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In 2024, the number of babies born in South Korea increased for the first time in nine years. The change is welcome news for a country that is dealing with serious population problems.2024年，韩国出生的婴儿人数九年来首次增加。 对于一个正在处理严重人口问题的国家来说，这一变化是可喜的消息。South Korea's statistics agency said recently that 238,300 babies were born last year, an increase of 8,300 from a year earlier.韩国统计局最近表示，去年有238,300名婴儿出生，比去年同期增加了8300名。The agency said the country's fertility rate — the average number of babies born to each woman in her reproductive years — was 0.75 in 2024, up from 0.72 in 2023.该机构表示，该国的生育率 - 在生殖年中每个妇女出生的婴儿的平均数量 - 2024年为0.75，高于2023年的0.72。The data represents the first time that the yearly number of births has increased since 2015.数据代表自2015年以来每年的出生人数首次增加。Choi Yoon Kyung is an expert with the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education. Choi told the Associated Press that researchers must wait for more data over the next few years to see if increased births were driven by “structural changes.”Choi Yoon Kyung是韩国儿童保育和教育研究所的专家。 崔告诉美联社，研究人员必须在接下来的几年中等待更多数据，以查看增加的出生是否是由“结构性变化”驱动的。Park Hyun Jung is with the government agency Statistics Korea. Park said the agency believes the rise is partly due to an increase in marriages following postponements of such plans during the COVID-19 pandemic.公园贤荣（Park Hyun Jung）与韩国政府机构统计局一起。 帕克说，该机构认为，这一崛起的部分原因是婚姻推迟在19009年大流行期间婚姻的增加。Park said another reason for the increase is that a growing number of people entered their early 30s. She also noted a government study that shows a small increase in the number of young people hoping to have children after marriage.帕克说，增加的另一个原因是越来越多的人进入了30多岁。 她还指出，一项政府研究表明，希望结婚后生孩子的年轻人数量少了。Official data show South Korea's fertility rate has been the lowest in the developed world in recent years. In 2022, South Korea was the only country with a fertility rate below one, among members of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.官方数据显示，韩国的生育率近年来一直是发达国家的最低水平。 2022年，韩国是总部位于巴黎的经济合作与发展组织成员中唯一一个低于生育率的国家。The low fertility rate could threaten South Korea's economic health. The country, Asia's fourth largest economy, could face labor shortages and greater spending on public assistance programs. South Korea's central and local governments have been increasingly offering several support programs to those who give birth to children.低生育率可能威胁到韩国的经济健康。 该国是亚洲第四大经济体，可能面临劳动力短缺和在公共援助计划上的支出。 韩国的中央和地方政府越来越多地向那些生下儿童的人提供几个支持计划。But experts say that it will be difficult to solve the country's population problems. Many young people say they do not want to have babies. Their reasons include costly housing, low levels of upward social movement, the high costs of raising and educating children, and a culture that requires women to do more of the childcare.但是专家说，解决该国的人口问题将很难。 许多年轻人说他们不想生婴儿。 他们的原因包括昂贵的住房，较低的向上社会运动，养育和教育儿童的高昂成本以及一种要求妇女做更多育儿的文化。Park said that the fertility rate will likely stay on an upward movement at least for another year. But observers say it remains to be seen whether the rate will go back down as post-pandemic marriages even out. The country's population structure will also change, with a drop in the number of people in their early 30s.帕克说，生育率至少可能会持续一年。 但是观察者说，随着大流行后的婚姻甚至均匀的婚姻，这一比率是否会降低。 该国的人口结构也将发生变化，30多岁的人数减少。Some experts argue that the government should pay more attention to supporting young couples who want to have babies.一些专家认为，政府应该更加关注支持婴儿的年轻夫妇。“There are still people with solid wills to have a family and babies. When we help them realize their hopes, our fertility rate won't suffer a steep, 45-degree drop,” Choi said.崔说：“仍然有稳固的遗嘱拥有一个家庭和婴儿。当我们帮助他们意识到自己的希望时，我们的生育率不会遭受陡峭的45度下降。”

최수온, a Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses about national defense in context with South Korea's alliance with the United States.

Researchers have created a new variable-stiffness morphing wheel that can not only roll over giant stones and other rough terrain, but they can even climb stairs. The wheels adjust stiffness in real time and could soon find themselves in a wide range of applications, from wheelchairs to mobile robots.Developed by the Advanced Robotics Research Center of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials' Research Institute of AI Robotics, the wheels are inspired by the surface tension of a drop of liquid.Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast.

There was a bit of a media frenzy at the Paris games recently when North Korean athletes posed for selfies with South Korean competitors at the gymnastics. Those same athletes were also spotted cheering for American rivals, hugging competitors and waving and smiling for tv cameras. There has been cautious optimism that the usually hermit-like North is finally starting to open up to the world after a period of extreme isolation. But how much of this display at the Olympics is diplomatic gymnastics, carefully planned and carried out as positive PR for the totalitarian state? In this episode of The Briefing Sacha Barbour Gatt speaks with Roald Maliangkay, associate professor in Korean studies and director of the Korea Institute at the Australian National University to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 6, 2024 - Join us for this conversation about prospects for Korean Unification with Jeongmin Kim, Lead Correspondent at NK News / Editorial Director at Korea Pro, Dr. Lee Sang-shin, director of the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy at Korea Institute of National Unification (KINU), and Dr. Nicholas Eberstadt, the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), in conversation with Korea Society policy director Jonathan Corrado. This panel will explore recent policy shifts towards unification in South Korea under the Yoon Suk Yeol administration and in North Korea announced by Chairman Kim Jong Un at the ninth plenary meeting of the eighth central committee of the ruling Workers' Party. What are the consequences of Kim's announcement that North Korea's long standing policy goal of unification (one nation, two systems) will be dropped? The expert panel will also discuss changing public opinion in South Korea, including demographic and ideological splits in policy preferences for the future of the Korean Peninsula. Plus, in addition to discussing the well-understood challenges and obstacles to practically embarking on a process of unification, the panel will cover some of the potential benefits of Unification, including demographic, sociocultural, geopolitical, and economic factors. The promotional partner for this program is Columbia University's APEC Study Center. For more information, please visit the link below: https://koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1780-korean-unification-a-fading-prospect

This is a recording of Truth in Accounting's webinar on the lessons in governmental accounting from New Zealand with Professor Ian Ball of Victoria University in New Zealand, CEO and Founder of TIA, Sheila Weinberg and Bill Bergman, former Director of Research at TIA. This special Ask the Experts webinar is part of Truth in Accounting's effort to reform governmental accounting standards in the United States. Currently, the 50 states are required by law to balance their budgets. But because governments use cash-based accounting, budgets that appear balanced are anything but balanced. With cash-based accounting, financial reports show expenses only when money is paid, not when debt or future expenses are incurred. This presents a flawed and inaccurate picture of governments' financial condition. Full accrual calculations and techniques (FACT) accounting provides a more holistic view of government finances. https://www.truthinaccounting.org/resources/page/fact-based-accounting _________________ Subscribe to Truth in Accounting here: https://bit.ly/2uygGER Follow Truth in Accounting: Facebook: https://facebook.com/truthinaccounting X: https://twitter.com/truthinacct Instagram: https://instagram.com/truthinacct LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/truth-in-accounting ------------ Ian Ball is a Professor of Public Financial Management and the first Professor in Practice at Victoria University of Wellington. During his career, Ian has been an academic, a senior public servant, an accounting standard setter, an international consultant on public financial management, and chief executive of an international organization. Other roles Ian currently holds include: Chairman Emeritus of CIPFA International, Chair of the Audit Committee for the financial statements of the New Zealand Government, Principal of Public Sector Performance (NZ) Ltd, advisor on government accounting matters to Japonica Partners and member of the Advisory Group for the Korea Institute of Public Finance. Ian was Chief Executive Officer of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) (2002-2013). Earlier, as Chairman of the IFAC Public Sector Committee (now the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board), he initiated and led the development of International Public Sector Accounting Standards. While with the New Zealand Treasury (1987-1994) Ian was responsible (as Director of Financial Management Policy and Central Financial Controller) for the design of the New Zealand Government's financial management system and the development of the Public Finance Act 1989. Sheila Weinberg is the founder and CEO of Truth in Accounting. Since 2002 Ms. Weinberg has led Truth in Accounting's research initiatives. Because of her expertise in governmental budgeting and accounting, Ms. Weinberg has testified before the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), the Government Accounting Standards Board, and numerous state legislative hearings on matters of proper government accounting. Bill Bergman served as Truth in Accounting's Director of Research. He led question formation, idea development, and application of research initiatives. Bill teaches finance courses at Loyola University Chicago. He has over 30 years of financial market experience, including thirteen years as an economist and policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Bill earned an M.B.A. and an M.A. in public policy from the University of Chicago in 1990.

