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Asia Academy #26 From Crypto to Lightsticks: Korean Youths Hyperconnected but Fragmented Event - 21 May 2026
Lecture

Koen de Ceuster on the NKNews Podcast about North Korean art News - 12 March 2021
Koen de Ceuster, university lecturer for Korea Studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, was interviewed on the NKNews Podcast about art in North Korea. He speaks about the role of art in North Korean society, art ‘business’, and argues why it is not possible to separate propaganda…

Speaking Korean contest: ‘Actually, I don't dare to do this at all’ News - 28 April 2025
In a well-filled Telders Auditorium, university learners of Korean competed with each other to see who speaks Korean the best.

Why do Japanese and South Korean women falter on their way to the top? News - 14 February 2024
In recent decades, women in Japan and South Korea have been catching up in terms of educational achievements and economic activity. Yet the number of women in leadership positions is still lagging behind. PhD candidate Yorum Beekman investigated why this is.

Mirae Kim on translation issues at K-pop News - 3 November 2022
K-pop is wildly popular. Fans all over the world sing along to the Korean songs, often without understanding exactly what the lyrics mean. University lecturer Mirae Kim explains why these songs are so difficult to translate in the video series "The World of Korean Wave'.

Flora Smit on the relationship between K-pop idols and their fans News - 27 October 2022
Fans of the Korean music movement K-pop go through hell for their idols. In return, artists care deeply about their fans: they even get to decide their hair color. In the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave', PhD candidate Flora Smit takes a closer look at this relationship.

Katarzyna Cwiertka on the declining popularity of kimchi in South Korea News - 20 October 2022
In the Western world, kimchi is on an unstoppable rise, but in South Korea the dish is actually losing popularity. Professor Katarzyna Cwiertka explains how this is possible in the video series 'The World of the Korean Wave'.

Diasporic Koreans' Decolonization Project in Postwar Japan Event - 24 February 2025
Lecture

Colours and symbols to support dyslexic students News - 28 February 2025
In the very first Korean class that teacher Eun-ju Kim taught, there were already students with dyslexia. With a background in special education and clinical developmental psychology, she developed a new method to help them, partly based on teaching methods from Dutch first language education.

Asia Academy #20: 75 Years of Korean War: The Long Shadow Event - 19 June 2025
Lecture, LAC Asia Academy