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Royal Asiatic Society Korea: End of an era

Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea has its roots in the Protestant missionary community, which gathered in Korea in the mid-1880s. Primarily...

Steven L. Shields

Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea has its roots in the Protestant missionary community, which gathered in Korea in the mid-1880s. Primarily...

A 60-plus-year-old "ajeossi" (uncle) strikes again. Of course, like so many other ideas of government officials, this is nothing new. He’s only...

This is a 1941 photo of a typical American school classroom. The salute was discontinued by an Act of Congress in 1942. Public domain, Steven L....

Rev. Steven L. Shields Not too long ago, two good friends of mine got into a row about culture. The question particularly revolved around "hanok"...

There is no such thing as a “Christian nation.” Of course, there are some nations with large, or even majority populations who self-identify as...

I’m often asked if it is difficult for me to live in Seoul. When the weather is cold, some assume my native land would have better weather. When...