진행자: 박준희, Beth Eunhee Hong Day laborers, low-income earners fear lonely death 기사 요약: 고독사에 걱정하는 일용직 근로자, 소득 낮은 층 [1] Day laborers and low-income earners in South Korea feel that they have a high chance of dying alone and remaining unnoticed for days, compared to peers with regular jobs earning higher incomes, a survey showed Sunday. *Day laborer: 일용직 근로자 *Low-income: 소득이 낮은 *Regular job: 정규직 [2] Those employed and paid daily without a regular job feared they would have an average 41.8 percent chance of suffering a "lonely death," compared to 28.6 percent for those with regular jobs, according to data from a survey by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs released Sunday. *Employed: 취직[취업]하고 있는 *Fear: 두려워하다; 우려하다 *Lonely death: 고독사 [3] A similar trend was also observed depending on the level of an individual's income. Those earning monthly wages of less than 2 million won ($1,550) expected they would have a 44.9 percent chance of dying lonely, while those receiving over 6 million won marked 25.8 percent. *Trend: 동향, 추세 *Observed: 관찰됐다 *Receiving: 받는 [4] By age, respondents in their 30s said that they had a 39.5 percent chance of dying alone. On the other hand, individual anticipation of dying alone diminished gradually in older age groups, with those in their 60s predicting a 29.8 percent chance of dying alone. Those in their 20s expected they had a 29.5 percent possibility of a lonely death. *Respondents: 응답자 *On the other hand: 다른 한편으로는, 반면에 *Anticipation of: ~에 대한 기대 *Predicting: 예측하기 기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231203000110 [코리아헤럴드 팟캐스트 구독] 아이튠즈(아이폰):https://itunes.apple.com/kr/podcast/koliaheleoldeu-paskaeseuteu/id686406253?mt=2 네이버 오디오 클립(아이폰, 안드로이드 겸용): https://audioclip.naver.com/channels/5404 팟빵 (안드로이드): http://www.podbbang.com/ch/6638 위 팟캐스트 에피소드에는 스포티파이의 후원광고를 포함하고 있습니다. 지금 바로 스포티파이 포 팟캐스터에서 팟캐스트를 만들어보세요! http://podcasters.spotify.com

It's no secret that China cracks down on its own dissidents inside the country. But in recent years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seems more willing than ever to ignore international borders as it wields its hammer into other sovereign countries. And that includes South Korea, an American ally where our parents and grandparents fought and died to keep them free from communism. There, a U.S.-based dance company is faced with censorship for exposing the persecution of faithful people in China. Why has CCP infiltration been so successful in South Korea? How is this even able to occur under a pro-American president? And what are the consequences for America if that country changes its color to become a communist country or a de facto ally of the CCP? Join us in South Korea for an exclusive investigation. “That power runs into every sphere of Korean society. It's the reality, unfortunately,” says Lee Ji-Yong, professor at the Department of Chinese Studies at KeiMyung University, when telling us about Chinese infiltration in South Korea. “China, of course, regards South Korea as a vulnerable, weak link in the American encirclement of China,” says Kim Taewoo, senior research fellow at Korea Institute for Military Affairs. “I worry about that because of just how important South Korea is in stopping the advance of communism. I'm really, really concerned about their infiltration,” says Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.). ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

A New York-based performing arts company has been shut out in South Korea. Behind the blockade is the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) overseas ambitions. But why is Shen Yun a target, and why should the United States be concerned? We sat down with a former Korean government official and top military expert to find out.   Also, the director of the Nuclear Security Office at the Korea Institute of Military Studies joins us to discuss the CCP's propaganda campaign outside its borders—as well as the complex diplomatic relations between the United States, South Korea, and communist China.   ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV

August 22, 2023 - What motivates interest among the South Korean population and national security expert community in the potential development of an indigenous nuclear deterrent? How likely is Seoul to go in this direction? And if it does, what are the costs, benefits, and implications for its economy, the US-Korea Alliance, the region, and the nonproliferation regime? Dr. Clint Work, Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), Dr. Lami Kim, College of Security Studies at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Dr. Bee Yun Jo, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, and Dr. Hyun-Binn Cho, The College of New Jersey, discuss with Korea Society policy director Jonathan Corrado and program officer Chelsie Alexandre.  Clarification: Cho and Petrovics argue in their Bulletin piece that North Korea's new law shifts the evidence away from a second strike strategy. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1699-the-south-korea-nuclear-debate

In this month's podcast, our guest is Jaigyoung Choe, President of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Professor Choe received his PhD degree from the University of California Berkeley in 1986 under the supervision of Professor Richard Schoen after completing his undergraduate studies at Seoul National University.His main research interests are in differential geometry, minimal surface theory, isoperimetric problems, and geometric measure theory.Previously, he held positions at POSTECH in Pohang and Seoul National University. He was a professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study until February 2019 and is now a professor emeritus at the institute. He is also the eighth President of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Professor Choe is one of the Series Editors of the KIAS Springer Series in Mathematics.He is hosted by Masayuki Nakamura, Editor for Mathematics in Tokyo.

While officially communist, North Korea's economy has been a strange hybrid of socialist and capitalist elements for decades now. Millions in the country rely on markets outside the state-planned economy for necessities and to make a living, and this has raised questions about how the DPRK could make the transition to a more capitalist economy — if it ever wanted to. This week, economist Halin Han joins the NK News podcast to discuss how the economic transitions of several Southeast Asian nations — Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam — could serve as a model for North Korea and what lessons Pyongyang could draw from their success and failures.  She also talks about why it was essential for Vietnam to establish relations with the U.S., the importance of overhauling the legal system to support capital growth and whether opening up the economy would be politically risky for the regime. Halin Han is a senior researcher at the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and has conducted research on topics including the Greater Tumen Initiative, inter-Korean economic partnerships, DPRK fiscal policies and what can be learned from machine analysis of North Korean documents. About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Jacco Zwetsloot (@JaccoZed) exclusively for NK News, covering all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts and analysts in the field, along with insight from our very own journalists.

진행자: 간형우, Beth Eunhee Hong 1. 'The Match' starring Lee Byung-hun, Yoo Ah-in mulls skipping theaters for Netflix release 기사 요약: 이병헌·유아인 주연 영화 ‘승부,' 영화관 개봉 대신 넷플릭스 공개행을 논의 중인 것으로 알려졌다. [1] New drama film “The Match,” which stars big-name actors Lee Byung-hun and Yoo Ah-in as Go players, is considering skipping a theatrical release and going straight to a streaming platform. *mull: 숙고하다, 실수하다 *Go: 바둑 *consider: 고려하다 [2] Netflix on Wednesday said they are in talks with officials of ‘The Match' concerning its release but, "nothing has been decided yet.” *in talks with: ~와 대화중인 *concern: ~에 영향을 미치다, ~에 관련되다, 우려 [3] The announcement denies a local news outlet's report Tuesday that said Netflix and producers of “The Match” had agreed to release the film on the streaming platform. *deny: 사실이 아니라고 말하다, 부인하다 [4] According to the report, “The Match,” like many other Korean films, initially sought the right time for a theatrical release, but its producers were considering changing tactics as theater attendance has not improved drastically following the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions. *initially: 처음에 *seek: 찾다, 추구하다 *tactics: 전술, 작전 *attendance: 출석, 참석자 수 *drastically: 급격히, 대폭 기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221012000690 2. Unmarried couples say they face disadvantages 기사 요약: ‘법적 가족'으로 인정받지 못한 동거나 사실혼 상태의 남녀 10명 중 3명꼴로 정부 지원에서 차별을 겪은 적이 있는 것으로 조사됐다. [1] Couples outside legal boundaries are still facing various disadvantages, data showed Thursday. *boundary: 경계, 분계선 [2] According to a report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 28.3 percent of partners who are in a nontraditional form of family, such as common-law partners, said they have faced disadvantages in government policy. *common-law partners: 사실혼 및 동거 부부 [3] The survey asked 159 men and 177 women between the ages of 19 and 49 in 291 households with unmarried couples whether they have experienced any kind of discrimination or inconvenience. *discrimination: 차별 *inconvenience: 불편 [4] Of them, 28.3 percent said they faced obstacles in accessing government welfare policies, while 21.2 percent said they had inconveniences in getting daily services. *obstacle: 장애(물) *welfare: 복지 기사 원문: https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221013000657

