http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea Facilitate cutting-edge research about Korea at UCLA en-us Beginning in the fall of 2008 there will be a student initiated and run Korean Studies Graduate Student Colloquium.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=96042Rebecca Kim discusses why ethnic-oriented, collegiate Christian groups grow faster than multi-racial ones.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=92241In impoverished North Korea, Rudiger Frank of the University of Vienna observes modest changes in the direction of a market economy. http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=89545One scholar says the United States needs to adopt an approach that allows North and South Korea to normalize relations quickly.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=83719This summer Sung-Deuk Oak, a UCLA faculty member in Asian Languages and Cultures, was chosen to be the first scholar funded under the Dong Soon Im and Mi Ja Im endowment. He'll be charged with telling a remarkable story in the history of religion.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=79083A Nine Day Program in Seoul, Korea, July 25-August 3, 2007http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=20574KOFIC(Korean Film Council) continues 2nd Filmmakers Development Lab in Association With the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=67804Experts on the Koreas, China, and the US say that North Korea won't give up its nuclear arms and that differences between the US and negotiating partners, including ally South Korea, will complicate six-party talks.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=57307Discussion attempts to add depth to public perceptions following country’s nuclear testhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=56939Ten recent Korean studies PhDs will take up research and teaching jobs in 2006–07.http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea/article.asp?parentid=52027