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Koreanists-Korean Scholars and Students Online Database</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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List:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">The
Korea Foundation has developed an online DB, "Koreanists"
(http://www.koreanists.net) where you can view the data of Korean Studies
scholars, specialists, and students.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">This
English language site was created to help expand the Korean Studies network and
facilitate interaction between Korea-related specialists.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It currently lists more than 2,000
Koreanists, who are searchable by name, country, specialization, and
institution.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">Although
this is just a start and the site still has many aspects in need of improvement,
we hope it will encourage and assist Koreanists</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 신명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: ½Å¸íÁ¶">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 신명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">all
around the world to connect with each other.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 신명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">We
hope you will find the "Koreanists"</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 신명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">database
useful and become a frequent visitor to the site.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At the same time, if you know of any
Korean Studies scholars who should be included in the database, please let us
know about them and/or introduce the site to them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, if you identify any data that
needs to be updated, please inform us so we can contact and encourage specific
people to update their profiles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: ½Å¸íÁ¶; mso-fareast-font-family: 신명조; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">We
would also appreciate it if you could link the "Koreanists" site to any relevant
sites that you are affiliated with. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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size=2>Suh, Ah-Jeong, Direcotr, Fellowship
Program</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>