Since 1989, ASEAN and South Korea have developed partnership and cooperation in the trade sector. Last year, South Korea was the 4th largest trading partner of ASEAN and ASEAN was South Korea's second largest trading partner. Furthermore, K-Pop cultures are very popular among ASEAN society especially Indonesia. So, what about South Korea's perspective towards Indonesia? IR UII in Conversation will discuss "Understanding Indonesia: views from South Korea". Watch the conversation of Professor Gu Bokyeung, Research Professor from Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies with Hangga Fathana, M.A., assistant professor of Department of IR UII in our YouTube Channel or visit ir.uii.ac.id/iconkorea. #SouthKorea #Indonesia #KoreaIndonesia

In this episode of YANE[PODCAST] Dariia and Anna talk about all things CRISPR: history of discovery, applications, mechanisms and Anna's CRISPR research at Korea Institute of Science and Technology.

Have you ever pondered the letter P, or maybe reflected on the letter R? As in, thought about their structures, their shapes, and how they came to be. I, to be honest, had not. I have never given these letters—or any other letters—much thought. But that's what we're up to today. In this episode, we're looking across the world's hundred plus scripts and asking some basic questions: How are they alike? How do they differ? And why do they have the shapes that they do? My guests are Dr. Yoolim Kim and Dr. Olivier Morin. Yoolim is a Psycholinguist at the Korea Institute at Harvard University, and Olivier is director of the Minds and Traditions research group (aka ‘The Mint') at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. Olivier and Yoolim, along with other colleagues, have recently launched a new online game called Glyph. You can play right now. It asks players to help describe, break down, and classify the characters of dozens of writing systems around the world.   Here, we talk about Glyph and what Yoolim and Olivier hope to learn from it. We do a bit of ‘Writing Systems 101' and shine a spotlight on two scripts with fascinating origin stories: Hangul, the Korean script which was devised in the 15th century and Vai, a script invented in Liberia in the 19th century. We also talk about how universal cognitive factors shape writing systems and about whether the writing system you use shapes how you think. Finally, we discuss the earliest writing systems and what they were used for; the myth that the alphabet is the most advanced type of writing system; and the understudied—but not uncommon!—phenomenon of “biscriptalism.” If you enjoy this episode, be sure to check out Glyph. It sounds super fun and engrossing—and I'll definitely be playing it myself! On to my conversation with Dr. Yoolim Kim and Dr. Olivier Morin. Enjoy!   A transcript of this episode will be available soon!   Notes and links 2:30 – You can sign up to play Glyph and watch a video about the game here. 6:30 – The International Phonetic Alphabet or IPA. 10:00 – In addition to writing, Dr. Morin's group at the MPI has also studied coin designs and other aspects of visual culture. 16:30 – A paper by Dr. Morin and colleagues about writing as one of many kinds of “graphic codes.” 18:40 – An explanation of the international laundry symbols. 19:50 – A video about how Egyptian hieroglyphs were decoded. A website where you can see your name written in Egyptian hieroglyphs. 24:50 – An article laying out five major types of writing system, distinguished by the linguistic unit they encode. 27:40 – More information about Hangul and Vai. 33:00 – A pioneering early paper by Mark Changizi and colleagues about the origins of letter shapes. 34:00 – A research paper by Dr. Morin about how cognitive biases for cardinal shapes and vertical symmetry shape letter forms. 37:30 – A cuneiform tablet, which shows how the script has a distinctive three-dimensional “wedge-shaped” quality. 41:30 – A research paper by Dr. Morin and colleagues on how the Vai script seems to have gotten simpler over its short history. A general audience treatment of the same study by co-author Piers Kelly. 42:00 – A research paper by Dr. Helena Miton and Dr. Morin about what determines the complexity of written letters. 45:00 – The Ogham script, which may have needed to grow more complex over time rather than simplify. 46:00 – An article on the origins of writing in different parts of the world. An article on the rebus principle. 48:30 – Our earlier essay on footprints, which discusses the idea that bird tracks inspired the Chinese writing system. 50:00 – A paper in which Dr. Morin and colleagues discuss the role of early writing in “recitation practices”. 52:00 ­– The idea that literacy profoundly affects cognition was famously articulated by Jack Goody in The Domestication of the Savage Mind. A paper by Stanislas Dehaene and a colleague about the “Visual Word Form Area” and how it becomes rapidly specialized for reading. 55:00 – Korean readers are often “biscriptal” in that they are familiar with both Hangul and Hanja. 57:30 – A paper by Dr. Kim and colleagues on whether Hanja shapes the mental lexicon of Korean speakers. 59:00 – A research paper examining some of the effects of biscriptalism. 1:03 – A paper by Isabelle Dautriche and colleagues about how word forms are clustered in the lexicon.   Dr. Kim recommends: In the Land of Invented Languages, by Arika Okrent Highly Irregular, by Arika Okrent Frindle, by Andrew Clements   Dr. Morin recommends: The Greatest Invention, by Silvia Ferrara Stories of Your Life, by Ted Chiang Codes of the Underworld, by Diego Gambetta You can read more about Dr. Morin's lab on the Mint website and follow him on Twitter. You can read more about Dr. Kim's research here.   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://disi.org), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from assistant producer Cecilia Padilla. Creative support is provided by DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. **You can now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here!** We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website (https://disi.org/manyminds/), or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

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On today's episode of the Korean Beauty Show, Lauren discusses Ahn In Suk's (Director of the Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences) latest YouTube video discussing whether the focus on ingredients lists and green grade ratings is setting back the future of the Korean cosmetics industry. Lauren also answers a listener's question about Korean cleansing sticks.    Access Today's Full Show Notes: https://stylestory.com.au/blogs/podcast/is-the-ewg-setting-back-the-future-of-the-korean-cosmetics-industry   CONNECT WITH ME Instagram: www.instagram.com/lauren.kbeauty Shop Kbeauty: www.stylestory.com.au Style Story's Instagram:www.instagram.com/stylestory_kbeauty Jelly Ko's Instagram:www.instagram.com/jellyko_official Facebook:www.facebook.com/stylestory.au Website: www.thekoreanbeautyshow.com Sign Up to Our Mailing List to Join Tester's Club: https://stylestory.com.au/pages/free-gift-signup Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/stylestoryau Tik Tok:https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSaHUgHL/ Download Your Free Guide to K-Beauty: https://manage.kmail-lists.com/subscriptions/subscribe?a=XgHS8t&g=SmUKy   EPISODE SUMMARY: KBEAUTY NEWS HEADLINES: Is the EWG Setting back the future of the Korean cosmetics industry? Ahn Insuk, Director of Korea's Institute of Dermatological Sciences says that green grade rating systems like those used on Hwahae and rating systems like the EWG are actually setting back the future of the Korean beauty industry.  In a video released to her YouTube channel, she explained that she doesn't think it's necessary to check whether cosmetics contain harmful ingredients for the human body.  Lauren discusses her thoughts on this and the proliferation of brands claiming to avoid so-called “harmful ingredients.” Watch Ahn Insuk's Video “The Truth About Cosmetic Ingredients” Here: https://youtu.be/MQAaEmpOYas   QUESTION OF THE WEEK: What are Cleansing Sticks?   New Kbeauty Products on STYLE STORY: Hanyul Yuja Face Oil (30ml) is ideal for those with dull, fatigued, tired looking skin. Hanyul's Yuja Face Oil contains 82% Yuja extract, providing skin with a rich antioxidant boost. 5% Niacinamide acts as a brightening powerhouse to help reduce the appearance of spots and dull skin. Hanyul Pure Artemisia Watery Calming Toner (150ml) is a calming toner that contains baby mugwort to provide a soothing effect on skin. It can also improve skin's texture and appearance. Korean Beauty Product Reviews of the Week: 5 star review for d'Alba Piedmont First Spray Serum.  So worth the price “Wow! Never again will I buy the cheap sprays that supposedly "hydrate" your skin when all they really do is have the opposite effect. This stuff is actual skin care in a spray bottle. You can feel the mist of serum on your skin and it actually hydrates - I use it all throughout the day if I feel dry or if I want to feel fresh or refresh my makeup. It's so good for travelling on a flight as well. It is expensive but so so worth it and it lasts ages.” 5 Star Review for One Thing Centella Asiatica Toner In love “Hydrates my skin and soooo suitable for those with sensitive to combination skin types.” RECOMMENDATION OF THE WEEK  If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha STYLE STORY - Your Go-To for Kbeauty See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February 24, 2022 - A Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) Live Seminar on the New Economy of Korean Peninsula featuring Korea Society President Tom Byrne as panelist. Date & Time: February 24th, Thursday, 08:45–16:10 (KST) Venue: Grand Hyatt Seoul, Seoul (Online). Sponsor: Ministry of Unification. Full length seminar is available at KIEP's YouTube page - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5AnUAeQKG8 For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.kiep.go.kr/

Ambassador Mark Lippert, vice chairman of the Halifax Forum and senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss U.S.-South Korean relations and the Biden administration's broader Indo-Pacific strategy.   Polls Mentioned in the Podcast   Karl Friedhoff, “South Koreans See China as More Threat than Partner, But Not the Most Critical Threat Facing the Country,” Chicago Council, April 6, 2021   Hong Suk-ji, “Survey Results of South Korean Perception on the ROK-U.S. Alliance,” Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, November 2, 2021   Richard Wike et al., “What People Around the World Like–and Dislike–About American Society and Politics,” Pew Research Center, November 1, 2021   Statements Mentioned   “U.S.-ROK Leaders' Joint Statement,” The White House, May 21, 2021   Webcasts Mentioned   Mark Lippert, The Capital Cable, CSIS Korea Chair

We turn again to the Korean peninsula in this week's episode, in another collaboration with CSDS. We often talk about North Korea's future in terms of how the issue plays out amid the region's broad geopolitical rivalries, and between the US and China. Less discussed is how the issue is viewed in South Korea - which technically remains at war with its northern neighbour - and whose interest in the matter is existential.Seoul's approach to the DPRK is set to come more sharply into focus in the coming months, with candidates gearing up for next spring's presidential elections, where a successor to Moon Jae-in will be chosen. So what shapes South Korean attitudes towards North Korea? How united has the country been behind Moon's approach over the last few years? And what might change as the country enters a period of new leadership?Joining us we have Dr Jina Kim, a research fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, who specializes in North Asian security issues and has also advised the South Korean government.Our other guest is Ramon Pacheco Pardo, the Korea Chair at the Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Brussels School of Governance. CSDS is home to a rich expertise on Asia, and is working to enhance understanding of Asia's security matters in Europe and promote greater engagement between the two regions. You can find more information on the topic on their website, as well as on our own - www.asiamatterspod.com

Today is a discussion of the Asian Diaspora in the COVID Crisis with Woojae Kim and Jinri Kim! Jinri Kim holds a Masters in Public Policy, specialised in Social Policy and Social Innovation, and is a Foreign research correspondent at Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), writing articles on France's social policy issues in the journal "Global Social Security Review" Jinri wrote a masters thesis: Intimate Stranger: A Study of Filipino Domestic Workers in France.  He is also Co-founder of a home food waste app, EmptyMyFridge. Dr. Woojae Kim is a Geneticist. He is interested in social insects such as honeybees and ants. Bachelor's degree in Biology at Yonsei University in Korea. He received master's and phD degree in molecular virology at POSTECH. While doing post doctoral research in the US he started to research on drosophila behavioral genetics. He was previously at in Otawa university and is currently at Harbin Institute of Technology in China, researching molecular mechanisms of social behaviors and neurocircuits.  He is a author of several books including "Fly-room", and "Selected Nature."

Some states have always maintained a sense that they have a mission in the world well beyond the maintenance of domestic order, the United States, France and Britain among them. Japan, China and the Koreas also inherited a strong sense of purpose in the modern era, from Meiji modernization to Mao’s “Three Worlds” and the Belt and Road Initiative, ideas drawing on the longer past – yet the definition of that purpose has been in constant flux. What defines East Asia’s sense of purpose today, can we speak of it in regional terms, and how does it relate to its long history of aspiration to be an intellectual and moral exemplar? Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, and a Fellow of St Cross College at the University of Oxford. He is the author of several books, including China’s War with Japan: The Struggle for Survival, 1937-1945 (Penguin, 2013), [US title: Forgotten Ally] which won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, and was named a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and Economist. His latest book is China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard, 2020). His recent documentary on contemporary Chinese politics “Meanwhile in Beijing” is available on BBC Sounds. He is co-author, with Sophia Gaston, of the report “Conceptualizing a UK-China Engagement Strategy” (British Foreign Policy Group, 2020). He won the 2020 Medlicott Medal for Service to History, awarded by the Historical Association. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The Annual Reischauer Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Korea Institute, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and Harvard University Asia Center.

Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford Discussant: Jie Li, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University LECTURE 2 OF 3: AN ERA OF EMOTION? One factor that defines Chinese engagement with the world today is its highly emotional character, in terms of self-presentation that can move from saccharine to shrill at remarkable speed. But emotion is not new – the use of the registers from exhilaration to depression defines the way that China, Japan and the Koreas have chosen to present themselves over the past century, whether through (often highly gendered) lenses of Asianism, revolution, martiality, discourses of “national humiliation,” or of global citizenship. How much of this draws on emotional registers defined by modernity, and how much from a repertoire shaped by a culture with much longer roots? Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, and a Fellow of St Cross College at the University of Oxford. He is the author of several books, including China’s War with Japan: The Struggle for Survival, 1937-1945 (Penguin, 2013), [US title: Forgotten Ally] which won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, and was named a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and Economist. His latest book is China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard, 2020). His recent documentary on contemporary Chinese politics “Meanwhile in Beijing” is available on BBC Sounds. He is co-author, with Sophia Gaston, of the report “Conceptualizing a UK-China Engagement Strategy” (British Foreign Policy Group, 2020). He won the 2020 Medlicott Medal for Service to History, awarded by the Historical Association. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The Annual Reischauer Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Korea Institute, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and Harvard University Asia Center.

Speaker: Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St. Cross College, University of Oxford Discussant: Odd Arne Westad, Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs, Yale University LECTURE 1 OF 3: HOW NEW IS THE NEW ERA? China’s leaders speak today of a “new era” – but East Asia has seen a range of “new eras” in the modern age, defined by Japan, China, and outsiders who encountered both. What defines that novelty and how familiar are the elements that form part of it? The mid-twentieth century saw war, social change and changing global encounters defined as moments when both China and Japan entered a “new” or “special” era in a global context. What continuities and contrasts are there between the past and the present, and what defines that “newness”? Rana Mitter is Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, and a Fellow of St Cross College at the University of Oxford. He is the author of several books, including China’s War with Japan: The Struggle for Survival, 1937-1945 (Penguin, 2013), [US title: Forgotten Ally] which won the 2014 RUSI/Duke of Westminster’s Medal for Military Literature, and was named a Book of the Year in the Financial Times and Economist. His latest book is China’s Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism (Harvard, 2020). His recent documentary on contemporary Chinese politics “Meanwhile in Beijing” is available on BBC Sounds. He is co-author, with Sophia Gaston, of the report “Conceptualizing a UK-China Engagement Strategy” (British Foreign Policy Group, 2020). He won the 2020 Medlicott Medal for Service to History, awarded by the Historical Association. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. The Annual Reischauer Lecture Series is a three-part annual lecture series on East Asia at Harvard University, co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Korea Institute, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and the Harvard University Asia Center.

