Note from the Editors

It is proving to be an exciting year at The Journal of Korean Studies office. As editors of The Journal of Korean Studies, we are proud to announce that starting this year the JKS will become a semi-annual publication. Each spring we will publish outstanding articles from a broad range of subjects related to the Korean peninsula from submissions received throughout the year. Every fall, The Journal of Korean Studies will combine a series of articles into a guest-edited thematic issue. With our new publication schedule, conference issues are possible and we urge scholars to submit proposals for upcoming thematic issues. Guest editors provide the leadership and expertise necessary to keep our vision of two issues a year a reality.

The first thematic issue, tentatively titled “Unsettling the National in Korean Cinema,” is scheduled for Fall 2011. In prelude to this thematic issue devoted to the subject of cinema, we are pleased to share our first film review by Kyu Hyun Kim, The Past Is a Strange Country (Kwagŏ nŭn nassŏn narada) written and directed by Kim Eung-soo (Kim Ŭngsu).

Sincerely,

Clark W. Sorensen, Editor-in-Chief

Donald Baker, Associate Editor

Tracy L. Stober, Managing Editor

Joshua Van Lieu, Assistant Editor