Given the national and international vibrancy of Korean popular culture, the Association for Asian Studies publication Education About Asia is publishing a two-part special series that will examine the richness and diversity of a variety of activities that interest ordinary people. The focus of the winter 2009 special series is on film in Korean popular [...]

enter for Korean Studies faculty member Sang Yee Cheon has been selected as a recipient of the University of Hawaii Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching in 2009. This award recognizes faculty who exhibit an extraordinary level of subject mastery and scholarship, teaching effectiveness and creativity, and personal values beneficial to students.
Cheon, who is an [...]