The original series had two issues numbered Volume 1 (1969) and 2 (1971) that were edited by David Messler (University of Washington-Seattle).

A decade later, James Palais (University of Washington-Seattle) edited and published volumes 1–5 of the second series (1979–1987).

In 2004, the Korean Studies Program of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia–Pacific Research Center (Stanford University) and editors Gi-wook Shin and John Duncan revived the journal and published volumes 9–13.

In addition to scholarly articles, the journal publishes reviews of the latest Korea-related books.

In January 2020, the journal moved to GW Institute for Korean Studies at George Washington University, with Jisoo Kim elected as editor-in-chief.