Presidential Statement

Greetings from Seoul! As some of you already know, I am spending fall semester in Seoul, Korea on a research leave from Florida State. So far I have met some of our association members residing in Korea, including Professors Dalchoong Kim, Woosang Kim, Jung-Hoon Lee, and Jungmin Lee.

It’s been a year since I was elected president of our Association. A year ago, I promised to do a few small things that I could realistically achieve during my tenure as president. Looking back, I feel that the current leadership of Professors Aie-rie Lee, Seung-Ho Joo, and myself has achieved several things that we promised to do. First, we have continued to make progress in the areas of electronic correspondence, newsletter production, directory publication, and website maintenance, thanks primarily to the efforts of Professor Joo. Second, we have moved our association website from Professor Joo’s personal site and established a new website address, www.akpsna.com (soon to be changed to “association name.org”). This new website currently contains, among other things, our bylaws, membership directory, members’ activities, and job announcements. Third, this year in Boston, we held our general membership meeting and a light dinner during one of the APSA’s general business meeting/reception slots. The Association paid for half of the cost, and the remaining half was picked up by special contributions from our members. I thank Professors Wonmo Dong, Seung-Ho Joo, HeeMin Kim, Aie-rie Lee, Kyung Ae Park, and Tong Whan Park for their contributions. Thanks to their contributions we had a very cordial meeting amongst ourselves. At the meeting, we had a chance to pay tributes to those members who had passed away during the past two years or so. I thank Professors Wonmo Dong, Young Whan Kihl, and Dalchoong Kim who made remarks in remembrance of Professors Nak-young Ahn (Georgia State University), Young Whan Jo (Sogang University), and Dong Jin Lee (University of Dayton, Ohio) respectively. Fourth, as part of our attempt to communicate better and exchange ideas and written work with our colleagues in Korea (and recruit them into the Association as well), I asked Professor C. J. Eliot Kang of Northern Illinois University and Professor Jongryn Mo of Yonsei University to co-organize the 2002 annual meeting program. As you know quite well, we had an excellent program in which both sides of the Pacific were well represented. I thank Professors Kang and Mo for their hard work.

For our remaining term, we will continue what we have started. In an effort to increase interaction among our association members, we are planning to update our membership directory this year, although it has been only a year since the last membership directory was published. To maintain the line of communication we have established with our colleagues in Korea, I have asked Mr. Peter Beck of the Korean Economic Institute of America and Professor Jung-Hoon Lee of Yonsei University to co-organize the 2003 annual meeting program. Professor Lee will recruit quality papers from Korea, and Mr. Beck will do the same in the U.S. and communicate with the APSA. I would like to see the papers presented on our panels published in major disciplinary journals in the U.S. I would like us to expand our association’s horizon when it comes to research activities. We can more often invite to our activities those non-Korean scholars who are interested in Korean politics. And probably most importantly, I think we need to pay attention to those scholars in the discipline who are doing general theory-building based on other areas of the world. A lot of what we do can be tied to what they do, but in the absence of communication with them, they simply do not know the existence of our work. We can learn from their theory development, and they can borrow our cases to support their theory. We also plan to create a working paper site within our Association website. This site will contain working papers of our members as well as links to existing sites containing Korea-related research. To expand our horizon and to reflect accurately the changing nature of our association, the governing board and the general membership meeting proposed two potential new names for our association. Since changing the association name amounts to amending our bylaws, a ballot will be sent out under separate cover in December. Finally, I have notice that a handful of our annual meeting participants do not always act professionally when it comes to performing their pre-assigned duties at the meeting. I strongly believe that this is what we need to deal with right now in order for our association to develop into a professionally responsible, research-oriented organization. To that end, the governing board has passed a policy sanctioning those who do not perform their responsibilities at the annual meeting. The new policy is contained in this newsletter.

As I mentioned in my message a year ago, it seems that our association is going through a generational change. I will do my best to continue the tradition of excellence that our senior members have established. I also hope that they will continue to participate in the association’s activities and decision-making processes as well as to support the association both emotionally and financially. Please do not hesitate to contact vice president Aie-Rie Lee, executive secretary Seung-Ho Joo, or myself if you have any suggestions, concerns, or ideas.

