This video purporting to be the official North Korean news reporting Kim Jong-Un’s death is being shared widely among Chosonjok at the moment. It says he died today (the 25th of April) and that Kim Yo-jong will succeed him.

Trailer for our AAS panel on "Korean literature in Yanbian with Kim Seong Su (Sungkyunkwan University), Jerome de Wit , Dafna Zur , Han Yong-un (Dongguk University) and Barbara Wall and subtitles in English, Korean and Danish by Celine Grivne Højer youtube.com/watch?v=1xYZ-D…

#JilinMoments #Yanbian is holding a Jindal Music Festival of #China in ushering inthe 20th National Congress of the CPC.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between China and South Korea, more remains of Chinese soldiers killed during the Korean War will be ceremonially returned to China this September. koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20…

Oh man.

Kim Jong Un says he’s ready to fight U.S. and ‘eliminate’ South Korea japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/2…

A series of essays introducing the history of Korean SF is now available through the USC library: scalar.usc.edu/works/science-…

“Ethnicity-mediated migration infrastructure enables villagers to move, but throughout the move they are continuously perceived as ethnically Korean.”

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea. An important moment for bringing new opportunities to the Korean-Chinese, and, as they would find out only later, an event that would radically change their identity.

I am happy to announce that I will be continuing my academic journey as Visiting Professor in the Korean Studies Department at Universität Wien from October.

Such an interesting study. A similar one is highly needed to understand how Korean-Chinese born in the 1960s and migrating to South Korea and elsewhere in the 1990s are dealing with this.

To mark the 130th year of bilateral relations between Korea and Austria, a special concert of the Korean National Symphony Orchestra was organised at the Wiener Musikverein Musikverein Wien in the very room where each year the famous New Year's Concert is performed.

For the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Austria the Korean-Austrian Philharmonic Orchestra gave a performance which included the famous soprano Sumi Jo. She even gave a special encore to commemorate the Itaeweon Tragedy.

This is bad lol

So, Kim Jong-un just decided to reveal his daughter for the first time publicly at an ICBM launch???

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Gukurahundi genocide, when North Korean trained elements of the Zimbabwe National Army started killing dissidents in Matabeleland North Province. In 5 years time approximately 20000 people would be killed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukurahun…

What a photo. In S.Korea, a growing number of venues like cafes, casual bistros, or even public libraries ban children under the "no kids" banner, supposedly not to inconvenience other patrons. One MP criticized the "exclusionary" practice in a presser, with her toddler in tow.

Drei neue Professuren im September! 🤩 Die #univie gratuliert Jerome de Wit zur Professur für Korean Studies, Dr. Laura M. König zur Professur für Gesundheitspsychologie und Desiree Schmuck zur Professur für Medienwandel und Medieninnovation.🎉 Mehr dazu: ⤵ univie.ac.at/forschung/fors…

Queen h6+!! What a move! Most impressive final move ever to clinch the World Championship Match. #CarlsenKarjakin