Remco Erik Breuker (born 1972) is a Dutch historian, author, academic, and translator specializing in

Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...

and

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, focusing on

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n and

n history and contemporary

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

n affairs. He is currently a professor of

Korean studies Korean studies is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of Korea, which includes South Korea, North Korea, and diasporic Korean populations. Areas commonly included under this rubric include Korean history, Korean culture, Korea ...

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...

Biography

In 2011, Breuker was promoted to full professor of

at Leiden University. Outside academia, Breuker works translating Korean literature into

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

. He is also a regular media commentator on Korean affairs in the Netherlands.

Education

Breuker possesses master's degrees in

Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ...

and

, and a doctorate in Korean history from

Selected bibliography

*Remco Breuker. (2023). ''De Koreaanse golf'' he Korean Gulf Amsterdam: Prometheus. *Remco Breuker. (2018). ''De B.V. Noord-Korea: Een kernmacht in de marge.'' orth Korea, Inc.: A nuclear power in the margins Amsterdam: Prometheus. Translated works *Jang Jin-sung. (2014). ''Over de grens: Mijn ontsnapping uit Noord-Korea'' ver the border: My escape from North Korea Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers.

References

Living people 1972 births Academic staff of Leiden University {{improve categories, date=January 2024 Dutch historians Dutch academics Dutch translators