[KS] RAS Korea activities in March

[Brother Anthony]

Members of this list who are in Seoul are welcome at the following RAS activities. Full details are available from http://www.raskb.com/

Brother Anthony
President, RAS Korea

Upcoming Lectures (in the 2nd-floor Lounge in Somerset Palace)
Tuesday, March 11, 7:30pm Sokeel Park: North Korea: Accelerating Change From the Bottom-up
Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 pm Don Kirk: Bases of Discontent: Okinawa and Jeju
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30 pm Andray Abrahamian: Changes in North Korean Society Before and After the Purge
Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 pm David Mason: Korea as a Holy Land: the “silent nirvana treasure palace” legacy of Great Master Jajang-yulsa

Excursions
Sunday Mar. 9  Walking along Seoul City Wall 1 (Robert Fouser)
Saturday Mar. 15  Sujong-sa and Hong-Yu Neung (Geumgok), Donggu-neung
Saturday Mar. 22  Sewang Brewery (Robert Koehler)
Sunday Mar. 30 Seoul City Wall 2 (Robert Fouser) 
Saturday April 5  A walk around Yongsan (Jon Dunbar)
Saturday-Sunday April 5-6 Namhaedo & Jinhae Cherry Blossom tour (Sue Bae)
Saturday April 12 Jeongdong (Matt)
Saturday-Sunday April 12- 13 Gyeongju (Jennifer Flinn)
Saturday April 19 Gyeonggido Cherry Blossom (Sue Bae)
Sunday April 20 Bukchon walking tour (David Mason)

Business & Culture Club
The Business & Culture Club meeting is held on every 2nd Tuesday of the month. 
- Date & Time: March. 11(Tue) at noon
- Meeting place: at Dunkin Dounts near Daehanmun gate of Deoksugung palace
- Program: Light lunch & networking(12:00-12:25pm) at Dunkin Dounts, and Expert guide tour(12:30-1:10pm) at Cheng Gye Cheon - Clean Stream(청계천)

RAS Reading Group
Monday, March 3 Discussing “Watching Father” by Ch'oe Yun, 
There is a Facebook Group for the RAS-KB Reading Club, from where you can learn about the work to be discussed each month.

Visit to the National Museum of Korea
Wednesday March 5 and every month on the first Wednesday at 7 pm there will be a special guided tour of one portion of the National Museum’s collections

A regular RAS Colloquium in Korean Studies is held on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Write to Brother Anthony for details.

We are also preparing to launch a Photography Workshop and a Korean Cinema Club

Lists of books for sale (discounts for members) can be found in our home page

RAS Korea is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RASKB  please click the Like icon to stay in touch