North and South Korea will vie for influence in Africa

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Near Term ◽  
North And South

Significance Her African tour was designed to reinforce growing South Korean cooperation with African countries while countering North Korean links. Impacts Rivals, including other East Asian countries such as China, will increase interest in African opportunities. South Korean aid to African countries will remain below other larger donors' in the near term. Slowing economic growth in Africa could dissuade South Korean investment.

Emissions and trade in Southeast and East Asian countries: a panel co-integration analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mansor H. Ibrahim ◽  
Syed Aun R. Rizvi
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Long Run

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the implication of trade on carbon emissions in a panel of eight highly trading Southeast and East Asian countries, namely, China, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis relies on the standard quadratic environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) extended to include energy consumption and international trade. A battery of panel unit root and co-integration tests is applied to establish the variables’ stochastic properties and their long-run relations. Then, the specified EKC is estimated using the panel dynamic ordinary least square (OLS) estimation technique. Findings – The panel co-integration statistics verifies the validity of the extended EKC for the countries under study. Estimation of the long-run EKC via the dynamic OLS estimation method reveals the environmentally degrading effects of trade in these countries, especially in ASEAN and plus South Korea and Hong Kong. Practical implications – These countries are heavily dependent on trade for their development processes, and as such, their impacts on CO2 emissions would be highly relevant for assessing their trade policies, along the line of the gain-from-trade hypothesis, the race-to-the-bottom hypothesis and the pollution-safe-haven hypothesis. Originality/value – The analysis adds to existing literature by focusing on the highly trading nations of Southeast and East Asian countries. The results suggest that reassessment of trade policies in these countries is much needed and it must go beyond the sole pursuit of economic development via trade.

scholarly journals AbaR-Type Genomic Islands in Non-baumannii Acinetobacter Species Isolates from South Korea

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 5824-5826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dae Hun Kim ◽  
Kwan Soo Ko
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Acinetobacter Baumannii ◽  
Genomic Islands ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Acinetobacter Species ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean

ABSTRACTTo investigate the presence and structure of AbaR-type genomic islands (GIs) in non-Acinetobacter baumanniiisolates, a total of 155 non-baumannii Acinetobacterisolates from a South Korean hospital were analyzed. GIs were found in threeAcinetobacter nosocomialisand twoAcinetobacter seifertiiisolates. Their structures were similar to those inA. baumanniiisolates from Asian countries, including South Korea. The existence of AbaR-type GIs in non-baumannii Acinetobacterisolates is believed to be due to interspecies transfer of GI.

On IMF debt and capital control: evidence from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhar Mohamad ◽  
Imtiaz Mohammad Sifat ◽  
Hassanudin Mohd Thas Thaker ◽  
Anwar Muhammad Noor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
East Asian ◽  
External Debt ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Capital Control ◽  
Content Type ◽  
East Asian Economies

Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of capital control and external debts after the 1997 financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach Using system estimation approach, the authors estimate a panel data-based econometric model for data on Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea from 1990 to 2017. Findings The authors find that on average, the crisis-hit South East Asian economies choosing external debt perform better in achieving greater economic growth and rebound better compared to economies imposing capital control. Originality/value This study attempts to answer whether a crisis-hit country should impose capital control or opt for external debt to recuperate from the crisis.

The transition from relation-based to rule-based governance in East Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaomin Li ◽  
Seung Ho Park ◽  
Rosey Shuji Bao
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
World Market ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Asian Economies ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
East Asian Economies

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use the framework of rule-based and relation-based governance to examine the evolution of governance environment in the East Asian region including China, South Korea and Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach Both qualitative and quantitative evidences are presented to demonstrate the paths these East Asian countries take in their transitions from relation-based governance to rule-based governance. Based on the framework, this analysis sheds light on the debate on whether East Asian economies will eventually move away from relation-based governance to rule-based societies. Findings The authors find that relation-based governance has helped East Asian countries achieve rapid economic growth in the early stages of their development. However, as the scale and scope of East Asian economies expand, continuing to rely on it may hinder their further development and therefore these countries should adopt a rule-based governance system in order to be efficient and competitive in the world market. While South Korea and Taiwan have made substantial progress in this transition, China has just embarked on the process. Originality/value This paper is among the first to systematically review the theories and evidence of the transition and the challenges East Asian countries face during the process.

scholarly journals Geographic Differences in the Contribution ofubiAMutations to High-Level Ethambutol Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 4101-4105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subramanya Lingaraju ◽  
Leen Rigouts ◽  
Aditi Gupta ◽  
Jongseok Lee ◽  
Alaine Nyaruhirira Umubyeyi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Tuberculosis Treatment ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Multistep Process ◽  
Resistant Strains ◽  
Geographic Differences ◽  
High Level

ABSTRACTEthambutol (EMB) resistance can evolve through a multistep process, and mutations in theubiA(Rv3806c) gene appear to be responsible for high-level EMB resistance inMycobacterium tuberculosis. We evaluated the prevalence ofubiAandembB(Rv3795) mutations in EMB-resistant strains originating from Africa and South Korea. No differences inembBmutation frequencies were observed between strains from both origins. However,ubiAmutations were present in 45.5% ± 6.5% of the African EMB-resistant isolates but in only 9.5% ± 1.5% of the South Korean EMB-resistant isolates. TheubiAmutations associated with EMB resistance were localized to regions encoding the transmembrane domains of the protein, whereas theembBmutations were localized to regions encoding the extramembrane domains. Larger studies are needed to investigate the causes of increasedubiAmutations as a pathway to high-level EMB resistance in African countries, such as extended EMB usage during tuberculosis treatment.

