The Korean Physical Society is a non-profit scientific society created to provide a forum for academic exchange among scholars and researchers in the field of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

. The organization, was founded in

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in 1952 during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

. In 2020, membership levels were around 15,000. Within the organization, there are twelve topic-specific divisions, including Particle and Field Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Astrophysics. The society publishes several journals, including its flagship ''Journal of the Korean Physical Society'', published by

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. The journal covers all fields of physics, ranging from statistical physics and condensed matter physics to particle physics. The Korean Physical Society has Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with several other scientific associations, including the

Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) is a Japanese group of researchers in the field of applied physics. JSAP originated in 1932 from a voluntary forum of researchers belonging to the University of Tokyo and the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research. During World War ...

and the

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