Reciprocity of Government Restructuring/ Policy Changes and the Convergent Environment in South Korea

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun-A Park
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Government Restructuring

The Impact of the Korean Wave on South Korea–Taiwan Relations

Asian Survey ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-240
Author(s):  
Sung Deuk Hahm ◽  
Sooho Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Cultural Products ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Ever since the concept of soft power was introduced, there has been debate about what it is and how it works. We join the debate by studying how the success of Korean cultural products in Taiwan has improved the relationship between South Korea and Taiwan. The two countries normalized their relationship in 1948 and maintained cooperation until the severance of formal ties in 1992 because of South Korea’s rapprochement with China. Beginning in early 2000, however, South Korea’s cultural products have enjoyed great success in Taiwan. Since that time, the relationship between the two countries has significantly improved, including trade and tourism expansion, increased Taiwanese direct investment in South Korea, and policy changes by Taiwan’s government. These changes provide empirical evidence of soft power.

scholarly journals Viral Hepatitis in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stella C Pak ◽  
Yaseen Alastal ◽  
Zubair Khan ◽  
Umar Darr
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Viral Hepatitis ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Healthcare Policy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Public Health Burden ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Based Medicine

ABSTRACT In South Korea (S. Korea), viral hepatitis is a major public health burden. Advances in healthcare policy, evidence-based medicine, and therapeutic strategies in S. Korea have brought a rapid change in the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of viral hepatitis. This review discusses the innovative approaches that S. Korea has taken to curb the epidemic of viral hepatitis. In addition, the efficacy of various preventive and therapeutic modalities is discussed. This review aims to provide a brief overview to guide future research direction and healthcare policy changes. How to cite this article Pak SC, Alastal Y, Khan Z, Darr U. Viral Hepatitis in South Korea. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2017;7(2):163-165.

Disabled People’s Fight for Rights in South Korea and Japan

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (827) ◽  
pp. 233-239
Author(s):  
Celeste L. Arrington
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
International Treaty ◽  
Reasonable Accommodations ◽  
Treaty Negotiations ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms

Long considered objects of pity and welfare assistance, people with disabilities in South Korea and Japan are increasingly treated as rights-bearers. Through activism, litigation, and involvement in international treaty negotiations, Koreans and Japanese with disabilities spurred reforms that created new anti-discrimination protections and obligations to provide reasonable accommodations, access, employment, and social supports. These policy changes also signal a notably more legalistic approach to governance, particularly in South Korea, because they include more detailed rules and formal rights, more enforcement mechanisms like fines, and better recourse to judicial or other dispute resolution bodies.

POLICY AND PRACTICE IN ODA DISBURSEMENTS: AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN SOUTH KOREA'S OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-264
Author(s):  
Dennis Patterson ◽  
Jangsup Choi
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Development Assistance ◽  
Official Development Assistance ◽  
Development Assistance Committee ◽  
Member Nation ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
South Korean Government ◽  
Dyadic Data ◽  
South Korean

AbstractSouth Korea is the only nation to become an important donor nation after being a recipient of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for several decades. In 2010, it became a member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, and while it has continued to use its experience as a former ODA recipient to inform its distribution practices, it also has evolved its ODA policies in response to changes in international norms and the imperatives associated with being a DAC-member nation. We know that, while policies may change, actual ODA disbursements—which nations are selected as recipients and receive ODA in what amounts—may lag or even remain unchanged. In this paper, we use the case of South Korea to determine how actual ODA disbursements change in response to policy changes. To accomplish this, we use a selection model to conduct a statistical analysis of South Korea's ODA disbursements using dyadic data from 1987 to 2016. Our results indicate that, while there has been continuity in terms of which nations receive South Korean ODA, there were also notable changes in its disbursements. Specifically, the ODA policy changes the South Korean government enacted did result in an altered profile of nations that were targeted by South Korea as ODA recipients.

scholarly journals Reciprocity of Government Restructuring/Policy Changes and the Convergent Environment in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 106-132
Author(s):  
EUN-A PARK
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Governmental Agency ◽  
Specific Policy ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Political Environments ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Managerial Capabilities

This paper takes the approach that policy responses to environmental challenges are at least partially dependent on the structure of governmental decision-making bodies. How ministries and regulatory bodies are designed and put together affect both their policy outlooks and managerial capabilities, in turn affecting their policy output. Governments have also consciously restructured ministries and regulators in order to promote specific policy orientations, or in response to changes in the industry. This two-way interaction is critically important to the responses of governments to the emerging broadband ecosystem.  The paper examines four different restructurings in the Korean government, and argues that the identification of a governmental agency as a nodal agency was the result of a new policy orientation, and the response to an environmental change. Though no two countries are totally similar in terms of their industrial and political environments or policy needs, the paper is based on the premise that the example of South Korea has useful lessons for other countries, as a leading indicator of changes in government regulatory structures in response to convergence and the emergence of the broadband ecosystem.

scholarly journals Reciprocity of Government Restructuring/Policy Changes and the Convergent Environment in South Korea

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
EUN-A PARK
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Governmental Agency ◽  
Specific Policy ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Political Environments ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Managerial Capabilities

This paper takes the approach that policy responses to environmental challenges are at least partially dependent on the structure of governmental decision-making bodies. How ministries and regulatory bodies are designed and put together affect both their policy outlooks and managerial capabilities, in turn affecting their policy output. Governments have also consciously restructured ministries and regulators in order to promote specific policy orientations, or in response to changes in the industry. This two-way interaction is critically important to the responses of governments to the emerging broadband ecosystem.  The paper examines four different restructurings in the Korean government, and argues that the identification of a governmental agency as a nodal agency was the result of a new policy orientation, and the response to an environmental change. Though no two countries are totally similar in terms of their industrial and political environments or policy needs, the paper is based on the premise that the example of South Korea has useful lessons for other countries, as a leading indicator of changes in government regulatory structures in response to convergence and the emergence of the broadband ecosystem.

Agency Examines Cost of Health Policy Changes

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Policy Changes

New Congress May Mean Health Policy Changes

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
JOYCE FRIEDEN
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Policy Changes
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