Changing face of the Korean Neurological Association

Since its establishment in 1982, the Korean Neurological Association (KNA) has demonstrated stable growth over the last 3 decades, and a lot of effort has been made to take the KNA to a global level. During this period of transition, the KNA has held a number of regular domestic conferences and several international conferences, conferred academic support to members, and issued domestic and international journals. The KNA has grown to about 1,800 members, and has many subspecialties and related societies. The quantitative and qualitative growth of the KNA has led to the remarkable development of the neurology and neuroscience fields in Korea. This article outlines the clinical, academic, and scientific development of the KNA, its present activities, and current concerns in Korea, having overcome the devastation of occupation and war to rapidly become a modern and developed state.