I learned from Hahn Dae Soo that his friend Lee Ik-tae (Rhee Iktae), an artist, director, and actor he first met in Seoul in 1974 whom he re...

My article " 'This bill is rather urgent': ROK-US relations and the 1970 and 1975 marijuana crackdowns " from Transactions...

Australian Ambassador Jeff Robinson gave an interesting lecture for RAS Korea this week in which he spoke without notes about his 40+ year e...

The other day, Hahn Dae Soo posted on his Facebook wall a link to this blog post about his September 1969 concert at the Drama Center on Na...

 A few weeks ago, ahead of a walk for the RAS, I wrote this article for the Korea Times about the traces of the Japanese Empire in the Namsa...

For my latest Korea Times article , ahead of the historical walk in Itaewon I’m giving next weekend, I look at the filming of ‘Inchon,’ one ...

Back in June, I gave a lecture for Royal Asiatic Society Korea about Allied POWs in Korea during WWII, which can be watched here : While res...

[Update at bottom, June 16.] Recent news reports have brought up forced mobilization of Koreans in the South Pacific during WWII, with Yasu...

With the "reboot" of Royal Asiatic Society Korea I've been tasked with organizing lectures and excursions, and am thankful to...