Did the invasion of the North Korean Army during the 1950-1953 Korean War hinder rural development along the attack routes? In this webinar, I demonstrate how spatial data and machine learning algorithms can help prepare data to investigate the question. Spatial datasets include historical print maps from a century ago, current building register shapefiles, and digital elevation raster data.

Speakers:
Hyunjoo Yang, Associate Professor of Economics, Sogang University
Munseob Lee, Assistant Professor of Economics at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy (Moderator)

Hyunjoo Yang is an associate professor of economics at Sogang University, South Korea. His research focuses on the topics of the development and growth of Korea. He actively collaborates with researchers from various disciplines, including computer science, geography, political science, and public policy.

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Korea-Pacific Program Webinar Series:
This webinar series is designed to showcase new research as well as a forum for discussion of major policy issues. This series has received generous support from the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020S1A3A2A02104190).