Research on policing in East Asia: a review of SSCI policing specialty journals

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 612-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bitna Kim ◽  
Arizona Wan-Chun Lin ◽  
Eric Lambert
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Social Science Citation Index ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Chinese Policing ◽  
Research And Policy

Purpose – Little information on dissemination of publications on policing issues in East Asia in which one-fifth of the world's population lives is available. The research questions for the paper are: how extensive is the coverage of papers focussing on policing in East Asia; on which East Asian countries have the papers covered during the 14-year period from 2000 to 2013; what are the topics/primary issues of policing in East Asia covered across the journals; and what are the affiliations represented of authors who have published papers on policing in East Asia. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This study is a content analysis of major policing specialty journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) in terms of the number and focus of studies on East Asian police papers. Data came from 1,123 papers published in three policing journals of Police Quarterly, Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, and Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy during the period of 2000-2013. Findings – Only 3.4 percent (n=38) of the 1,123 articles published in the three journals were on policing issues in East Asia nations. The vast majority (76.3 percent) were published in Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management. Staff issue was the most frequently researched topic. In total, 42 percent of the papers were on South Korean policing issues, followed by 31 percent on Chinese policing topics. Finally, about 45 percent of the papers were written by only US-affiliated authors, 40 percent by authors affiliated with institutions in East Asia, and only 16 percent were written in collaboration between authors associated with USA and East Asian institutions. Originality/value – The main intent of this study is to provide information seekers with a guide to what research on policing in East Asia is being published.

scholarly journals Subnational gender balances in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 941-944
Author(s):  
Guy J Abel ◽  
Nayoung Heo
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Demographic Change ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Sex Ratios ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Economy ◽  
The World ◽  
Steep Decline

Within one generation, the South Korean economy developed from one of the poorest countries in the world during the 1950s to a developed, high-income country by the end of the 1990s. During the latter part of this period, South Korea (hereafter called Korea) experienced rapid demographic change characterized by a steep decline in fertility levels and abnormally high sex ratios at birth. Unlike other East and South-East Asian countries that underwent similar economic and demographic changes, Korea has witnessed a steady decline in the sex ratios at birth since the end of 1990s through 2000s. In this paper, we visualize the current spatial distribution of population born during the peak years of sex ratios at birth.

scholarly journals South Korean Hurry-Hurry (빨리 빨리) COVID-19 Strategy: Privacy Concern, No-Lockdown, and Discriminations

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Annisa Pratamasari
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Privacy Concern ◽  
Epidemiological Investigation ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

South Korea has been hailed as one of the most successful countries in containing the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, within a relatively short period. Some argued that East Asian countries’ success could be attributed to Confucianist culture, to which I disagree. In this paper, I shall describe in details how Korean government managed to curb the Covid-19 spread with the combination of epidemiological investigation, advanced technology, and haste (빨리 빨리) culture, leading to a hurry-hurry strategy unique to South Korea. I would also outline some social impacts on LGBT-Q communities and the exclusion of foreign residents in South Korean pandemic efforts.Keywords: South Korea, COVID-19, hurry-hurry strategy.Korea Selatan dipuja sebagai salah satu negara tersukses dalam membendung penyebaran coronavirus, COVID-19, dalam waktu yang terbilang singkat. Beberapa tulisan berargumen bahwa kesuksesan negara-negara Asia Timur merupakan berkat nilai-nilai Konfusius mereka, yang tidak penulis setujui. Di artikel ini, penulis akan mendeskripsikan secara detail bagaimana pemerintah Korea mampu membendung penyebaran COVID-19 melalui kombinasi investigasi epidemiologis, teknologi mutakhir, dan budaya buru-buru (빨리 빨리) mereka, yang berkontribusi terhadap ‘hurry-hurry strategy’ unik milik Korea Selatan. Selain itu, penulis juga akan menjabarkan dampak sosial bagi komunitas LGBT-Q dan ekslusi penduduk asing dalam kebijakan penanggulangan pandemik di Korea Selatan.Kata-kata kunci: Korea Selatan, COVID-19, hurry-hurry strategy.

Finding beneficiaries: trade adjustment assistance system in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joon-heon Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Trade Adjustment Assistance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Trade Adjustment ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences among the government ministries and agencies involved in TAA. Findings The failure in the TAA policy, according to this study, was attributed to the conflicts and miscoordination arising from the differences in policy preferences among government ministries and agencies. To rectify this failure, the South Korean government had to revise its laws and regulations several times over a short period. Originality/value Drawing on the analytical framework of the literature on policy failure, this paper examines the causal relationships between outcomes of TAA policy and the conflicts or miscoordination among government bodies at each stage: initiatives and planning, implementation and operation of the policy.

Parts of South-east Asia may adopt nuclear post-2030

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
Renewable Energy Development

Significance It is the only country in South-east Asia with a large-scale nuclear plant, although this was never loaded with fuel. Other countries in the region have tentative plans to develop nuclear power programmes. Impacts The current absence of nuclear power programmes will help avert the diversion of capital from renewable energy development in the region. South-east Asian countries with small, non-power reactors, built for research, will try to maintain these facilities. Across the region, the need for electricity grid investment will increase as more decentralised generation sources are deployed.

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