For those of us who live in Japan, South and North Korea are our “Neighbors” . Information about our neighbours including those which are not academic or clear if reliable , a surplus of information is released everyday. In order to truly research Korean Studies, each one of us has to be the judge of the information we come accross. We must obtain information that is reliable and of high quality.
Our goal as the SFC Korean Language Research Laboratory, is to learn the Korean language as a research tool. Using a high knowledge of the Korean Language as abase to research societal and humanaties catered to a regional study.
Furthermore this AP we will study South and North Korea comprihensvely through the different view points of government, diplomacy ,economy, management, society, culture, language and history.
Although we will use different types of sources of information such as written materials and interviews, field work is prioritized. In the future this information will be used to further the research with other research facilities and universities.