North Korean defector activism and South Korean politics

2013 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Keyword(s):  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Politics

scholarly journals Women in South Korean Politics: A Long Road to Equality

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Heike Hermanns
Keyword(s):  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Politics ◽  
Successful Women ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Direct Outcome

This paper examines the reasons for the increase in female representation in South Korean politics in the early 21st century. It is not a direct outcome of Korea’s democratisation process but a result of attitudinal change as well as the efforts of women’s organisations. The Korean experience shows that female representation in parliaments is not the only way to influence politics and policies on women’s issues. This paper starts with a general discussion of democratic procedures that influence female representation before looking at their application in South Korea. Coinciding with procedural changes, societal transformation paved the way for the advancement of women in the public sphere. Women’s organisations play an important role in promoting gender equality and women’s policies, especially since the late 1990s after they started to engage with the state. Their efforts included the introduction of quotas that allowed more women to enter formal elective politics, more than doubling the number of successful women in the 2004 parliamentary elections. Further steps are needed, however, to ensure sustainable and irreversible progress.

Participating in Nation-Building: The Role of the “Military Government Police” in South Korean Politics, 1946-1948

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-198
Author(s):  
Jinwung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Party ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Occupation ◽  
Military Government ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Korean Politics ◽  
The Military

AbstractThis study analyzes the role of the “military government police” in South Korean politics during American military occupation, 1946-48. It stresses that the Korean National Police (KNP), many of whose members had served in the police under the Japanese, was not a mere instrument of the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) but functioned as an active participant in the creation of a rightist regime in southern Korea. More specifically, the police were the undisputed “vanguard” of the rightist Syngman Rhee-Korean Democratic Party (KDP) coalition. The police force also functioned as the “big brother” of the rightist youth organizations which shared values and ideology with them. Finally, the police served as the “midwife” in the creation of the Rhee regime in the Republic of Korea. In sum, the KNP was an important political player actively taking part in the political process during U.S. military occupation.

COVID-19 success boosts president's poll prospects

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Content Type ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Korean Politics ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact

Subject The impact of COVID-19 on South Korean politics. Significance South Korea was seen as botching its response to COVID-19 in the early weeks of the outbreak, but since then its approach has turned the tide. Impacts Whichever side wins in this election will be well placed in 2022’s presidential polls. South Korea’s high level of internet access equip it well for moving schooling online. COVID-19 management has become a success story but is not necessarily replicable elsewhere.

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