professor Andrew B. Kahng has been awarded the 2019 Ho-Am Prize for Engineering, the highest award for engineering in Korea.
March 14, 2013
South Korean Delegation Praises UC San Diego’s Research Ethics Program When, in 2006, the South Korean university and scientific communities were stunned by the apparent research misconduct of stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo Suk, part of the response was to significantly increase national efforts to promote research ethics. This renewed focus…
March 10, 2022
…abroad in Seoul, South Korea in Fall 2021 where she got immersed in the culture and customs, including celebrating Chuseok (the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving). Even as senior Kimberly Giangtran stepped foot on a plane to South Korea, the thought of spending four months abroad still terrified her. Between the…
January 5, 2017
…convenes policy-level officials from China, Russia, North and South Korea, Japan and the United States to candidly discuss urgent security topics in Northeast Asia.
May 25, 2020
South Korea is a standout in the current battle against COVID-19, largely due to its widespread testing and contact tracing; however, key to its innovation is publicly disclosing detailed information on the individuals who test positive for COVID-19.
February 8, 2017
…Diego’s Program in Transnational Korean Studies will continue its Korean diaspora film series by offering audiences a rare opportunity to meet two award-winning film artists, Jane Jin Kaisen from Denmark (Feb. 9-10) and Heung-Soon Im from South Korea (Feb. 21-22). Highlighting the hidden stories of modern Korea, the series combines…