New Policy Drawn up to Penalize for Non-professional Conduct

In October 2002, the governing board unanimously (with one no-response) approved our association sanctions policy below:

"Those who do not fulfill their assigned responsibilities at the time of the AKPSNA annual meeting without sufficient notice (at least two months) or professionally excusable reasons (i.e. emergencies) will be barred from participation in any AKPSNA programs for the next three years. The list of their names will be passed on to the subsequent program chairs until their three-year probation period is over."

new governing board members elected

Two new governing board members were elected at the 2002 APSA meeting in Boston. The newly elected governing board members are: Profs. Stephen Haggard (Univ of California-San Diego) and Uk Heo (Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).

AKPSNA Reception & Business Meeting Held at 2002 APSA Meeting

AKPSNA featured three panels at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Aug. 26—Sept. 1, 2002 in Boston. Profs. C.S. Eliot Kang (Northern Illinois Univ) and Jongryn Mo (Yonsei Univ) served as our Association’s program co-chairs. (For detailed information, visit http://www.akpsna.com/apsaprogram). On Aug. 30^th, AKPSNA held a reception, which was followed by general meeting. About fifty five people were present at the reception.

2003 APSA: Proposal submissions due December 31

The next annual meeting of the American Political Science Association will be held in Philadelphia, August 28-31, 2003. AKPSNA is seeking paper proposals and volunteers to serve as panel chairs and paper discussants. The AKPSNA program co-chairs (Peter Beck of Korea Economic Institute of America and Jung-hoon Lee of Yonsei University) encourage co-authored papers, if appropriate, in order to have as many participants as possible.

Papers on any aspect of Korea's domestic politics and foreign relations are welcome. Paper proposals should include paper title, abstract, name(s) of (co-)author(s), address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation. Please submit proposals by December 31, 2002. Email proposals are encouraged.

Contact (in the U.S.):

Mr. Peter M. Beck

Korea Economic Institute of America

1101 Vermont Ave. NW Suite 401

Washington, DC 200005-3521

Phone: 202-789-2556

E-mail: pmb@keia.org

Contact (in Korea)

Prof. Jung Hoon Lee
Yonsei University
134 Shinchon-dong, Sodaemun-ku
Seoul, 120-749, Korea
Phone: 82-2-2123-4086

E-mail: jh80@yonsei.ac.kr

CALL FOR manuscripts

Pacific Focus invites submission of manuscripts dealing with all aspects of politics, economics, societies and culture of the Asia Pacific region and its countries. This is a peer-reviewed journal published twice a year by the Center for International Studies, Inha Univ., Korea. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and submitted in triplicate, along with author’s note. Footnotes, following the Chicago Manual style, should be numbered consecutively, typed double-spaced, and placed at the end of the manuscript. For further information, contact Prof. Kwang Il Baik, Editor-in-Chief, Center for International Studies, Inha University, Inchon, Korea. Tel: 011-82-32-860-7963; E-mail: kibaek@inha.ac.kr

The editors of International Journal of Korean Studies will welcome submission of papers dealing with contemporary Korean

affairs. Original and unpublished papers, 20 to 35 pages in double-spaced format (with endnotes in conformance with the Chicago Manual of Style) should be sent to Professor Jack L. Hammersmith, Managing Editor, Department of History, West Virginia university, Morgantown, WV 26506-0877. The journal is abstracted and indexed by Public Affairs Information Service International.

The most recent issue (Vol. VI, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2002) of International Journal of Korean Studies contains the following articles:

Han-kyo Kim, "The Korean Independence Movement in the United States: Syngman Rhee, Ahn Ch'ang-Ho and Pak Yong-Man; Samuel S. Kim, "China and the United States in the Korean Unification Process"; Mark E. Manyin, "South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation, Friction, and Future Prospects"; Eui-Young Yu et al.,"Korean Population in the United States,

2000 Demographic Characteristics and Socio-Economic Status"; Jacqueline

Park, "The Ahn Ch'angho Controversy - Gradualist-Pacifism, Cultural

Nationalism, or Revolutionary-Democracy"; Suchan Chae and Hyoungsoo Zang,

"Interim Development Assistance for North Korea: A Multilateral Approach";

and Hyangsoon Yi, "Neither Mountain Nor Marketplace: Placing the Buddhist

Nun in Contemporary Korean Literature."

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Korea Economic Institute is currently accepting proposals for holding seminars and conferences on Korean affairs next year at universities throughout North America. We usually adopt a two-panel format with one focusing on political and/or security issues and the other focusing on economic and/or trade issues, but the format and specific topics are up to the hosting university. Recent programs have been held at the University of British Columbia, Florida State University, the University of Wisconsin, Columbia University, George Mason University and Bowdoin College. For more information, just send an e-mail to Peter Beck, Director of Research, pmb@keia.org. These programs are made possible thanks to a generous grant from the Korea Foundation.

