RESEARCH GUIDES

Korean Studies Resources

Statistical Data

KOSIS (Korean Statistical Information Service)
As a gateway for Korea’s official statistics, KOSIS offers a convenient one-stop service to full range of major domestic, international and North Korean statistics. (English webpage available)
KOSTAT (Statistics Korea)
South Korea's central statistical organization
North Korea Statistics 북한통계 (KOISS)

Korea Social Science Data Center This link opens in a new window
KSDC (Korea Social Science Data Center) provides data from statistical yearbooks published by the government, public institutions and overseas institutions and data collected from opinion polls and surveys undertaken by the government, universities, research institutes, and other organizations. Users can analyze KSDC data on the website.

Open Data Portal by Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport National Geography Information Institute
It provides the reduction information reference, map movement information reference, user layer superimpose information reference, production date example information reference, age base airphoto image information reference, age base satellite photograph image information reference, and age base orthophoto image information reference.

Maps

Naver Map
Current maps from NAVER, the popular search portal in South Korea
National Archives of Korea - Map 국가기록원 - 서양고지도를 통해 본 한국
17-19th century Asian or East Asian maps from the National Archives of Korea
National Library of Korea - Map 국립중앙도서관 고지도
Digitized old maps of Korea and East Asia from the National Library of Korea's map collections.

GIS Resources

Resources From Other Universities

GIS - GIS, Map and Statistics: Korea
GIS data links on Korean compiled by University of Michigan.
Digital Resources for Korean Studies- Maps

Government Resources

Related Guides

Romanization Standards

Korean Romanization Standards - McCune - Reischauer system

McCune-Reichauer based system is quite different from the South Korean rules, you are strongly encouraged to try the tutorial below.

McCune-Reichauer Romanization tutorial

The libraries follow the romanization standards used in the Library of Congress.

Library of Congress and American Library Association Romanization Table for Korean

South Korean Romaization Rules are different from those used in North American Libraries. 대한민국 국립국어원 표기법

Romanization of Korean by National Institute of Korean Language, Republic of Korea

Romanization Tool

Korean Name Romanizer
Windows-based tool provided by Princeton University Library that converts Korean names in Korean script into the roman alphabet according to ALA-LC rules. The tool is meant for romanizing personal names ONLY. It assumes that the given string is a personal name, and applies special rules accordingly.