Beyond such institutional barriers to democracy, many Korean scholars say, lie cultural ones as well.

Jeong was among the first Korean scholars to refer to his thought as silhak, or "practical learning."

The tradition of kye stretches back thousands of years, according to Korean scholars.

Such a theory has been criticized by Korean scholars as the "aesthetic of colonialism".

It also served as the state shrine for Chinese and Korean Confucian scholars.

Korean scholars secretly used Ming era names even after that dynasty's collapse.

However, even after the invention of hangul, most Korean scholars continued to write in hanmun.

After 1945, new research is being conducted by Korean scholars.

Kim Si-seup (1435-1493) was a Korean scholar and author.

Those Korean scholars deny its existence for various reasons.