<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear KS List Members,</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Academia Koreana, the Korean studies research institute of Keimyung University, is pleased to announce the publication of <i>Acta Koreana</i>, Vol. 28, No. 1. The complete table of contents for this issue can be found at the end of this e-mail.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">All articles from the current and past issues are available via Project Muse at <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/772" target="_blank" style="color:blue">https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/772</a>. </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> <br><i>Acta Koreana</i> is a peer-reviewed, English-language journal published bi-annually in June and December. It is indexed in Thomson Reuters Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&amp;HCI), Elsevier&#39;s SCOPUS, Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) of the Association for Asian Studies, and the Korea Citation Index (KCI). </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We warmly invite submissions of original research in Korean humanities, as well as translations of Korean literature and historical texts, for consideration in our upcoming June 2026 issue.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">For inquiries, please contact us at <a href="mailto:acta@kmu.ac.kr">acta@kmu.ac.kr</a></span></font><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Best regards,<br> <br>Joshua Van Lieu, </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Editor-in-Chief</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><i>Acta Koreana</i></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">ACTA KOREANA</span></i></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">, VOL. 28, NO. 1</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> <br></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">GENERAL ARTICLES</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:black">A Comparison of S</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(34,30,31)">\u014fngho Yi Ik&#39;s Understanding of the Heart-mind</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:black"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0cm;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;word-break:keep-all;font-size:10pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;col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