Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch (original) (raw)

The Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch 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, , has been described as being "for much of the 20th century, the most important Western-language source on Korean culture."