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Peter Ward
Peter Ward is a research fellow at the Sejong Institute. His work focuses on North Korean politics, the economy and society. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna.
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Opinion N.Korea studies: Arguments against language learning don’t add upDespite flaws with recent opinion on topic, author suggests Korean learning remains essential The recent debate on NK News about the merits of learning Korean as a prerequisite for a focus on the North has left me at pains to respond. For his part, Fyodor Tertitskiy said last month that a widespread language barrier was seriously holding back studies on North Korea, while David Tizzard later asked what was wrong with relying on translations to work on the country. Both authors make important points, but they would do well to think about who needs to learn language and who doesn’t in a bit more detail. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |