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is a major figure on the international stage, with hundreds of thousands of foreign residents, the RASKB continues to offer a regular program of lectures, usually twice each month held at the
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at the end of 1941. Shortly after the
Japanese occupation began, the RASKB published three Japanese-authored papers, all three of which had colonialist agendas; the RASKB had no more to say officially on Japanese imperialism until after liberation in 1945.
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in 1951, during the war. Volume XXXIII was dated 1957 and although it still had to be printed in Hong Kong, it records how the first
General Meeting of the revived RASKB was held on February 23, 1956. The revived Society quickly grew and flourished.
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program, the meetings were especially important and many retained contact with the RASKB in the following decades. For a long period, the meetings of the RASKB provided a unique chance to learn more about Korean history and culture.
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The organization's seal consists of the following
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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
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to places of interest, sometimes far removed from Seoul. The difficulties of transportation in post-war Korea were relieved by help from the ministries and military authorities of the
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death or departure from Korea of many of the founding members, and the troubling events of those years, including the
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before returning members were able to resume the Society's interrupted activities. Volume XXXII of
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UNDERWOOD, Horace G.. The Korea Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society: The First One Hundred Years.
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in June 1950, led to the suspension of its activities. The president for 1950, the
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