The Dissemination of Mathematics and the Role of South Korean Mathematicians in Postcolonial South Korea: The Cases of Yoon Sik Choi and Rimhak Ree

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-388
Author(s):  
Sang-ho Ro
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
South Korean

Behind Closed Doors: The Role of Risky Lifestyles and Victimization Experiences on Fear of Future Victimization Among South Korean Inmates

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988818
Author(s):  
Jaeyong Choi ◽  
Brandon Dulisse
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Assault ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Large Sample ◽  
Fear Of Victimization ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Risky Lifestyles ◽  
Violent Assault

Criminologists have long considered the extent to which victimization experiences influence fear of future victimization. As a result, some scholars have proposed risky lifestyles theory as a theoretical framework linking individuals’ lifestyles and experiences to their fear of victimization. This study contributes to and extends this line of research by exploring whether risky lifestyles and prior victimization influence fear of future victimization among a large sample of incarcerated felons in South Korea. Results show that although risky lifestyles heighten fear of sexual assault and fear of property theft among inmates, risky lifestyles are not predictive of fear of violent assault. This finding expands the scope of risky lifestyles theory and provides an understanding of why fear of victimization occurs within the prison context.

scholarly journals Confucian Democracy and a Pluralistic Li-Ki Metaphysics

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 325
Author(s):  
Hyo-Dong Lee
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Public Culture ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
General Will ◽  
South Korean ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ethical Monism ◽  
Diverse Groups ◽  
Landmark Study

This essay explores the possible constructive role of a Confucian metaphysics in the pluralistic Confucian-democratic context of South Korea. In his recent landmark study, Sungmoon Kim has argued that South Korean democracy is sustained by a public culture of civility that is grounded in Confucian habits and mores and yet is pluralistic in ethos. I appreciatively interrogate Kim’s thesis in order to advance a claim that a comprehensive Confucian doctrine such as Confucian metaphysics can contribute significantly to the flourishing of Confucian democratic public culture, provided that it affirm a pluralistic ontology. I contend that the tradition of Korean Neo-Confucian li-ki metaphysics, particularly one found in the works of Nongmun Im Seong-ju, offers rich resources for a pluralistic ontology despite its history of ethical monism. By putting Nongmun’s thought in conversation with some of the contemporary critiques of the Schmittian (mis-)appropriation of the notion of popular sovereignty, I outline a pluralized version of the Rousseauian general will—a kind of critically affectionate solidarity of diverse groups of people—that is Confucian in character. My claim is that such a critically affectionate solidarity finds its grounds in and draws its nourishment from a pluralistic Confucian ontology.

A Reconsideration of the New Right’s Formative Period (2003–2008): Conservative Experiences, Mass Media and Cultural Memory in Post-Authoritarian South Korea

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-84
Author(s):  
Patrick Vierthaler
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Formative Period ◽  
New Right ◽  
Historical Narratives ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Korean History ◽  
South Korean

The present article re-considers the emergence and institutionalization of the South Korean New Right Movement (2003–2007). Tracing institutional changes in post-democratization South Korea, I argue that the New Right can be evaluated as a process of Cultural Trauma within the conservative ideological spectrum. Revealing the movement’s institutionalization until the inauguration of the Lee Myung-bak government in 2008, I investigate in detail the role of the conservative mass media in the movement’s rise. Furthermore, I examine the movement’s relation to contemporary Korean history and memory, clarifying why the New Right ultimately failed in gaining wide-spread support for their historical narratives.

Making Integrity Institutions Work in South Korea

Asian Survey ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 898-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Turner ◽  
Seung-Ho Kwon ◽  
Michael O’Donnell
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Popular Protest

This article deals with the scandals that engulfed South Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, in 2016–17 and the role of popular protest in how she, her confidante, and associated officials and business leaders were pursued, prosecuted, and jailed. The South Korean experience is located in a framework of integrity institutions and the 1986 exemplar of “people power” in the Philippines.

Ubiquitous city: Urban technologies, urban infrastructure and urban informatics

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong-Hee Shin
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Social Infrastructure ◽  
The South ◽  
South Korean

South Korea continues to lead the way in digital opportunity with its recent, innovative and ubiquitous city projects. The u-city initiative in South Korea is a national urban development project that focuses on strengthening the role of information and communication technologies in civic planning and management. This study tracks the changing dynamics driving the information society initiative of South Korea to evaluate the process of design and development of u-city. This study reviews qualitative data related to the u-city projects, describes the transformations and translation of this data in the public, political, and social discourse, and discusses the prospectus of a ubiquitous information society environment. The findings raise fundamental, practical questions about the role of ubiquitous computing in shaping our future cities. The findings show that there are more challenges ahead than prospects, despite the fact that the u-city has all the advanced technological components for a positive development. The South Korean u-city is typically more prone to problems related to the lack of social infrastructure, market restrictions, political quagmires and vested financial interests. The paper discusses the deficiencies of the South Korean approach, namely a lack of holistic approach by integrating technological possibilities with social application needs.

