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“No one burned brighter as a symbol, an icon of democracy in the 1970s and ’80s. No writer was as great, and that part of it I think is something that we need to remember."

Youngju Ryu on the mixed reputation of late South Korean poet Kim Ji-Ha, a political dissident and democracy campaigner who later in life became critical of progressive student protesters.

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10th Annual Undergraduate Exchange Conference

The Nam Center’s 2021-2022 cohort of Research Fellows hosted the 10th Annual Undergraduate Exchange Conference on April 2, welcoming eight students from our partner program at the University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute.