[KS] February with the RASKB

[Brother Anthony]

I would like to wish all list members a happy and prosperous lunar New Year as of tomorrow.

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RAS Korea) always welcomes all interested persons to its activities
Full details are visible at http://www.raskb.com/

Lectures (in the 2nd-floor residents' lounge of Somerset Palace)
February 12 Kim Dong-jin: Crusader for Korea: Homer B. Hulbert
February 26 Jacco Sweetsloot: The Long-Forgotten World War 2 Prisoner of War Camps in Korea
March 12 Peter Bartholomew: The Destruction and Preservationof Joseon-era Buildings

Excursions
Saturday, February 16, 2013 Korean War Remains and Migratory Birds in Cheorwon (with Robert Koehler)
Saturday, February 23, 2013 Korean Pottery & Porcelain in Icheon Area
Saturday, March 2, 2013  A visit to a famous performer and composer of traditional Korean music: Kim Young-Jae  (with Br Anthony)

Guided visit of the National Museum
Wednesday, February 13, 2013, 7pm (Special exhibition of ancient glass)

All inquiries should be addresses to royalasiatickorea at gmail.com

I hope soon to have exciting news about books for sale and about the RASKB Library.

As everyone knows, February 19 will be the 150th anniversary of the birth of James Scarth Gale, a founding member of RASKB and who presented the first paper in our history in October 1900.
There will be a special worship service and comemoration at Yeondong Church (which he founded and where he was pastor) on Sunday February 17 at 3pm
There is a newly composed memorial page for him in our RASKB Blog http://www.raskb.com/blog  and his Wikipedia entry has been polished a little, though it could still be improved.

Brother Anthony
President, RAS Korea