The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics is a 2008 popular science book by American theoretical physicist Leonard Susskind. The book covers the black hole information paradox, and the related scientific dispute between Stephen Hawking and Susskind. Susskind is known for his work on string theory and wrote a previous popular science book, The Cosmic Landscape, in 2005. 00:00 Introduction 05:00 What has been lost due to COVID: congeniality and v 07:00 Imposter syndrome 10:00 HOW DID IT FEEL TO DISCOVER STRING THEORY? 15:00 SUSPICIOUS OF BIG BANG SINGULARITY 20:00 LENNY ON GOD! 25:00 Can you test Bell Inequalities near a Black Hole’s stretched horizon? 30:00 ENTROPY 2ND LAW…why it’s sacred to Lenny 35:00 What would be his advice to young Lenny? 40:00 What does he think about all the competing TOEs? 45:00 Three things would push him to believe the Multiverse 50:00 Does the String Landscape of vacua imply different physical laws in each ‘pocket universe?’ 55:00 What would he put in his ethical will? 60:00 What would he put on a billion year time capsule? 70:00 Who would Lenny have for coffee? 75:00 His favorite quote Hawking proposed that information is lost in black holes, and not preserved in Hawking radiation.[2] Susskind disagreed, arguing that Hawking’s conclusions violated one of the most basic scientific laws of the universe, the conservation of information. As Susskind depicts in his book, The Black Hole War was a “genuine scientific controversy” between scientists favoring an emphasis on the principles of relativity against those in favor of quantum mechanics. The debate led to the holographic principle, proposed by Gerard ‘t Hooft and refined by Susskind, which suggested that the information is in fact preserved, stored on the boundary of a system. Leonard Susskind (born 16 June 1940) is an American physicist, who is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics and quantum cosmology. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences,[and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an associate member of the faculty of Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and a distinguished professor of the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Brian Keating’s most popular Youtube Videos: Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Sarah Scoles: https://youtu.be/apVKobWigMw Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM Host Brian Keating: ‍♂️ Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating Instagram at  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Presenters: Peter Bol (Harvard University, China Biographical Database) Grace Fong (McGill University, Ming-Qing Women’s Writings) Andrew Gordon (Harvard University, Japan Disasters Digital Archive Project) Helen Hardacre (Harvard University, Constitutional Revision Research Project) It is difficult to start a digital scholarship project. Maintaining it for decades is even more difficult. In this year’s first forum of the East Asian Digital Scholarship Series, we invite the founders of four long-running North American-based projects. Peter Bol, Grace Fong, Andrew Gordon, and Helen Hardacre will share their experiences in building and leading digital scholarship projects. The East Asian Digital Scholarship Series, founded by Feng-en Tu and Sharon Yang, has been a monthly luncheon at Harvard-Yenching Library. This year, the Series will be conducted remotely and is sponsored by Harvard-Yenching Library with the support of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, and Korea Institute. The Series will cover a wide range of topics in East Asian digital scholarship.

Featured Interview: Korea's five year defense program & aircraft carrier operation plans -국방중기계획 중 항공모함 건조 계획 Guest: Dr. Kim Jina, Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses

Featured Interview: South Korea-US missile guidelines revision and military implications -한·미 미사일지침 개정과 한반도 지역의 군사적 영향 Guests: Dr. Kim Jina, Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses Professor Terence Roehrig, Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S Naval War College, Director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group

We often talk about whether the sanctions against North Korea are working. And we have spoken occasionally on this very podcast about the ways North Korea also cheats and gets around sanctions.    But less frequently discussed at KEI or elsewhere in policymaking circles is whether it is ethical to impose the sanctions that we have on North Korea currently.    To discuss this issue, we have with us today Dr. Hazel Smith, a professorial research associate in Korean studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies and Professor Emerita of International Security at Cranfield University.   KEI Vice President Mark Tokola caught up with her for a discussion on this very important subject.    You can read more on Dr. Hazel Smith's research in an article recently published on the Pacific Forum. Link to the article here: https://pacforum.org/publication/pacnet-24-the-destruction-of-north-korean-agriculture-we-need-to-rethink-un-sanctions   Also, Hope to see you on Wednesday, August 5, for a joint webinar event with the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy on how we should think about global value chains in the context of COVID-19 and U.S.-China trade war. It will be an important discussion that charts where international trade might be headed in the coming years.    RSVP here: https://share.hsforms.com/1NSpkIoKAQtyf6qjAi9wzEQ2ztzy 

Korea24 – 2020.07.30. (Thursday) 코리아24 인스타그램 계정 (@kbs_korea24)에서는 여름 휴가철을 맞아 조심스럽지만 작은 이벤트를 진행하고 있습니다. 7월 23일과 7월 30일 이틀간 Explore Korea 코너에서 한국의 아름다운 절을 소개할 예정인데요, 마침 한국 불교문화사업단으로부터 템플스테이 50장을 지원받았습니다. 코리아24 인스타그램 계정을 팔로우한 후 이벤트 게시글에 방문하고 싶으신 절을 댓글로 달아 주세요! 추첨을 통해 50분께 템플스테이 체험권을 드립니다. (코로나19 상황 때문에 한국에 계신 분들만 응모 가능한 점 양해 부탁드립니다) - News Briefing: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced a troop withdrawal from Germany in what is called ‘strategic repositioning.’ This sparks concerns he could pursue a similar move with South Korea. (Robert Koehler) - In-Depth News Analysis: Jonathan Cheng, China Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and Dr. Kang Hyoun-woo of the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology discuss the potential dangers that ongoing flooding in China's Yangtze River is doing to the Three Gorges Dam and how it could affect South Korea. - Korea Trending with Lee Ju-young: Two prosecutors(정진, 한동훈) have a physical altercation that added a new twist to a high-profile blackmail case, a large dog(로트와일러) kills another possibly due to negligence from the owner, and the popular South Korean rapper Zico(지코) starts his military training. - Explore Korea: Allison Needels of the popular travel blog "What's 한 Your Mind," shares different Buddhist temples to visit in South Korea in part two of a two-part series. This week we go to Yakchunsa(약천사), Hwaeomsa(화엄사), and Haeinsa(해인사). - Morning Edition Preview with Mark Wilson-Choi: Mark shares a Korea Herald article that features the famous magician Choi Hyun-woo(최현우) as he starts to perform his magic completely online amid the pandemic, and an article from the Korea Times that features artist-scientist Cheon Young-hwan(천영환) who uses AI to create his artwork.

Korea24 – 2020.04.29. (Wednesday) News Briefing: At least 25 people are feared to have died Wednesday in a massive fire that broke out at a warehouse construction site in the city of Icheon, south of Seoul. (Rosyn Park) In-Depth News Analysis: Professor Lim Hye-young(임혜영) from the Criminal Justice Department at the University of Alabama, and Dr. Yoon Jeongsook(윤정숙), Director of the International Cooperation Division at the Korea Institute of Criminology, discuss the topic of digital sex crimes in South Korea and new measures against offenders sought by the South Korean Government. Korea Trending with Bae Joo-yon: The military postpones reserve forces' training for a third time, a service allows consumers to receive change straight to their bank accounts from cash purchases, and the Pentagon releases short videos described as "unidentified aerial phenomena." Korea Book Club: Literary translator Anton Hur introduces the nonfiction essay collection, "오늘 밤은 굶고 자야지(No Snacking Tonight)," by best-selling author Park Sang-young(박상영). - Morning Edition Preview: Mark Wilson-Choi tells us about the trials and success of distance learning at Chadwick International, and a Q&A held for children by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(KCDC).

Nel pieno del dibattito sulla possibilità (e opportunità?) di tracciare le persone positive al coronavirus per interrompere le linee di contagio chiariamo cosa è tecnicamente fattibile: cosa può sapere la rete della posizione di uno smartphone e con quale livello di precisione. Enrico Pagliarini ne parla con Antonino Famulari, fondatore di GeoUniq, una startup che sviluppa sistemi di analisi dei dati basati sulla posizione degli smartphone. Grazie alla testimonianza di Grazia Accardo, ricercatrice presso il Korea Institute of Science and Technology capiamo come viene fatto il tracciamento dei positivi in Corea del Sud dove il concetto di privacy, come lo conosciamo in Europa, quasi non esiste. Parliamo anche di elettrodomestici. Le macchine che ci aiutano in casa sono ancor più importanti in queste settimane di vita casalinga. E allora ascoltiamo Gianfranco Giardina, direttore del sito di tecnologia Dday.it (www.dday.it) che ci illustra le principali novità tecnologiche che hanno cambiato gli elettrodomestici negli ultimi anni: lavatrici, asciugatrici, forni, frigoriferi e aspirapolveri. Vapore, ozono, inverter ecc. Ci occupiamo anche di Youtube e Netflix che abbassano la qualità dello streaming su invito della Commissione Europea per alleggerire le reti internet in tutta Europa.

