[KS] [Hybrid Event] Lecture and Workshop on North Korean Resources - Oct 25, 2025 - UCLA East Asian Library

[Cho, Sanghun]

Dear colleagues,
Please share the event information below with anyone who may be interested.
Best,
Sanghun Cho | 조상훈
Korean Studies Librarian, UCLA
310-825-9535/ sanghuncho at ucla.edu

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[Event Announcement] - This is a hybrid event (online and onsite)
UCLA East Asian Library is inviting you to a lecture and workshop on North Korean resources which will be led by Dr. Jun Hee Lee, Research Professor at the Institute for Global Korean Studies of Yonsei University in Korea. The lecture & workshop will be held in Korean since all participants are expected to have a working level of Korean language skills. This event is supported by Title VI grant 2022-2026.
Registration is free.

Event details and Registration:
https://forms.gle/7QjEA8Zgm431YCHh8

Online: Please register to receive the zoom link to the event.

Onsite: Please register for onsite participation as well.
Friday, October 25, 2024
1:00PM – 3:00PM
Presentation Room
Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL)
UCLA

Description of Lecture & Workshop:
Professor Jun Hee Lee has been actively conducting research in libraries and archives. They include Library of Congress (LC), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and Russian State Library (RSL) to identify North Korean resources. He is going to share his research experience in these institutions.

Also, the workshop aims to introduce how to use software to search articles in Nodong sinmun and apply it to research.
One of the most utilized materials in historical research about North Korea is Nodong sinmun. As the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party, the Nodong sinmunis the largest daily newspaper in North Korea. It contains articles that provide a glimpse into the North Korean government's positions on domestic and international issues, as well as insights into internal affairs. In the past, researchers studying North Korea had to consult the newspaper issues through microfilmed copies of the Nodong sinmun. By the mid-2010s, digitized versions of the newspaper became accessible through several libraries in North America. This PDF format of Nodong sinmun was easier to use compared to the microfilm version. However, researchers still had to read each issue of the newspaper and go through the process of scanning or printing to organize the necessary information for their studies. To improve this research environment, software was developed to enable researchers to conduct keywords search for relevant articles in Nodong Sinmun.
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