Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Korean Studies Program Stanford University



Sense of Mission
Shin and Stanford's Korean Studies Program

Gi-Wook Shin, founding director of Stanford's Korean Studies Program (KSP), spoke with the Stanford Daily about creating a unique niche for KSP over the past 11 years, and about being a student during an era of change in Korea.


Providing Assistance
Food aid would set North Korea's capacity free

Life in North Korea is not as bleak as people imagine, says former humanitarian aid worker Katharina Zellweger, who lived in Pyongyang for five years. Food scarcity, however, is a serious concern and Zellweger says that other countries should consider providing more food aid to North Korea in order to set its economic and creative capacity free.


End of an Era
After Kim Jong Il's death, Stanford experts consider North Korea's future

Since news broke of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death, the world is waiting to see what will happen next with the country's leadership, policy toward the United States and South Korea, and nuclear program. Shorenstein APARC Korea experts Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel Sneider, and David Straub weigh in.

January 31, 2012
1st Annual Korean Studies Program Prize for Writing in Korean Studies



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