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Presentation of the Book "Modernization of Korea: Politics, Economy, Society and Culture"

21.06.2022
On June 3, MSLU and the VTSIOM Publishing House presented a book entitled "Modernization of Korea: Politics, Economy, Society, Culture" at the University.
 
A collective effort by Russia’s leading Koreanists, mostly MSLU graduates and teachers, the monograph is a comprehensive analysis of the economic, political and social processes that have taken place on the Korean peninsula from the late 1700s up to the present day.
 
The event was held in the format of a meeting with the authors, who told the future readers about the motivation for writing the book and its concept, as well as the topical issues they raised in their monograph. The attendees were addressed by Ekaterina Pokholkova, Dean of the Translation and Interpreting Faculty, Tatiana Mozol, Head of the Department of Oriental Languages, Darya Mavleyeva, an Associate Professor of the Oriental Languages Department, and Konstantin Asmolov, a leading researcher of the Center for Korean Research at the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, RAS.
 
Welcoming remarks were made by Rumia Tangalycheva, editor-in-chief of the monograph and associate professor at the Department of Sociology of Culture and Communication, St. Petersburg State University.
 
Mr. Jang Inyong, Director of the Korean Educational Center at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Russian Federation, was a guest of honor at the meeting. In his welcoming remarks he pointed out the importance of such publications and expressed hope that in the future there would be many more outstanding publications on topical issues in Korean studies. The event culminated in a discussion during which the attendees were given the opportunity to put questions to the authors and experts.


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