The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (RAS-KB; Korean: 영국왕립아시아학회 한국지부) is a learned society based in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1900 as the world's first Korean studies organization, it was founded to provide a platform for scholarly research on the history, culture and natural landscapes of the Korean Peninsula. It is thought to be the oldest English-language academic organization now existing that is devoted exclusively to the discipline known as Korean studies.
Its annual journal, Transactions,[1] has been described as being "for much of the 20th century, the most important Western-language source on Korean culture."[2]
- ^ "Gyeongbokgung Palace in Autumn - Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch". www.raskb.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- ^ Korea: A Historical and Cultural Dictionary ed. Keith Pratt and Richard Rutt. (Curzon. 1999) page 390.