The 2002 Global Korea Award, given by the Council on Korean Studies at Michigan State University included Dr. Kim Ungsoo of Catholic University and Dr. Katharine Moon from Wellsley on October 5, 2002. This year was the 8th award. Prof. Won K. Paik of Central Michigan Univ. is currently vice-president of the Council. Below are the awardee profiles and award information.

Profiles of the 2002 Award Recipients

Ung Soo Kim, Ph.D. Dr. Kim is a retired faculty member from the Catholic University of American in Washington, DC. His research and teaching interest have included economic development and quantitative economics. Dr. Kim was a founding member of Korean Army and has served as the 2^nd ROK Infantry Division Commander during the Korean War and the 6^th Corp Commander before his retirement. Dr. Kim is a chairman of Board of Directors of the International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS), a non-profit and non-partisan organization dedicated to the advancement of Korean Studies and related academic and professional activities in the United States and abroad through conferences, seminars, publication, and other relevant activities.

Jurgen Kleiner, J.D. Ambassador Kleiner served for 34 years in the German Foreign Service. As a career diplomat, Ambassador Keiner has been the German ambassador to number countries around the world, including the Republic of Korea (1985-1992), the Republic of Nigeria (1992-1995), and Pakistan (1995-1998). In addition, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Korea (1974-1977), and Hungary (1977-1979). Currently, Ambassador Kleiner is a faculty member at the Boston University, teaching Korea and International Relations, as a Korean expert. His authorship include, Korea: Reflection and Korea: On a Stony Path.

Katharine H.S. Moon, Ph.D. Dr. Moon is Jane Bishop Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. She is a specialist in International Relations and East Asian Politics, with an emphasis on gender politics and social movement. Dr. Moon is a vocal advocate of women’s human rights, migration movement, and gender and militarism. She also works closely with non-government organizations that advocate women’s rights and welfare around U.S. military bases in Asia, particularly in South Korea. She is an author of Sex Among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S.-Korea Relations.

Kook Hyun Moon. Mr. Moon has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Yuhan-Kimberly, Limited, a joint venture between Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Yuhan Corporation, since 1995. Mr. Moon has been a leader of environmental issues for the past 20 years. He initiated “Keep Korea Green,” the first company sponsored environmental campaign in Korea in 1984 which promoted “Forest for Schools,” “Forest for Life,” and “Forest for Peace.” Mr. Moon is an instrumental leader in undertaking numerous educational activities for students, newly-weds, and opinion leader on conservational and environmental issues in Korea. His effort for environmental protection and education has been recognized by the United Nations (1997) and Korea/Japan Daily Consortium (1998).

Yoon-Soo Park, Ph.D. Dr. Park is the Chairman, National Board of Directors of Korea-American Scholarship Foundation. Dr. Park has work tirelessly in search of scholarship funds that is currently endowed for over a million dollars that is extended to 20 different scholarships. These scholarships are presented every year to group of select Korean and Korean-American students for the betterment of Korean globally. Dr. Park was the founding Chair of the Korea-US Science Cooperation Center that helped science centers in Korea and also brought young Korean researchers to the U.S. Dr. Park was the Chairman of the Centennial Committee of Korean Immigration to the U.S. of the Greater Washington. Professionally, Dr. Park is the Program Director at the Office of Naval Research.

Nomination: Qualified candidates may be nominated by submitting a letter of nomination which is supported by at least three references. The nomination must include a comprehensive biography or resume of the candidate

Eligibility: Individuals or groups who have made significant contributions quietly and steadily to the promotion of cross-cultural understanding, global education, and well-being of Korean people around the world

Selection Committee: The Board of Directors reviews the award candidates and solicits the recipient(s) of the award by majority votes. This selection process involves recommendation of the general meeting of the Council on Korean Studies at Michigan State University.

Nominations of qualified candidates must be mailed to:

Council on Korean Studies, Asian Studies Center, 105 International Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1035.

For more information, please contact Professor Vincent Hoffman at 517-355-6603 (vincent.hoffman@ssc.msu.edu.

“The Centennial of Korean Immigration to the United States: Roundtable Discussion on the Scholarship of Wayne Patterson” will be featured in The 2003 American Historical Association Annual Meeting. Following is the panel information:

Joint session with the Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Chair: Roger Daniels, Univ of Cincinnati

Panel: Bruce Cumings, Univ of Chicago

Frederick Dickinson, Univ of Pennsylvania

Wayne Patterson, St. Norbert College

Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois Univ

Robert R. Swartout Jr., Carroll College

Publications

Kim, Samuel S. and Tai Hwan Lee (eds.), North Korea and Northeast Asia (Lanham, Boulder, New York, and Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002) (in both paperback and cloth editions).

Profs. Tae-Hwan Kwak and Seung-Ho Joo served as guest editors for the special issue “Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula” of Pacific Focus, vol. 17, no. 2 (fall 2002). The special issue included Tae-Hwan Kwak, “The Korean Peace-Building Process: An Inter-Korean Approach”; C.S. Eliot Kang, “U.S.-Korean Relations Post September 11”; Seung-Ho Joo, “Russia on Korean Peace and Unification”; Quanshen Zhao, “China on the Korean Peace and Unification Process.”

Oh, Kongdan, Terrorism Eclipses the Sunshine Policy: Inter-Korean Relations and the United States (The Asia Society, June 2002)

Oh, Kongdan and Ralph C. Hassig (Eds.), Korea Briefing 2000-2001: First Steps Toward Reconciliation and Reunification (M.E. Sharpe, 2002)

Oh, Kongdan, “9/11 Terrorism: What It Means for the US and Korea,” The Journal of Korean Unification Studies (Spring, 2002)

Oh, Kongdan, “Putting an Edge on Post-Perry Process,” in Young Back Choi, et al (Eds.), Perspectives on Korean Unification and Economic Cooperation (Edward Elgar Ltd., 2001)

Oh, Kongdan and Ralph C. Hassig, “Guessing Rights and Guessing Wrong about Engagement,” The Journal of East Asian Affairs (Spring/Summer 2001)

Oh, Kongdan, “The Korean War and South Korean Politics,” in David McCann and Barry Strauss (Eds.), The Korean War and the Peloponnesian War: A Comparative Study of War and Democracy (M.E. Sharpe, 2001)

Job announcements

Yonsei University

Visiting Professor Position in Seoul, Korea

Yonjeong Visiting Professor of Political Science & Diplomacy

at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

· Period: 1) one semester position: (early March to mid June) or (early September to mid December); 2) one year position: (early March to mid June) and (early September to mid December)

· Salary: one semester ($20,000 to $30,000) or one year ($40,000 to $60,000) (a round-trip air fare and housing are negotiable)

· Teaching Obligation: one undergraduate course and one graduate course (or two undergrad courses) per semester (in English)

The Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea invites scholars who are interested in teaching and field researching in Seoul, Korea for a semester or a year. As one of the most prestigious universities in Asia, our Department has a lot more to offer for those who are interested in taking this visiting position.

For inquiry, please contact

Woosang Kim, Professor & Chairman

Department of Political Science & Diplomacy

Yonsei University

Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-ku

Seoul, Korea

(E-mail) kws@yonsei.ac.kr

(phone) 82-2-2123-2952; 82-11-480-2952

(fax) 82-2-393-7642

Seoul National University

Department of International Relations of Seoul National University invites applications for one-year visiting professorship starting from March 2003. We have three positions for three different specializations in international organization, European politics, and history of international relations. Successful candidates will be expected to teach two classes (one for undergraduate and one for graduate) in each semester. Salary level is negotiable starting from $50,000, depending on qualifications. Moving expenses will not be provided.

Candidates are limited to people who do not have the nationality of Republic of Korea. Candidates should have Ph.D. in either political science, international relations, or other related areas, and should have at least one year teaching experience or its equivalent, or research experience at established research institutes for at least two years. We also require that candidates have published at least one academic article during the past two years.

Application files should include a cover letter indicating the field of application, curriculum vitae, two letters of recommendation, and samples of written work. Application deadline is December 15 (Please send and through ordinary air mail or e-mail by the deadline. and may be accepted by December 30). Our address is as follows: Prof. Yong-Chool Ha, Chairman, Search Committee, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-dong, Kwanak-gu, Seoul, 151-742, Republic of Korea; e-mail: yong@plaza.snu.ac.kr.