Nel pieno del dibattito sulla possibilità (e opportunità?) di tracciare le persone positive al coronavirus per interrompere le linee di contagio chiariamo cosa è tecnicamente fattibile: cosa può sapere la rete della posizione di uno smartphone e con quale livello di precisione. Enrico Pagliarini ne parla con Antonino Famulari, fondatore di GeoUniq, una startup che sviluppa sistemi di analisi dei dati basati sulla posizione degli smartphone. Grazie alla testimonianza di Grazia Accardo, ricercatrice presso il Korea Institute of Science and Technology capiamo come viene fatto il tracciamento dei positivi in Corea del Sud dove il concetto di privacy, come lo conosciamo in Europa, quasi non esiste. Parliamo anche di elettrodomestici. Le macchine che ci aiutano in casa sono ancor più importanti in queste settimane di vita casalinga. E allora ascoltiamo Gianfranco Giardina, direttore del sito di tecnologia Dday.it (www.dday.it) che ci illustra le principali novità tecnologiche che hanno cambiato gli elettrodomestici negli ultimi anni: lavatrici, asciugatrici, forni, frigoriferi e aspirapolveri. Vapore, ozono, inverter ecc. Ci occupiamo anche di Youtube e Netflix che abbassano la qualità dello streaming su invito della Commissione Europea per alleggerire le reti internet in tutta Europa.

Nel pieno del dibattito sulla possibilità (e opportunità?) di tracciare le persone positive al coronavirus per interrompere le linee di contagio chiariamo cosa è tecnicamente fattibile: cosa può sapere la rete della posizione di uno smartphone e con quale livello di precisione. Enrico Pagliarini ne parla con Antonino Famulari, fondatore di GeoUniq, una startup che sviluppa sistemi di analisi dei dati basati sulla posizione degli smartphone. Grazie alla testimonianza di Grazia Accardo, ricercatrice presso il Korea Institute of Science and Technology capiamo come viene fatto il tracciamento dei positivi in Corea del Sud dove il concetto di privacy, come lo conosciamo in Europa, quasi non esiste. Parliamo anche di elettrodomestici. Le macchine che ci aiutano in casa sono ancor più importanti in queste settimane di vita casalinga. E allora ascoltiamo Gianfranco Giardina, direttore del sito di tecnologia Dday.it (www.dday.it) che ci illustra le principali novità tecnologiche che hanno cambiato gli elettrodomestici negli ultimi anni: lavatrici, asciugatrici, forni, frigoriferi e aspirapolveri. Vapore, ozono, inverter ecc. Ci occupiamo anche di Youtube e Netflix che abbassano la qualità dello streaming su invito della Commissione Europea per alleggerire le reti internet in tutta Europa.

Nel pieno del dibattito sulla possibilità (e opportunità?) di tracciare le persone positive al coronavirus per interrompere le linee di contagio chiariamo cosa è tecnicamente fattibile: cosa può sapere la rete della posizione di uno smartphone e con quale livello di precisione. Enrico Pagliarini ne parla con Antonino Famulari, fondatore di GeoUniq, una startup che sviluppa sistemi di analisi dei dati basati sulla posizione degli smartphone. Grazie alla testimonianza di Grazia Accardo, ricercatrice presso il Korea Institute of Science and Technology capiamo come viene fatto il tracciamento dei positivi in Corea del Sud dove il concetto di privacy, come lo conosciamo in Europa, quasi non esiste. Parliamo anche di elettrodomestici. Le macchine che ci aiutano in casa sono ancor più importanti in queste settimane di vita casalinga. E allora ascoltiamo Gianfranco Giardina, direttore del sito di tecnologia Dday.it (www.dday.it) che ci illustra le principali novità tecnologiche che hanno cambiato gli elettrodomestici negli ultimi anni: lavatrici, asciugatrici, forni, frigoriferi e aspirapolveri. Vapore, ozono, inverter ecc. Ci occupiamo anche di Youtube e Netflix che abbassano la qualità dello streaming su invito della Commissione Europea per alleggerire le reti internet in tutta Europa.

This Asian Ethnology Podcast episode features Roald Maliangkay of the Korea Institute at the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific. In this episode, Roald talks about  his interest in anti-Japanese folksongs in Korea during the colonial period as well as K-Pop and the contemporary scene. He discusses about his monograph, Broken Voices: Postcolonial Entanglements and the Preservation of Korea's Central Folksong Traditions (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2017), and how Japanese colonial rule affected cultural policy, the system of preservation, and the way in which music is conceived and performed. He also talks about how he  applies the concept of “cultural cringe” in the context of Korean society.  

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Emma Campbell. They speak about frameworks and methodologies for understanding national identity, the history of Korean nationalism, how it has developed overtime, the traditional idea – and importance – of an ethnic centric form of national identity, how polling data is now showing a shift in attitudes away from this framework, the increasing hesitation toward the prospects of reunification within South Korea, the rapidly changing South Korea that young people now find themselves in, the pride that is now felt with the modernity and cosmopolitanism of the country, how current debates about Korean nationalism are playing out, and importantly the rise of a “globalised cultural nationalism” and how it is replacing older ideas of national identity. Emma Campbell is a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University. Previous roles include Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University's Korea Institute and Adviser to Australia's Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development. Emma previously worked with Médecins sans Frontières in Africa and the Middle East on various projects including HIV/TB, refugees, armed conflict and Ebola. She was also a Researcher at the North Korea Database Centre. Emma runs the website ‘NK Humanitarian' (https://nkhumanitarian.wordpress.com/) and is the author of: ‘South Korea's New Nationalism: The End of “One Korea”?' (https://www.amazon.com/South-Koreas-New-Nationalism-Korea/dp/1626374201). Support via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry Support via PayPal – https://www.paypal.me/jrleahenry Website – http://www.jedleahenry.org Libsyn – http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA Twitter – https://twitter.com/jedleahenry Academia.edu – http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry Research Gate – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry

October 17, 2019 - New generation scholars from Korea and China join Society Senior Director Stephen Noerper for a discussion on developments in regional politics and security, North Korea’s denuclearization, and visions for the Korean Peninsula. This National Committee on American Foreign Policy event offers unique insights from young professionals for members and media. Speakers include: Dr. Jihwan Hwang from the University of Seoul, Dr. Jina Kim from the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis (KIDA), Dr. Xiaoyu Pu from the University of Nevada, Reno, and Nan Li from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of American Studies. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1322-new-thinking-from-korea-and-china

Citizens of the Republic of Korea know the country needs to change how it generates energy. They breathe in evidence of that need every day. Ultra-fine dust covers the whole country; more of it than in any other country in the OECD. As a recent working paper for the Asian Development Bank Institute points out, companies and private citizens have yet to fully endorse the idea of going green despite more than two decades of government efforts to address climate change. Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2MvORro Read the working paper https://bit.ly/2P8Zhzv About the authors Deokkyo Oh is a research fellow at the Korea Corporate Governance Service in Seoul. Sang-Hyup Kim is an adjunct professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Science and Technology in Seoul. Know more about ADBI's work https://bit.ly/2V1rgzl https://bit.ly/31r51WD

