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Melbourne Asia Review is a research-based publication of the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne.

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How Korean language students studying in Seoul navigate linguistic and cultural homogeneity

  • A/Prof Lucien Brown,

Many foreign students travel to South Korea hoping for language ‘immersion’, but that can be much more difficult than expected for some.

Do you speak North Korean or South Korean?

  • Dr Daniel Pieper,

Since the two Koreas have been divided, significant differences in the Korean language have developed in the North and South.

Why the history and context of words are important – the example of ‘xiansheng’

  • Yang Wang,

Unless language students are taught the history and context of words, cultural misunderstanding occurs.

The importance of fitting society and culture into Australian university language courses

  • Dr Jonathan Benney,

Language learning should facilitate cultural understanding and this requires contentious aspects of culture to be examined.

INTRODUCTION: The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

  • Professor Timothy J. Lynch and Professor Robert S. Ross,

The war in Ukraine has thrown into relief the prospects for peace in the Indo-Pacific.

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