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Korean Quarterly
Box 6789
St. Paul, MN 55106
Phone: (651) 398-2325
E-mail: koreanquarterly@gmail.com
ISSN: 1536-156X Founded: 1997 Issues per year: 4. Copy Price: $6 Subscription (Individuals): $20 Subscription (Libraries): $22
Publisher’s Description: Korean Quarterly provides independent and alternative reporting on issues of identity, racism, politics and the arts and is a forum for the ideas and creativity of the whole Korean American community.
Our coverage focuses on the place where identity, creativity and culture intersect. We seek out unheard voices and new perspectives. From the Twin Cities to Chicago, LA, NYC, Europe, Pyongyang and Seoul, we have been there to cover a variety of views and issues – from former comfort women, reunification/reconciliation efforts and war crimes tribunals to recording stories from elders and documenting 1.5/2nd generation and adopted Korean perspectives.
Korean Quarterly’s readers are members of the Korean American community, including adopted Koreans, 1.5/2nd generation, bi-racial and intercultural Korean Americans. It also attracts many non-Korean readers, including families of adopted Koreans, other Asian Americans, and people who have an interest in Korean culture and history, the Korean American community or racial and ethnic identity issues of minority populations in America.
Korean Quarterly includes coverage of the arts, politics, Korean culture, business, and national and international news. We publish feature material, such as personality profiles, business features, personal essays, creative writing and poetry. We also do critical analysis, including book, film and music reviews, and editorials. KQ has also received 17 awards of excellence from the MN Newspaper Association and a nomination for a national award for Ethnic Issues coverage in 2002 from the Independent Press Association.
Recent issues:
The Fall 2011 issue Featuring: Blue memory - Artist Eun-Kyung Suh and the Weisman Art Museum's Sympathies exhibit. Special section: Building the peaceable kingdom - featuring three stories: "Not just on Wall Street: The case for occupying God's kingdom - the birthplace of minjung/people's theology", "A Korea where everyone has a place to live: Habitat for Humanity-Korea and the sweat equity model for housing finance", "Friend of Muak-dong: Father Mun-Su Park and neighbors resist Seoul’s redevelopment juggernaut." Plus, Former comfort women (vigil #984) and hanjin labor strike photo essay, A campaign to preserve Jeju Island's ancient relics, and much more.
The Spring 2011 issue features Mayda - The New Minneapolis Sound: Mayda Miller rocks out with imagination and attitude; In pursuit of a completed war: The people of the burned-in memory versus the society of the eternal present -- The (Unending) Korean War conference at NYU; Dual Citizenship, GOA'L makes it happen; Hubert H. Humphrey III: New Honorary Consul General for the Minnesota Korean American community; Free in name only: The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement; Talking out loud about race: A profile of author/professor/adoptee John Palmer; Managing a change of cultures: InKAS can help adoptees get work or an education in Korea. Support KQ by subscribing today! visit: www.koreanquarterly.org