scholarly journals Digital dilemmas in the (post-)pandemic state: Surveillance and information rights in South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80
Author(s):  
Kyong Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Public Safety ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Flow Of Information

Drawing on South Korea’s response to COVID-19, this article examines how the digital measures that were implemented by the nation state during the pandemic intensified the dilemma between public safety and information rights. South Korea’s highly praised handling of COVID-19 raises the question of how far digital technology can infiltrate everyday life for the sake of public safety and how citizens can negotiate the rapid digital transformation of a nation state. The South Korean government’s digital measures during the pandemic involved the extensive use of personal data; however, citizens were not allowed sufficient participation in the flow of information. By critically examining the South Korean case, this article reveals that the government coped with the pandemic through digital surveillance as a way to avoid physical lockdown, and in so doing, projected its desire for transition to a digitally advanced state while facilitating nationalism through a digital utopian discourse.

1830: van de Belgische protonatie naar de natiestaat (deel 2)

2007 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-321
Author(s):  
Lode Wils
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
The State ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The South ◽  
Public Office ◽  
The North ◽  
Ministerial Responsibility ◽  
The Government ◽  
The French Revolution

In het tweede deel van zijn bijdrage 1830: van de Belgische protonatie naar de natiestaat, over de gebeurtenissen van 1830-1831 als slotfase van een passage van de Belgische protonatie doorheen de grote politiek-maatschappelijke en culturele mutaties na de Franse Revolutie, ontwikkelt Lode Wils de stelling dat de periode 1829-1830 de "terminale crisis" vormde van het Koninkrijk der Verenigde Nederlanden. Terwijl koning Willem I definitief had laten verstaan dat hij de ministeriële verantwoordelijkheid definitief afwees en elke kritiek op het regime beschouwde als kritiek op de dynastie, groeide in het Zuiden de synergie in het verzet tussen klerikalen, liberalen en radicale anti-autoritaire groepen. In de vervreemding tussen het Noorden en het Zuiden en de uiteindelijke revolutionaire nationaal-liberale oppositie vanuit het Zuiden, speelde de taalproblematiek een minder belangrijke rol dan het klerikale element en de liberale aversie tegen het vorstelijk absolutisme van Willem I en de aangevoelde uitsluiting van de Belgen uit het openbaar ambt en vooral uit de leiding van de staat.________1830: from the Belgian pre-nation to the nation stateIn the second part of his contribution 1830: from the Belgian pre-nation to the nation state, dealing with the events from 1830-1831 as the concluding phase of a transition of the Belgian pre-nation through the major socio-political and cultural mutations after the French Revolution, Lode Wils develops the thesis that the period of 1829-1830 constituted the "terminal crisis" of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands. Whilst King William I had clearly given to understand that he definitively rejected ministerial responsibility and that he considered any criticism of the regime as a criticism of the dynasty, the synergy of resistance increased between the clericalists, liberals and radical anti-authoritarian groups in the South. In the alienation between the North and the South and the ultimate revolutionary national-liberal opposition from the South the language issue played a less important role than the clericalist element and the liberal aversion against the royal absolutism of William I and the sense of exclusion of the Belgians from public office and particularly from the government of the state.

South Korea’s collective memory of past human rights abuses

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1113-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ñusta Carranza Ko
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Final Report ◽  
The South ◽  
Reconciliation Commission ◽  
Truth And Reconciliation ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Government

Embedded in transitional justice processes is an implicit reference to the production of collective memory and history. This article aims to study how memory initiatives become a crucial component of truth-seeking and reparations processes. The article examines South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the creation of collective memory through symbolic reparations of history revision in education. The South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended a set of symbolic reparations to the state, including history rectification reflective of the truth on human rights violations. Using political discourse analysis, this study compares the South Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report to the 2016 national history textbook. The article finds that the language of human rights in state sponsored history revisions contests the findings of the truth commission. And in doing so, this analysis argues for the need to reevaluate the government-initiated memory politics even in a democratic state that instituted numerous truth commissions and prosecuted former heads of state.