A multidimensional analysis of spiritual leadership, affective commitment and employees' creativity in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1035-1052
Author(s):  
Ki Seok Jeon ◽  
Byoung Kwon Choi
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Spiritual Leadership ◽  
Multidimensional Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study aims to examine the relationships between three dimensions – vision, hope/faith and altruistic love – of spiritual leadership and employees' creativity and to verify the mediating role of affective commitment in such relationships.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 462 South Korean employees in diverse industries through self-reported questionnaires, and hypotheses were tested using hierarchical multiple regression analysis.FindingsThe authors found that vision, hope/faith and altruistic love were positively related to employees' creativity, while their affective commitment mediated such relationships. The authors also verified that the multidimensional structure of spiritual leadership was valid in the context of South Korea.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that leaders need to understand the importance of vision, hope/faith and altruistic love toward employees in formulating employees' affective commitment and stimulating creativity. Thus, organizations need to establish and operate leadership training programs for promoting leaders' behaviors that are based on spirituality.Originality/valueThis study contributes to broadening the variety of spiritual leadership's outcomes by providing an initial evidence of how spiritual leadership is associated with employees' creativity. Extending the verification of multidimensional structure of spiritual leadership so that it can be applied in South Korea has also been considered.

Constructing a New Image. Hallyu in Taiwan

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang-Yeon Sung
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Pop Music ◽  
South Korean Government ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The People ◽  
Historical Past

AbstractThis paper discusses how hallyu—the recent influx of Korean popular culture in Taiwan—has transformed the image of South Korea among the people of Taiwan. South Korea and Taiwan share a similar historical past. Nevertheless, the Taiwanese did not have a positive image of South Korea after 1992, when South Korea broke off diplomatic relations with Taiwan in order to establish diplomatic relations with mainland China. This work is based on ethnographic research done in Taiwan and South Korea from 2001–2003 and 2007–2009. It explores how hallyu has contributed to the rebuilding of the image of South Korea in Taiwan. It discusses Taiwanese perceptions of this image and the role of the South Korean government in improving it. It focuses on how a once-held negative image of South Korea has been transformed. The hallyu boom inspired many Taiwanese to remark on the influence of South Korean dramas and pop music in renewing their relationship with South Korea. It has provided an opportunity for Taiwan and South Korea to build positive relationships after the break-up of their diplomatic relations. Through hallyu, South Korea became a country that Taiwanese want to emulate, a model nation for Taiwan today.

English as an official language in South Korea

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae Jung Song
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Official Language ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Primary Mechanism ◽  
Inequality In Education ◽  
The Status ◽  
Major Criterion

In largely monolingual South Korea, English has become so important that it is promoted and regarded as a major criterion in education, employment and job-performance evaluation. Recently, South Koreans have also gone so far as to debate whether to adopt English as an official language of South Korea. This article examines the status and role of English in South Korea, particularly in the context of the Official English debate. In so doing, the article critically discusses previous ideologically-based accounts of English in South Korea. By demonstrating that these accounts do not go ideologically deep enough, the article argues that education, under cover of the ideology of merit, serves as a primary mechanism of elimination that conserves the hierarchy of power relations already established in South Korean society. English has been recruited, in the guise of globalization, to exploit the meretricious ideology of merit to the advantage of the privileged classes and to the disadvantage of the other classes of the society. English in South Korea cannot be understood fully unless it is recognized that its importance has not been as much engendered by globalization as it has been resorted to as a subterfuge to conceal where the responsibility for inequality in education lies within the society.

Usage patterns and perception toward e-books: experiences from academic libraries in South Korea

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jae-Young Hwang ◽  
Jayhoon Kim ◽  
Boram Lee ◽  
Jeong Hwan Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Considerable Change ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Usage Patterns ◽  
Remarkable Result

Purpose – This study aims to investigate and analyze the usage patterns of electronic book (e-book) users and their perceptions of e-books from various perspectives. Recently, e-book usage and subscriptions at university libraries in South Korea have significantly increased. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct an extensive survey of 959 e-book users at the five major university libraries, which subscribe to the most e-books in South Korea. The survey contains structured questions as well as fields for open commentary to acquire various opinions. The authors also apply diverse analysis techniques, depending on the characteristics of the survey questions. Findings – Since the early 2000s, when e-books were first introduced, there has been a considerable change in perception and increase in usage of e-books at South Korean university libraries. Despite this progress, most functions of e-books are not fully utilized. The authors find the role of the library to be very important, as most users learn about and access e-books through the Web sites of university libraries, not through such portal sites as Google. The remarkable result is that users with higher education more easily recognize and have better experiences with e-book services. Originality/value – This study draws extensive samples and objective questions compared to previous research. The authors also contrast our research results with the other studies conducted within and outside of South Korea. The research shows the changes and differences in perception and usage of e-books by period and country. More importantly, the authors suggest strategies to boost e-book use based on user demands.

scholarly journals Korean Wave sebagai Instrumen Soft Power untuk Memperoleh Keuntungan Ekonomi Korea Selatan

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Elvina Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
South Korea ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Soft Power ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Wave ◽  
Global Challenges ◽  
Foreign Countries

Korean wave is a term used to illustrate the product of South Korean pop culture that has been successfully exported to foreign countries in Asia, Europe, and America. By using the concept of 'soft power', this article argues that, while this phenomenon merely seems like an entertainment phenomenon, Korean wave has actually become a vital instrument that brings positive impacts towards the economic development of South Korea. The strategy to develop the Korean wave as a soft power instrument is actually something that Indonesia must be able follow. This might be useful as an alternative strategy to optimize the role of Indonesian local culture as an effort to drive the national economy in order to face the current global challenges.

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