This episode of the Korea Now podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Peter Banseok KWON. They speak about the origins of South Korean “self-reliant national defence” under Park Chung-hee, the pressures that forced this change in policy direction, the relative absence of indigenous industry inside the country at this time, the intertwining of defence building with economic development, the role played in this process by the Heavy and Chemical Industrialization Plan (HCIP), the central position that the Chaebol found themselves in during this period, the spin-offs (in both directions) from this dual track of military and economic development, the success and failures of these policies, and their remaining legacy inside Korea after the assassination of Park Chung-hee. Peter Banseok KWON is an Assistant Professor of Korean Studies at the State University of New York (Albany), and is a previous recipient of the Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Korean Studies at the Korea Institute, Harvard University. Peter received his Ph.D. in History and East Asian Languages from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, and has held positions as an Associate Researcher at the Institute of Korean Studies at Yonsei University. The articles used as the primary research for this interview are: ‘Mars and Manna: Defense Industry and the Economic Transformation of Korea under Park Chung Hee' (https://www.academia.edu/37491411/Mars_and_Manna_Defense_Industry_and_the_Economic_Transformation_of_Korea_under_Park_Chung_Hee), and ‘Beyond Patron and Client: Historicizing the Dialectics of US-ROK Relations amid Park Chung Hee's Independent Defense Industry Development in South Korea, 1968–1979' .(https://www.academia.edu/35797935/Beyond_Patron_and_Client_Historicizing_the_Dialectics_of_US-ROK_Relations_amid_Park_Chung_Hee_s_Independent_Defense_Industry_Development_in_South_Korea_1968_1979). Support via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry Support via PayPal – https://www.paypal.me/jrleahenry Website – http://www.jedleahenry.org Libsyn – http://korea-now-podcast.libsyn.com Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qg6g1KyHaRXi193XqF6GA Twitter – https://twitter.com/jedleahenry Academia.edu – http://university.academia.edu/JedLeaHenry Research Gate – https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jed_Lea-Henry

South Korean public opinion towards North Korea and unification is much more diverse and multi-layered than what is often transmitted by Seoul's official channels. The Korea Institute for National Unification, or KINU, is one of the most respected think tanks in Seoul and has for years documented and cataloged how people feel about the North. In this week's episode, we discuss their most recent comprehensive survey on South Korean attitudes towards reunification, and what public opinion can tell us in the wake of stalled denuclearization talks and the failed Hanoi summit. Lee Sang-shin is a research fellow of the unification policy research division at KINU. Dr. Lee's areas of study include political behavior and elections, public opinion in South Korea, and political psychology. About the podcast: The “North Korea News Podcast” is a weekly podcast hosted exclusively by NK News, covering all things DPRK: from news to extended interview with leading experts and analysts in the field and insight from our very own journalists. Featured image: file photo

Long awaited talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un collapsed on Thursday when the U.S. refused to lift sanctions to appease North Korea.  What happens now and where does this leave relations between these two nations? Guest: Troy Stangarone, Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade at the Korea Institute  

Speaker: Stephen Owen, Harvard University Stephen Owen is a sinologist specializing in premodern literature, lyric poetry, and comparative poetics. Much of his work has focused on the middle period of Chinese literature (200-1200), however, he has also written on literature of the early period and the Qing. Owen has written or edited dozens of books, articles, and anthologies in the field of Chinese literature, especially Chinese poetry, including An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911 (Norton, 1996); The Making of Early Chinese Classical Poetry (Harvard Asia Center, 2006); and The Late Tang: Chinese Poetry of the Mid-Ninth Century (827-860) (Harvard Asia Center, 2006). Owen has completed the translation of the complete poetry of Du Fu, which has been published as the inaugural volumes of the Library of Chinese Humanities series, featuring Chinese literature in translation. Owen earned a B.A. (1968) and a Ph.D. (1972) in Chinese Language from Yale University. He taught there from 1972 to 1982, before coming to Harvard. In acknowledgment of his groundbreaking work that crosses the boundaries of multiple disciplines, Owen was awarded the James Bryant Conant University Professorship in 1997. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, held a Guggenheim Fellowship, and received a Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award (2006) among many other awards and honors. Discussant: Stephen H. West Stephen West is a Foundation Professor of Chinese in the School of International Letters and Cultures. West works in the textual culture of late medieval and early modern China (1000–1600), with specialties in performance literature, drama, urban literature, and garden studies. The Reischauer Lectures were established in 1985 to honor Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor Emeritus of Harvard University, by celebrating his distinguished contributions to the study not only of Japan but also of China and Korea. As a reflection of Reischauer’s research, this series intends to highlight current scholarship that deepens understandings of East Asia as a region. Sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Korea Institute, Mittal South Asia Institute, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.

Speaker: Stephen Owen, Harvard University Stephen Owen is a sinologist specializing in premodern literature, lyric poetry, and comparative poetics. Much of his work has focused on the middle period of Chinese literature (200-1200), however, he has also written on literature of the early period and the Qing. Owen has written or edited dozens of books, articles, and anthologies in the field of Chinese literature, especially Chinese poetry, including An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911 (Norton, 1996); The Making of Early Chinese Classical Poetry (Harvard Asia Center, 2006); and The Late Tang: Chinese Poetry of the Mid-Ninth Century (827-860) (Harvard Asia Center, 2006). Owen has completed the translation of the complete poetry of Du Fu, which has been published as the inaugural volumes of the Library of Chinese Humanities series, featuring Chinese literature in translation. Owen earned a B.A. (1968) and a Ph.D. (1972) in Chinese Language from Yale University. He taught there from 1972 to 1982, before coming to Harvard. In acknowledgment of his groundbreaking work that crosses the boundaries of multiple disciplines, Owen was awarded the James Bryant Conant University Professorship in 1997. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, held a Guggenheim Fellowship, and received a Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award (2006) among many other awards and honors. Discussant: Michael Puett, Harvard University Michael Puett is the Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropology, as well as the Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion, at Harvard University. His interests are focused on the inter-relations between philosophy, anthropology, history, and religion, with the hope of bringing the study of China into larger historical and comparative frameworks. He is the author of The Ambivalence of Creation: Debates Concerning Innovation and Artifice in Early Chinaand To Become a God: Cosmology, Sacrifice, and Self-Divinization in Early China, as well as the co-author, with Adam Seligman, Robert Weller, and Bennett Simon, of Ritual and its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity. The Reischauer Lectures were established in 1985 to honor Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor Emeritus of Harvard University, by celebrating his distinguished contributions to the study not only of Japan but also of China and Korea. As a reflection of Reischauer’s research, this series intends to highlight current scholarship that deepens understandings of East Asia as a region. Sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. Co-sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center, Korea Institute, Mittal South Asia Institute, and the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies.

How are human rights in North Korea and broader regional security through North Korean denuclearisation connected, and can one be achieved without the other? Kim Jong-un’s successful pursuit of his nuclear agenda has arguably only been possible because of his ruthless wielding of power and control, and the surveillance and oppression of the North Korean people. The US and its allies want North Korea to denuclearise in the interests of regional and global security. Following the recent meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump, we have focused on if and how genuine denuclearisation can be achieved. But does the lack of any real public accountability that arises from the human rights situation in North Korea mean Kim’s promises at the Singapore summit are just empty rhetoric? Should human rights be a part of the denuclearisation discussion, and if not, what are the implications, both for the North Korean people and broader security? To explore these questions, Dr Merriden Varrall, Director of the Lowy Institute’s East Asia Program, moderated a panel with the Hon. Michael Kirby, Chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, and Dr Beomchul Shin, Director of the Division of North Korean Military Studies at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses.

