Conveners
Session 3: 13. Culture (1)
- Chaeyoung Lee (Boston University)
Session 3: 14. Media (2)
- Andreas Schirmer (Palacky University Olomouc)
Session 3: 15. Linguistics (2)
- Yuan Xin (๋จ๊ตญ๋ํ๊ต)
Session 3: 16. History (3)
- Mark Caprio (Rikkyo University)
Session 3: 17. Anthropology, Sociology (3)
- Kong Chong Ho (Yale-NUS College)
Session 3: 18. Geography (1)
- Joohee Choi (๋์ฑ์ฌ์๋ํ๊ต)
The history of Korean im/migrants on the African continent is relatively recent and on a smaller scale compared to Korean diasporas to other continents. Migration from South Korea to South Africa does not fit the stereotypical migration pattern from a country in the Global South with a lower income to a higher income country in the North. Hence, it is difficult to explain by either...
This research focuses on the impact of Korean popular culture outside South Korea, particularly focusing on how Chinese young men perceive and consume these aesthetics and fashions, and appropriate what they see as markedly Korean beauty ideals to their everyday aesthetic repertoire. Hallyu, which pertains to the popularity of Korean culture products outside Korea and K-pop and K-dramas in...
No matter what anyone says, Sejong the Great is clearly the king who left behind the most outstanding achievements in the 500-year history of Joseon Dynasty. Among his many achievements, the creation of Hangul is the most praiseworthy achievement in Korea's long history, but his cultural achievements also deserve great praise as well. In particular, the many musical contributions he left...
This article explores the participation of Japanese men and women in the Korean War for the historical branch of the global Korean Studies community.
Japanโs surrender terms, as well as Article IX in its 1947 Constitution, instructed the defeated people to โrenounce war as a sovereign right of the nationโ and from maintaining military forces of any kind. Yet, with the 1950 start of the...
This article explores the role of the horse during the Korean War, finding connection with the historical cultural relationships between horse and human in Korean history, and the wider context of hero and war horses in human conflict for both the historical and geographic branch of the global Korean academic community.
The Korean War was primarily a human conflict, but with previous writing...
Ambivalent Positioning of Korean Immigrants in Chile: Floating, Oscillating, Elusive Belonging
์ต์ง์ฅ (Jinok Choi), Central University of Chile
South Koreaโs international status has fluctuated between the Global South and the Global North. This study analyzes the many-faceted ambivalent positioning of Koreans in these transitions, who have settled in Chile, a country of the Global South....
It is usual for Koreans to use wuri โweโ to talk about their spouses, as in wuri nampyeon โmy husbandโ [we husband] and wuri manura โmy wifeโ [we wife]. But this does not mean that the husband or wife in question has multiple spouses. Rather it is usually understood that they have only one spouse. If so, how can one use, e.g., wuri nampyeon (or wuri manura) to refer to the husband (or wife) of...
Through interviews, oral histories, and innovative research methodologies, the presentation aims to elucidate the role of the British Commonwealthโs Japanese infrastructure in enabling it to fight in Korea. The British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) were an important component of the Allied Occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952. The sudden outbreak of war on the Korean peninsula in June...
In this presentation, I analyze the contents of individual presentations on Korean Studies delivered at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference over the past seven years, namely 2017 to 2024. The term โKorean studiesโ here refers to the content of papers submitted to the AAS. Although some presenters are of Korean nationality and affiliation, the majority of presentations are made...
This research paper investigates the often-overlooked but significant influence of South Korea on South Asian cinema culture in recent years. While Bangladesh film industry holds a history of almost a century, it has not been able to feature itself in the global arena. On the other hand, the film industry of South Korea or K-Cinema significantly thrived since the 1990s and made itself a...
Korean Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam and Korean Expatriate Enclaves in Globalizing Hanoi
๊น์งํ (Jeehun Kim), ์ธํ๋ํ๊ต
๊ณต์ฒญ ํธ (Kong Chong Ho), Yale-NUS College
Vietnamโs new manufacturing status is driven in part by South Korean investments. This paper overviews how foreign direct investment from Korea has been made in Vietnamโs various regions over the past three decades It also examines...
The 3.1 Infantry Regiment, a โghost platoonโ comprising the 1.5 and 2nd generations of Zainichi (Koreans in Japan), was established on October 5, 1950, by Jimmy Gozawa, a 2nd generation Japanese American officer in the US Army. The unit remained unknown until 1953, when CBS Japan introduced it to the public. It was re-introduced in America in 1977, when Gozawa requested a certificate in the...
The consumption of Korean popular media has dramatically risen in India (Shergill, 2020; Wahab, 2021). A study found that by 2019, over 72% of Indians showed a preference for consuming foreign media content in languages other than their own language or English (Sharma, 2019). Nevertheless, it is important to acknowledge that Indians had already been consuming Korean and other East Asian...
Ethnic Churches and Second-Generation Korean Brazilians in Sรฃo Paulo
๊น์งํ (Jihye Kim), University of Central Lancashire
Despite the essential role ethnic churches play in preserving ethnic culture and identity, a considerable portion of second-generation Korean Brazilians drift away from their congregations. This phenomenon, termed the "silent exodus," prompts inquiry into how Korean...
