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Brookings to tap female professor as Korea studies chair
Nov. 15, 2013
The Brookings Institution, a top U.S. think tank, is expected to pick Katharine Moon, a female Korean-American professor, as its first Korea studies chair, an informed source said Thursday.The Washington-based institution is preparing to launch a chair position for Korean studies in partnership with the Korea Foundation and SK Group, a South Korean conglomerate."Brookings has been in search for a figure to lead the program. It has drawn up a short list of Korea experts in the U.S. For now, profe