Korean Studies Advanced Guide

The mission of CKS is to act as an advocacy group for Korean Studies within the AAS, to represent the Korean Studies membership within the AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC), and to serve the communal needs of the expanding field of Korean studies through programming initiatives.

RISS is the scholarly arm of the Korean Education and Research Information Service (KERIS), a national service organization for education and research programs. As the largest academic bibliographic utility in Korea, as of July 2018 RISS’s databases included the union catalog of more than 9 million records from 699 academic libraries and institutions, over 5.4 million domestic journal articles (4.9 million of them in full-text), more than 1.9 million domestic dissertations (1.4 million in full-text) and more than 72,000 foreign dissertations on Korea or by Koreans.

he archives of Korean newspapers have important historical values ​​for political, economic, social, and cultural research in the modern and contemporary history of Korea.
From 1883 to 1960, 98 newspaper articles (6.2 million) and index (18 million) were built and serviced.

ENCYKOREA is a multimedia digital database that can maximize the user’s utilization incomparably with fixed text-oriented paper books. Maximize the benefits of a digital database by storing a wealth of high-quality photos, videos, sounds, and animations beyond the limits of traditional booklets.

Korean government's official English web site

This portal site provides the holdings of the eight participating libraries and portal services: the National Library, the National Assembly Library, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), RISS, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Library, the Korean Agricultural Science Library, the Supreme Court Library of Korea and the National Defense Digital Library. A single search displays results separately for the eight participating databases, providing full text information when available to registered users.

Nate (네이트) is a South Korean web portal, developed by SK Communications

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is the unicameral national legislature of South Korea that represents the people's opinions.

KTV National Broadcasting System is a government policy broadcasting institution. KTV National Broadcasting produces and broadcasts various programs that contain government policies and public information that are directly connected to our lives, by collecting, storing and managing all of these programs, we are making it possible to conveniently browse the video recordings we have left now as well as future generations.

The Culture Portal provides information on various Korean culture and arts, cultural heritage, cultural industry, tourism, sports, and books.

A portal site that provides information on national cultural heritage, such as designated cultural assets.

KERIS is a public institution under the Ministry of Education that promotes various projects related to informatization in the fields of education and academic research, from kindergarten to elementary, middle and high school, and universities.

A platform that flourishes diversity with technology

Daum is a South Korean web portal. It offers many Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging service, forums, shopping, news and webtoon service

The Chosun Ilbo is a leading daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.

The Chosun Ilbo is a leading daily newspaper in South Korea and the oldest daily newspaper in the country. With a daily circulation of more than 1,800,000, the Chosun Ilbo has been audited annually since the Audit Bureau of Circulations was established in 1993.

The Dong-A Ilbo is a newspaper in Korea since 1920 with daily circulation of more than 1.2 million and opinion leaders as its main readers.

The Hankyoreh is a centre-left daily newspaper in South Korea. It was established in 1988 after widespread purges forced out dissident journalists, and was envisioned as an alternative to existing newspapers, who were regarded as unduly influenced by the authoritarian government at the time.

Founded in 2001 by experienced reporters who want to create different media from the established media, Pressian aims to create a high-quality online debate and want to solve complex social phenomena in depth with experts from various fields.