A New Approach to the National Identity in an Ideologically Polarized Korean Community

Yun-Cheol Kim obtained his PhD from Brigham Young University with his dissertation on contemporary American Drama. He served as President of the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) from 2008 till 2014. During his presidency, he launched IATC’s web journal Critical Stages in 2009. He recently served as artistic director of the National Theatre Company of Korea until 2017. He retired from the School of Drama, the Korean National University of the Arts in 2015, where he taught for twenty years. He received the Cultural Order from the Korean government in 2008. Two-time winner of the “Critic of the Year Award,” he has published twelve books, two of which are anthologies of theatre reviews.