Korea expert Edward Baker -- Member, Executive Committee, The Korea Institute, Harvard University -- talks to WDEL's Allan Loudell from the Boston area

Today's theme: Memory & Mind training Once upon a time, memory was the root of all our culture from cave paintings and beyond. The last thirty thousand years, however, has seen our natural memory replaced by a whole host of tools and devices that have created a holistic web of interconnectivity. Thanks to technology, memory is now run as computer simulations and new fields have arisen: the combination of cognitive psychology and neuroscience giving rise to cognitive neuroscience. This will no doubt lead to even greater understandings of how our brain works and give us windows into ourselves - but can you remember what Simonides' job was? Or where he was from? Or even what century he gave birth to memory? >>>The Conversationalist with Dr. Changjoon Justin Lee Director of Center for Neural Science, at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) “There are many individually tested methods of enhancing the memory, by practicing or performing what's called a mental athletics. As a neuroscientist, what would you advise people to do if they want to have a better memory?” & Memory test Close your eyes and test your memory (answers below) Mayonnaise - Front Door Carrots - In Between Doors Three bottles of red wine - After Two Doors 6 Pairs of Socks - Hallway to elevator Beans - In Front of Elevator E-mail Barry - Inside Elevator Five Car Tires - Out Side of Elevator Hot Sauce - Hall to studio Chicken - In front of bathroom Dish soap - Inside bathroom Ice Cream Maker - in front of door to studio A Movie Starring Leonardo DiCaprio - other side of the door to studio 12 Cloves of Garlic - Booth Bar of Blue Soap - Your Chair >>>A Few Minutes with Amos So the American Death Note movie is about to come out and everyone has shown how stupid they can be. Death note was an immensely popular comic and animated series so of course, they are very devoted fans. But every comment on the trailer that has been released has been negative for the exact same reason. >>>Next week : coffee

This week, South Korea experienced two strong earthquakes centered near Gyeongju city, including a magnitude-5.8 quake that was the largest ever recorded in the ROK. Before these events, due to seismic activity earlier this year in Japan, as well as aftershocks felt in South Korea, some were beginning to ask if a whether a major seismic event could also hit the ROK & if buildings, bridges & other infrastructure could survive. To answer these questions, Korea FM’s Chance Dorland spoke with Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM) senior researcher Dr. Taesung Kim & Tae-Hyung Lee, a Konkuk University department of civil engineering professor & member of the Korean Earthquake Engineering Society.Rate & Review this podcast at http://bit.ly/KFMReviewThis episode is brought to you by Podcast Assist's $30 per hour flat rate podcasting voice overs, editing, mastering, transcriptions & even hosting (select a topic & they'll create & host the podcast). Visit https://www.facebook.com/PodcastAssist/ for more information. Subscribe to this & other Korea FM original content via:iTunes - http://apple.co/1O91B39Overcast - http://bit.ly/KFMovercastRSS - http://bit.ly/KFMfeedStitcher - http://bit.ly/KFMstitcheraudioBoom - http://bit.ly/KFMaudioBoomPlayer FM - http://bit.ly/KFMplayerfmTunein - http://bit.ly/KFMtuneinAcast - http://bit.ly/KFMacast

July 25, 2016 - The general theme of the round table will be Korea, the US Presidential Campaigns, and Rising Tensions on the Peninsula. We welcome Sang Sin LEE, a research fellow from the Korea Institute for National Unification; the Hon. Jin PARK, President. Asia Future Institute; President Jinwook CHOI of the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU); and Professor Hyun-Wook KIM of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. Dr. Jin Park will speak to Korea and the Clinton and Trump campaigns, President Choi to ROK policy toward the DPRK, Professor Kim to ROK-US relations, and Dr. Lee to ROK public perceptions of North Korea.

After five centuries of marginalization under the Chosŏn dynasty, Korean Buddhism appeared ready for a return to the mainstream of Korea’s religious culture at the beginning of the twentieth century. Donald Baker, Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, explores how modernization, particularly the modern concept of religion introduced by Christians, impacts the transition. This year's Ahnkook Lecture on Korean Buddhism is part of the series "Religious Identities in Asia," co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Korea Institute, and the Asia Center. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

South Korea’s path to democracy was long and arduous; as historian Bruce Cumings concluded, there “may be no country more deserving of democracy in our time than the Republic of Korea”. While many initially assumed Korea would transition towards a liberal democratic system following the end of Japanese colonialism, decades of authoritarianism and dictatorship ensued. Despite being founded as such in 1947, it is only four decades later that South Korea became a democracy in practice with the election of President Roh in December 1987. While the 1980s was the decade that saw democracy eventually triumph, the role played by pro-democracy movements in the 1970s has all too often been forgotten. Despite General Park Chung-hee iron fist rule, several social movements and constituencies – students, liberal church groups, unions, lawyers and journalists – structured and organized themselves during those years, paving the way for the major successes of the following decade. This is the core argument of Protest Dialectics: State Repression and South Korea’s Democracy Movement (Stanford University Press, 2015), written by Professor Paul Y. Chang, who kindly agreed to be our guest for this episode. Professor Chang is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He received his PhD in Sociology from Stanford University in 2008. He taught at Yonsei and Singapore Management University before joining the Harvard faculty in 2013. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Korea Institute at Harvard University and is affiliated with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Harvard Asia Center’s Council on Asian Studies. Professor Chang has published several book chapters and articles in various academic journals, including Mobilization, Sociological Forum, Asian Perspectives and the Journal of Korean Studies.

Morning Prayers service with speaker Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University on Saturday, September 14, 2013.

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/korean-studies

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced with full-color illustrations and biographies of each of the contributing authors, each contain a thematic focus section and several auxiliary essays that cover various aspects of the study of early Korean history and archaeology, notes from the field, and key primary sources in translation. Collectively, the contributions to each volume provide a representative picture of the state of the field of various aspects of early Korean studies in Korea today. This is an incredible resource for specialists in Korean studies, for non-specialists who want to incorporate attention to early Korea into their teaching or research, and for interested general readers. Early Korea 3: The Rediscovery of Kaya in History and Archaeology (University of Hawaii Press, 2012) is the latest volume in the series, and it explores the history of Kaya, an ancient polity centered on a region in the southernmost part of the Korean peninsula. Though I was unfamiliar with this particular aspect of Korean history before reading the volume, I quickly found that Kaya history offered a fascinating example through which to reconsider some of the most fundamental issues that face all historiography: the challenges of reconstructing a story from a conflicting, multilingual, and partial textual record; the use of ancient records to justify modern political and imperial interests; and the ways that incorporating attention to archaeological evidence can profoundly transform historical accounts of a region. I spoke with its editor, Mark Byington, about both the broader context of the Early Korea Project and the specific historical and thematic focus of this most recent offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced with full-color illustrations and biographies of each of the contributing authors, each contain a thematic focus section and several auxiliary essays that cover various aspects of the study of early Korean history and archaeology, notes from the field, and key primary sources in translation. Collectively, the contributions to each volume provide a representative picture of the state of the field of various aspects of early Korean studies in Korea today. This is an incredible resource for specialists in Korean studies, for non-specialists who want to incorporate attention to early Korea into their teaching or research, and for interested general readers. Early Korea 3: The Rediscovery of Kaya in History and Archaeology (University of Hawaii Press, 2012) is the latest volume in the series, and it explores the history of Kaya, an ancient polity centered on a region in the southernmost part of the Korean peninsula. Though I was unfamiliar with this particular aspect of Korean history before reading the volume, I quickly found that Kaya history offered a fascinating example through which to reconsider some of the most fundamental issues that face all historiography: the challenges of reconstructing a story from a conflicting, multilingual, and partial textual record; the use of ancient records to justify modern political and imperial interests; and the ways that incorporating attention to archaeological evidence can profoundly transform historical accounts of a region. I spoke with its editor, Mark Byington, about both the broader context of the Early Korea Project and the specific historical and thematic focus of this most recent offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced... Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/japanese-studies

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early Korea is a resource like no other: in an ongoing series of volumes produced by the Early Korea Project at the Korea Institute of Harvard University, the series provides surveys of Korean scholarship on fundamental issues in the study of early Korean history, archaeology, and art history. The volumes, produced... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this 19th issue, the Foreign Ministers of Chile and Finland, Alfredo Moreno and Erkki Toumioja, make a strong political pitch for the Treaty and also highlight the contribution of CTBT verification data for disaster mitigation. They are joined by two prominent South Asian thinkers: former UN Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala, and Hindustan Times Foreign Editor Pramit Pal Chaudhuri. Nuclear physicist Siegfried Hecker explains why nuclear armed States stand to gain more than they lose from CTBT ratification and Tatsujiro Suzuki, Vice Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, provides an invaluable insight into the Fukushima accident. Elena Sokova from the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation explains why nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education should be sustainable and global, with the CTBTO’s Capacity Development Initiative a welcome development in this field. Ik Bum Kang from the Korea Institute of GeoScience and Mineral Resources outlines some of the challenges of operating and maintaining primary seismic station PS31, one of the CTBTO’s closest station to the North Korean nuclear test site. Former CTBTO staff member Kirsten Haupt describes how practice makes future on-site inspection inspectors perfect, and guest writer Angela Leuker how the perception of nuclear war has changed over recent decades.