South Korea’s Sunshine Policy, Reciprocity and Nationhood

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-key Kim Hogarth
Keyword(s):  
Financial Aid ◽  
Long Range ◽  
North Korea ◽  
New South ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Nobel Peace Prize ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The North ◽  
Anthropological Study

Abstract This article is an anthropological study of South Korea’s ‘Sunshine Policy’ towards North Korea, through analyzing the much debated issue of reciprocity between the divided yet one nation. The Sunshine Policy was first instigated in 1998 by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, to soften the belligerent attitude of North Korea towards the South by promoting interaction through the prosperous South’s economic aid to the nearly bankrupt North. The policy initially seemed to work, leading to some communications between the two Koreas, and President Kim Dae Jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. However, as the North ‘jettisoned’ the principle of reciprocity, and the financial aid aimed to help the starving North Korean masses was used to develop weaponry including nuclear bombs and long-range missiles, the South Korean public began to question its validity. Since March 2008, the new South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has taken a harsher stance towards the North, and the Sunshine Policy has somewhat faded. According to some it is doomed to fail. This is an analyses of nation, state and reciprocity, and the reasons why the Sunshine Policy has encountered so many problems.

scholarly journals Dukungan Pemerintah Dan Strategi Keberlanjutan Bisnis Ukm Korea Selatan Di Tengah Pandemi Covid 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
Ratnaningsih Hidayati ◽  
Nadya Megawati Rachman
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
The South ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
South Korean Government ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Global pandemic of COVID-19 has bee creating economic disruption in many countries including South Korea. The decline in the trade sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic does not only affect large-scale industries. The Small and Medium Enterprises sector is also affected by the impact of the implementation of various policies in place to anticipate the spread of this virus. This study aims to provide an overview of government policies and business strategies for South Korean SMEs in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and this study is also expected to provide input for the Government to design appropriate, fast and quality economic recovery programs for SMEs affected by COVID-19. . This paper uses a qualitative approach. The data collection technique was carried out through literature study / literature study and interviews with the Republic of Indonesia Trade Representative in South Korea. The results showed that as a country that was first affected by COVID-19, the response of the South Korean government was relatively fast and sufficient to guarantee business continuity for SMEs, there are five main policies implemented by the South Korean Government and five Business Strategies of SMEs in dealing with COVID- 19.

scholarly journals Chilling Developments: Digital Access, Surveillance, and the Authoritarian Dilemma in Ethiopia

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 432-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Grinberg
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
National Development ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Digital Surveillance ◽  
State Surveillance ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government

This article examines digital surveillance in Ethiopia under the repressive EPRDF regime. It considers the EPRDF’s responses to the Authoritarian Dilemma, in which repressive leaders must decide between extending digital access to their citizens and further tightening their own grip on power. The consequences of this choice are especially significant in the context of an economically and technologically developing nation like Ethiopia. Thus far, its government has largely chosen to use its control of digital networks to clamp down on freedoms in the face of opposition. However, its desire for robust growth has also prompted it to pursue higher rates of digital adoption. In an effort to both maintain control and promote development opportunities, the government is increasingly drawing on a range of digital surveillance techniques. I outline some of the monitoring and targeting techniques it deploys against both the general population and the critics it views as threats to its unilateral authority. Ultimately, I argue that the intensification of digital surveillance is a reckless approach to addressing the Authoritarian Dilemma. The detrimental impacts of state surveillance cannot help but also chill the possibilities of digital usage and adoption and forestall the full potential of national development.

scholarly journals Gelombang Pengungsi Korea Utara di Korea Selatan: Politik Domestik, Integrasi dan Permasalahan Sosial

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
Vinesha Anindita
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
South Korean ◽  
North Korean Refugees ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Financial Burdens

