Editor’s note | Chung-si Ahn 

Special Contribution

Towards Spiritual Anthrpology, Horizons of Human Understanding: Modernity and the Asian Traditions | Uchang Kim

How are We to Understand Asia? Perceptions and Identities | Kyong-Dong Kim 

Research Articles: Regional and Thematic Issues of Asian Studies

Review of the Discourses on East Asian Community | Seung Woo Park 

Trends and Issues of Modern and Contemporary Geographers’ Studies on Asia | Kang-Won Lee

South Asian Studies: A Review of Trends and Problems | Ji Eun Lee 

Examining the Debates on the Arabian World from the Critical Perspective of Orientalism | Hanjin Eom

Issues in Southeast Asian Islam: Islam and Modernity | Myung-Seok Oh

Review of Researches on Southeast Asian Economy in Korea | Bun-Soon Park