The Multiple Identies of Naturalized Athletes in South Korea: Focused on Interviews from Major South Korean Preses

With the unprecedented number of foreign-born population, South Korea has tried to reinvent itself as a multicultural society, but the intense multiculturalism efforts have focused exclusively on marriage immigrants. At the advent and height of South Korea’s eschewed multiculturalism, Elusive Belonging takes the readers to everyday lives of marriage immigrants in rural Korea where the projected image of a developed Korea which lured marriage immigrants and the gloomy reality of rural lives clashed. The intimate ethnographic account pays attention to emotional entanglements among Filipina wives, South Korean husbands, in-laws, and multicultural agents, with particular focus on such emotions as love, intimacy, anxiety, gratitude, and derision, which shape marriage immigrants’ fragmented citizenship and elusive sense of belonging to their new country. This investigation of the politics of belonging illuminates how marriage immigrants explore to mold a new identity in their new home, Korea.

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The Emergence of Business Groups: Israel and South Korea Compared

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/0170840602235003 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 737-758 ◽

Cited By ~ 50

Author(s):

Daniel Maman

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Multinational Corporations ◽

Business Groups ◽

South Korean ◽

Economic Organizations ◽

Self Sufficiency ◽

Institutional Contexts ◽

1960S And 1970S ◽

The 1960S ◽

Korean State

This paper examines the emergence of business groups in Israel and South Korea. The paper questions how, in very different institutional contexts, similar economic organizations emerged. In contrast to the political, cultural and market perspectives, the comparative institutional analysis adopted in this research suggests that one factor alone could not explain the emergence of business groups. In Israel and South Korea, business groups emerged during the 1960s and 1970s, and there are common factors underlying their formation: state-society relations, the roles and beliefs of the elites, and the relative absence of multinational corporations in the economy. To a large extent, the chaebol are the result of an intended creation of the South Korean state, whereas the Israeli business groups are the outcome of state policies in the economic realm. In both countries, the state elite held a developmental ideology, did not rely on market forces for economic development, and had a desire for greater economic and military self-sufficiency. In addition, both states were recipients of large grants and loans from other countries, which made them less dependent on direct foreign investments. As a result, the emerging groups were protected from the intense competition of multinational corporations.

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Engineering care in pandemic technogovernance: The politics of care in China and South Korea’s COVID-19 tracking apps

New Media & Society ◽

10.1177/14614448211020752 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 146144482110207

Author(s):

Youngrim Kim ◽

Yuchen Chen ◽

Fan Liang

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

National Belonging ◽

Surveillance Studies ◽

South Korean ◽

Care Services ◽

Ideological Dimension ◽

And Control

This article critically examines South Korea and China’s COVID-19 tracking apps by bridging surveillance studies with feminist technoscience’s understanding of the “politics of care”. Conducting critical readings of the apps and textual analysis of discursive materials, we demonstrate how the ideological, relational, and material practices of the apps strategically deployed “care” to normalize a particular form of pandemic technogovernance in these two countries. In the ideological dimension, media and state discourse utilized a combination of vilifying and nationalist rhetoric that framed one’s acquiescence to surveillance as a demonstration of national belonging. Meanwhile, the apps also performed ambivalent roles in facilitating essential care services and mobilizing self-tracking activities, which contributed to the manufacturing of pseudonormality in these societies. In the end, we argue that the Chinese and South Korean governments managed to frame their aggressive surveillance infrastructure during COVID-19 as a form of paternalistic care by finessing the blurred boundaries between care and control.

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Prevalence and socioeconomic burden of diabetes mellitus in South Korean adults: a population-based study using administrative data

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-10450-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sung-Hee Oh ◽

Hyemin Ku ◽

Kang Seo Park

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Diabetic Complications ◽

Economic Burden ◽

Productivity Loss ◽

Diabetic Patients ◽

Claims Database ◽

South Korean ◽

Subgroup Analyses ◽

Per Capita ◽

Capita Cost

Abstract Background Diabetes leads to severe complications and imposes health and financial burdens on the society. However, currently existing domestic public health studies of diabetes in South Korea mainly focus on prevalence, and data on the nationwide burden of diabetes in South Korea are lacking. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence and economic burden of diabetes imposed on the South Korean society. Methods A prevalence-based cost-of-illness study was conducted using the Korean national claims database. Adult diabetic patients were defined as those aged ≥20 years with claim records containing diagnostic codes for diabetes (E10-E14) during at least two outpatient visits or one hospitalization. Direct costs included medical costs for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes and transportation costs. Indirect costs included productivity loss costs due to morbidity and premature death and caregivers’ costs. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to the type of diabetes, age (< 65 vs. ≥65), diabetes medication, experience of hospitalization, and presence of diabetic complications or related comorbidities. Results A total of 4,472,133 patients were diagnosed with diabetes in Korea in 2017. The average annual prevalence of diabetes was estimated at 10.7%. The diabetes-related economic burden was USD 18,293 million, with an average per capita cost of USD 4090 in 2019. Medical costs accounted for the biggest portion of the total cost (69.5%), followed by productivity loss costs (17.9%), caregivers’ costs (10.2%), and transportation costs (2.4%). According to subgroup analyses, type 2 diabetes, presence of diabetic complications or related comorbidities, diabetes medication, and hospitalization represented the biggest portion of the economic burden for diabetes. As the number of complications increased from one to three or more, the per capita cost increased from USD 3991 to USD 11,965. In inpatient settings, the per capita cost was ~ 10.8 times higher than that of outpatient settings. Conclusions South Korea has a slightly high prevalence and economic burden of diabetes. These findings highlight the need for effective strategies to manage diabetic patients and suggest that policy makers allocate more health care resources to diabetes. This is the first study on this topic, conducted using a nationally representative claims database in South Korea.

