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29/08/2026

SUMMER SCHOOL DAY 8!!

28/08/2026

DAY 7 OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL!

27/08/2026

DAY 6 OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL

22/08/2026

DAY 4 OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL!

20/08/2026

DAY 3 OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL :)

19/08/2026

Day 1 of the Korean Studies Summer School

Our first day took us to the Civilian Control Zone around Paju and Gimpo, exploring places where transportation, history, and the geography of the Korean Peninsula come together.

We visited the Inter-Korean Transit Office (남북출입사무소), which handled the movement of people and goods travelling to and from the Kaesong Industrial Complex, and Dorasan Station, the northernmost station on South Korea’s Gyeongui Line. From 2007, freight trains operated between Dorasan and Panmun Station in North Korea in connection with the Kaesong Industrial Complex.

At Imjingak, we saw the historic Jangdan Station steam locomotive, marked by more than 1,000 bullet and shell marks from the Korean War. We also visited Pyeonghwa Nuri Park and Aegibong Observatory, before learning about the history of the Unification Bridge and Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung’s famous journey with 1,001 cattle in 1998.

19/08/2026

DAY 2 OF OUR SUMMER SCHOOL 2026!

19/08/2026

DAY 1 of the Summer School 2026!

29/05/2026

Why do some states engage in so-called middle power diplomacy? Conventional middle power scholarship does not adequately explain this question because the logical premise underlying its definition of “middle powers” is either inconsequential or circular. Building on theoretical insights from status politics, I argue that a state's pursuit of middle power diplomacy is inextricably linked to status considerations within the hierarchy of international standing. I offer a theoretical framework that captures the subjective and intersubjective dimensions of why and how a state formulates and reformulates middle power diplomacy in particular ways over time. Empirically, I examine the emergence and evolution of South Korea's middle power diplomacy over the past two decades. I show how the government's differing conceptions, understandings, and reflections of middle power diplomacy have informed, shaped, and transformed its diplomatic practices.

- Date & Time: Thursday, 25 June 2026, 14:00 – 16:00 (2-4pm)
- Venue: -1.2009 großer Hörsaal (UG), Fabeckstr. 23/25, 14195 Berlin
- Language: English

- If you have questions regarding the event, please contact Seung Hwan Ryu ([email protected])

26/05/2026

As a divided peninsula in Northeast Asia, it is important for Korea to reduce tension between maritime and continental powers and promote international cooperation so as to minimize the risks of conflict on the peninsula and facilitate reunification. As an industrial democracy with limited natural resources and a medium-sized domestic market, it is important for Korea to engage actively in international trade and contribute to an inclusive, rules-based order both regionally and globally. Korea should not take a new Cold War as preordained. Recall that W***y Brandt's Ostpolitik was launched only a year after the Soviet Union's invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, during the heyday of the old Cold War. Instead, Korea should continue to promote international cooperation and contribute to an inclusive, rules-based order both regionally and globally. Toward this end, Korea should strengthen its own military, enhance the mutually defensive nature of its bilateral alliance with the U.S., and build friendly relations with other countries in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

- Date & Time: Wednesday, 3 June 2026, 14:00 – 16:00

- Venue: Seminarraum 2.2063, Fabeckstr. 23/25, 14195 Berlin

- Language: English

- Organising Institution: KEC

- Recording: The session will not be recorded.

- Responsible for the event: Seung Hwan Ryu ([email protected])

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