Bae Yong Joon is one of East Asia’s foremost actors and an ardent supporter of intercultural communication and exchange. Bae made his acting debut in 1994 on the KBS television series, Salut D’Amour (Love Greeting), and rose to stardom with his role in the 1995 series, A Sunny Place of the Young. Having established his […]

Karl Randall, a permanent resident of South Korea, received B.S. degrees in Economics and Finance from Oakland University and his M.A. in History from American Military University. He currently works as a full time lecturer at Kyungsung University in Busan, South Korea, where he teaches a number of classes geared toward introducing foreign exchange students […]

The author, Jerry M. Jackis, was born in Savannah, Georgia and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He has two degrees from the Citadel and is a decorated U.S. Army veteran of World War II. As a Foreign Service officer, he served in Korea, Cambodia, Greece and Washington D.C. During his stay in Korea, he […]

Sung-ok Kim was born in Osaka, Japan in 1941. A graduate of Seoul National University, he broke onto the literary scene in 1962 when his short story, “Practice of Life” won the Hankook Ilbo’s Sinchun Literature Award. In 196, he went on to win the 10th Dongin Literature Award with “Seoul-1964-Winter” and the 1st Yi […]

Professor, Yonsei University, Underwood International College Ph. D. Harvard University, East Asian Languages and Civilizations A.M. Harvard University, Regional Studies: East Asia M.A. Yonsei University, Korean Language and Literature B.A. University of California, Berkeley, East Asian Languages

Jong-Rok Kim obtained his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at Kyungpook National University in Taegu, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), where he majored in Korean language and literature.