Korean Archaeological Society - 21st Century Korean Archaeological Society

21st Century Korean Archaeological Society

The Society is hosted and run on a rotating basis by university departments and other institutions for a period of approximately 1-2 years. The current host of the Society is the Department of History at Sungsil University, Seoul. The current President of the Korean Archaeological Society is the Professor Choi Byeong-hyeon of the Department of History, Sungsil University. President Choi was installed in mid-2006. The Past President of the Korean Archaeological Society is the Professor Lee Baek-kyu of Gyeongbuk National University in Daegu.

The society has several thousand individual members in the Republic of Korea who are composed of regular (i.e. professors, instructors, researchers) and student members. University libraries around the world subscribe to the 'Journal of the Korean Archaeological Society' as institutional members. Most of the hundred or so individual members from outside Korea live in Japan. This is emblematic of the good work that Korean and Japanese professional archaeologists have accomplished in establishing friendly and mutually beneficial relations.

The Korean Archaeological Society has actively lobbied Korean governments, central and provincial, on important matters related to the preservation and protection of Korean cultural heritage. They also offer periodic professional workshops for the edification and benefit of archaeologists in Korea.