This research attempts to analyze the wave of North Korean refugees toSouth Korea and how problems arise on the domestic political level to thesocietal level. Waves of refugees have occurred since the division of thetwo Koreas through the 38 parallel, which gave rise to defections fromNorth Korea. Meanwhile, South Korea is perceived as an ideal and safeplace to take shelter. This in turn raised numerous problems explicableby at least two theoretical frameworks, namely the world system theoryin explaining the desire to migrate, and the multiculturalist paradox,which explains the emergence of social and cultural frictions. Discourseon identity and social problems poses a challenge for the South Koreangovernment. On one hand, North Korean refugees can provide beneficialinformation for the government. On the other hand, two social problemsarise, namely the long-term problem for refugees in surviving the mentaland financial burdens, as well as the negative stigma and xenophobiaplaced by the South Korean society on the refugees. These are the reasonswhy integration remains difficult for refugees.

Mercantilism Regime toward Dumping Policy on Paper Industry between Indonesia and South Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
Rudi Wibowo ◽  
Ratnawati Ratnawati
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean Government ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Panel Session ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Government ◽  
State Actors ◽  
The Government

This thesis discusses Indonesia's efforts in dealing with allegations of dumping Indonesian paper products from the South Korean government. The lengthy process of negotiations and negotiations between the two countries is an obstacle in the process of settling trade disputes that occur. In this matter, Indonesia and South Korea conduct negotiations to resolve the problem of imposition of Anti-Dumping Import Duty (BMAD) for Indonesian paper products under the supervision of the authorized body of the WTO, namely the Disputes Settlement Body (DSB). The negotiations proposed by Indonesia as the claimant country to South Korea are a form of trade dispute settlement through a diplomatic mechanism. Through diplomatic steps, trade problems that occur between the two countries can be resolved concretely and peacefully. However, after the trial was running and the DSB had issued its results by winning Indonesia, both the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) and the South Korean government were reluctant to apply the results of the DSB panel session decisions. Therefore, Indonesia is trying to uphold the results of the DSB WTO panel decision through diplomacy. First, diplomacy is carried out by involving state actors directly, namely the Indonesian government. Both diplomatic efforts were carried out by Indonesian business actors in a cooperative manner at the time the KTC investigation was conducted. Indonesia is trying to uphold the results of the DSB WTO panel decision through diplomacy. First, diplomacy is carried out by involving state actors directly, namely the Indonesian government. Both diplomatic efforts were carried out by Indonesian business actors in a cooperative manner at the time the KTC investigation was conducted. Indonesia is trying to uphold the results of the DSB WTO panel decision through diplomacy. First, diplomacy is carried out by involving state actors directly, namely the Indonesian government. Both diplomatic efforts were carried out by Indonesian business actors in a cooperative manner at the time the KTC investigation was conducted. This thesis aims to describe the efforts and steps to resolve the allegation of dumping on Indonesian paper products by the South Korean government through KTC. Explain the chronology of the problem of accusations of dumping Indonesian paper products and the determination of dumping losses by the WTO. Then analyze how the efforts to resolve the problems made by the government and Indonesian businessmen in trying to implement the results of the WTO DSB panel session decisions through diplomacy.

‘Now it's indie’: The creative turn of the cultural policy in the Korean indie music scene

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-208
Author(s):  
Soochul Kim
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Policy ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Cultural Industry ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
The Government ◽  
Industry Policy ◽  
Indie Music

As creative industry policy discourse has travelled quickly across the South Korean cultural industry, including the Korean Wave and beyond, the indie music artists in South Korea have found opportunities to perform and promote their music overseas. The recent cultural policy along with the direct support programs are unexpected, because of the conservative nature of the government and the nature of the South Korean indie music as independent from political and economic powers. With the example of the overseas advance of South Korean indie artists, with government support, this article presents an examination of the complex relationship between the government's creative cultural policy and the resulting effects of the policies on the South Korean indie music scene. It is argued that it is yet to be determined whether the cultural policy is having a negative or positive effect on the cultural industry. This article suggests that the cultural policy, whatever the goals of the policy-makers, is interacting with other elements—such as the political economy of the technologies of distribution and consumption, subculture, and the methods through which the cultural policy discourse is articulated among the policy community—beyond the objectives of the policy itself.

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