Austėja Kondrataitė* South Korea‘s Confucian tradition emphasized the idea of women‘s subordination through the principle of filial piety, which dictated double obedience: not only to the parents, but to male figures in family as well – father, husband, and son. There is one tenet that says: “to the father when young; to the husband when […]

Feeling a duty to share expert insights about East Asia, we are launching a column in which we present an assessment of the current situation in the region in a popular style.  The first comment is about the ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol. There is little information in the media about the current situation, […]

The Centre for Asian Studies continues “Time for Asia” events and invites you on March 4 to an open lecture given by the newly appointed South Korea’s ambassador to Lithuania H.E. Mira Sun. In the lecture Lithuania-Korea Relations and Peace Process on the Korean Peninsula the Ambassador will talk not only about Lithuania-Korea relations but also […]

Today Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and Korea University (KU) signed a partnership agreement which allows both institutions to start student exchanges and pursue closer academic cooperation. KU is one of the oldest, most prestigious and highest ranked private universities in South Korea. According to QS World University Rankings, KU falls among top-100 universities in the […]