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Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs of inpatients with tetanus in Korea, 2011–2019

BMC Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1186/s12879-021-05935-w ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sohyun Bae ◽

Minsik Go ◽

Yoonjung Kim ◽

Soyoon Hwang ◽

Shin-Woo Kim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Clinical Outcomes ◽

Medical Costs ◽

Common Symptom ◽

University Hospitals ◽

South Korean ◽

National University ◽

Hospital Stays ◽

Serious Disease ◽

Vaccination Completion

Abstract Background Tetanus is a rare, vaccine-preventable but extremely serious disease. We investigated the recent trend of the clinical outcomes and medical costs for inpatients with tetanus in South Korea over 10 years. Methods We conducted a retrospective review to determine the clinical factors and medical costs associated with tetanus at two national university hospitals in South Korea between January 2011 and October 2019. Results Forty-nine patients were admitted for tetanus (mean age, 67.0 years [range, 53.0–80.0 years]; 32 women [57.1%]). All the patients had generalized tetanus, and 5 (10.2%) died during hospitalization. The median duration from symptom onset to hospital admission was 4 days. Trismus (85.7%) was the most common symptom, and the median hospital stay was 39 days. Thirty-two patients (65.3%) required mechanical ventilation, and 20 (40.8%) developed aspiration pneumonia. The median total healthcare cost per patient was US $18,011. After discharge, 35 patients (71.4%) recovered sufficiently to walk without disability. Conclusions Tetanus requires long hospital stays and high medical expenditures in South Korea; however, the vaccination completion rate is low. Medical staff should therefore promote medical advice and policies on the management of tetanus to the general South Korean population.

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Fear of Crime among Female North Korean Defectors in South Korea

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x21992362 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0306624X2199236

Author(s):

Jaeyong Choi ◽

Tay Hack ◽

Julak Lee

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

Fear Of Crime ◽

The United States ◽

Korean Immigrants ◽

South Korean ◽

The North ◽

North Korean Defectors ◽

Smooth Transitions

Although some studies have focused on immigrants’ fear of crime in the United States, it is important to point out that the number of North Korean defectors to South Korea has rapidly increased since the 1990s. Therefore, understanding factors associated with fear of crime for North Korean immigrants, especially female defectors, is important for ensuring their successful transitions into South Korean culture. The present study used existing survey data from a sample of female North Korean defectors to explore factors related to fear of crime. Results indicate that the number of North Korean friends, language proficiency, and patriarchal attitudes toward gender were significant predictors of fear of crime for the North Korean female defectors. Findings are described and discussed as a potential source for policymaking to reduce North Korean immigrants’ acculturative stress and fear of crime and to encourage smooth transitions into new cultures.

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Genomic Analysis of Avian Infectious Bronchitis Viruses Recently Isolated in South Korea Reveals Multiple Introductions of GI-19 Lineage (QX Genotype)

Viruses ◽

10.3390/v13061045 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 1045

Author(s):

Hyuk-Chae Lee ◽

Sol Jeong ◽

Andrew Y. Cho ◽

Kyu-Jik Kim ◽

Jun-Young Kim ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

South Korea ◽

Infectious Bronchitis Virus ◽

Economic Burden ◽

Genomic Analysis ◽

Multiple Introductions ◽

Infectious Bronchitis ◽

South Korean ◽

Phylogeographic Analysis ◽

The Past

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was first identified in the 1930s and it imposes a major economic burden on the poultry industry. In particular, GI-19 lineage has spread globally and has evolved constantly since it was first detected in China. In this study, we analyzed S1 gene sequences from 60 IBVs isolated in South Korea. Two IBV lineages, GI-15 and GI-19, were identified in South Korea. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that there were six distinct subgroups (KM91-like, K40/09-like, and QX-like I to IV) of the South Korean GI-19 IBVs. Among them, QX-type III and IV subgroups, which are phylogenetically different from those reported in South Korea in the past, accounted for more than half of the total. Moreover, the phylogeographic analysis of the QX-like subgroups indicated at least four distinct introductions of GI-19 IBVs into South Korea during 2001–2020. The efficacy of commercialized vaccines against the recently introduced QX-like subgroups should be verified, and continuous international surveillance efforts and quarantine procedures should be enhanced to prevent the incursion of viruses.

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Analysis of Developmental Chronology of South Korean Compressed Growth as a Reference from Sustainable Development Perspectives

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13041905 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 1905

Author(s):

Sea Jin Kim ◽

Woo-Kyun Lee ◽

Jun Young Ahn ◽

Wona Lee ◽

Soo Jeong Lee

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

South Korea ◽

Korean War ◽

National Development ◽

South Korean ◽

Political Conflicts ◽

Developmental Indicators ◽

The Korean War ◽

History Of ◽

Economic Perspectives

Global challenges including overpopulation, climate change, and income inequality have increased, and a demand for sustainability has emerged. Decision-making for sustainable development is multifaceted and interlinked, owing to the diverse interests of different stakeholders and political conflicts. Analysing a situation from all social, political, environmental, and economic perspectives is necessary to achieve balanced growth and facilitate sustainable development. South Korea was among the poorest countries following the Korean War; however, it has developed rapidly since 1955. This growth was not limited to economic development alone, and the chronology of South Korean development may serve as a reference for development in other countries. Here, we explore the compressed growth of South Korea using a narrative approach and time-series, comparative, and spatial analyses. Developmental indicators, along with the modern history of South Korea, are introduced to explain the reasons for compressed growth. The development of the mid-latitude region comprising 46 countries in this study, where nearly half of Earth’s population resides, was compared with that of South Korea; results show that the developmental chronology of South Korea can serve as a reference for national development in this region.

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