Wellesley College

The Department of Political Science at Wellesley College invites applications for a Post-doctoral Fellow in Korean and/or Japanese Politics. The appointment is for 2003-2004, with the possibility of a one-year extension if mutually agreeable. This Fellowship is funded by the Freeman Foundation. The successful applicant will teach one course each semester and also offer several talks or workshops on his/her areas of expertise. We invite applications from scholars possessing a comparative politics, area-studies focus on Korea or Japan and also from candidates specializing in the international relations of East Asia, including US-Asia relations. Freeman Postdoctoral Fellows should have received the Ph.D. within the last five years. ABD뮃s who will complete a dissertation by 10/l/03 are welcome to apply. Salary, benefits and research funds are competitive. Interested candidates should submit the following materials: a letter describing teaching and research interests; a current c.v.; at least three letters of recommendation; a transcript of graduate work; sample syllabi if available; and teaching evaluations if available. The application deadline is February 1, 2003. Wellesley College is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action educational institution; successful candidates must be able to work effectively in a culturally diverse environment. Applications from women, minorities, veterans, and/or candidates with disabilities are encouraged. Please send materials to Edward A. Stettner, Chair, Department of Political Science, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481.

Williams College

Williams College invites applications for an opening in Korean Studies beginning in September 2003. The position is a full-time, two-year visiting appointment with rank open. Candidates whose research and teaching focus on Korea are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate may be placed in one of the following departments: Anthropology/Sociology, Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Women뭩 or Gender Studies

Teaching duties will include two courses with substantial Korean content, two courses with a broader East Asian perspective, and participation in the month-long January Winter Study Program. In addition, the visitor will serve as a guest lecturer in other courses, offer two public lectures each year, and advise student honors theses.

Candidates must have a Ph.D. and experience in teaching and scholarship. All candidates should send cover letter, c.v., graduate school records, descriptions of proposed courses, and three recommendations by the following deadlines:

History candidates should send application materials by December 6, 2002 to:
William Wagner, Chair, History Department
Williams College
Stetson Hall
Williamstown, MA 01267

Other candidates should send application materials by January 15, 2003 to:
Thomas Kohut, Dean of the Faculty
Williams College
P.O. Box 141
Williamstown, MA 01267

Georgetown University

The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service seeks to fill a position in
Korean Studies at the rank of assistant professor. Applications will be
accepted from candidates in all disciplines who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and teaching on modern or pre-modern Korea. Candidates in anthropology, literature, and history are particularly encouraged to apply.
The appointment will be in the faculty of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service with the option of joint appointment in the appropriate disciplinary department.

The successful candidate will teach at least two courses each year on Korea. Salary and other forms of support will be competitive. Georgetown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications will be reviewed beginning October 1 and until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three reference letters, and writing sample to:

Chair, Korean Studies Search Committee
c/o Peter Dunkley
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Intercultural Center Room 301
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057

New members

Prof. Esook Yoon

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

Kent State University

330-672-8928

eyoon@kent.edu

Danny Damron

Brigham Young University

Political Science Department

792 SWKT

Provo, UT 84606

801-422-3670

Danny-damron@byu.edu

Joung Pyo Chung

Tsukuba National University

Department of Political Science

952-884-6231

joungchung@hotmail.com

Mi Yung Yoon

Hanover College

Department of International Studies

812-866-6841

yoon@hanover.edu

MEMBERSHIP DUES

AKPSNA is run with your membership dues. Your timely remission of membership dues is essential for the Association’s operation. If you have not paid 2002-03 membership due, please make a $20 check payable to AKPSNA and mail to

Prof. Seung-Ho Joo, Univ. of Minnesota-Morris, 109 Camden, Morris, MN 56267.

The Association welcomes donations. As 501 (3) non-profit organization, all dues and donations to AKPSNA are tax deductible. (*Receipt for your membership fee and donation available upon request.)

AKPSNA membership application form available online at www.akpsna.com

AKPSNA Officers and the Governing Board

(term in parenthesis)

President: HeeMin Kim (2001-03), Florida State Univ.

Vice President: Aie-Rie Lee (2001-03), Texas Tech Univ.

Executive Secretary/Treasurer: Seung-Ho Joo, Univ. of Minnesota-Morris (1999-present)

Governing Board:

Tong Whan Park (00-03), Northwestern Univ.

Russell Mardon(00-03), California State Univ-Fresno
Seung-Ho Joo (01-04), Univ. of Minnesota-Morris
Hee-Min Kim (01-04), Florida State Univ.
Sunhyuk Kim (01-04), Univ. of Southern California

Stephen Haggard (02-05), Univ of California—San Diego

Uk Heo (02-05), Univ of Wisconsin—Milwaukee