Transformation Of Korea Research Articles

Analyzing Trends in Digital Transformation Korean Social Media Data: A Semantic Network Analysis

This study explores the impact of digital transformation on Korean society by analyzing Korean social media data, focusing on the societal and economic effects triggered by advancements in digital technology. Utilizing text mining techniques and semantic network analysis, we extracted key terms and their relationships from online news and blogs, identifying major themes related to digital transformation. Our analysis, based on data collected from major Korean portals using various related search terms, provides deep insights into how digital evolution influences individuals, businesses, and government sectors. The findings offer a comprehensive view of the technological and social trends emerging from digital transformation, including its policy, economic, and educational implications. This research not only sheds light on the understanding and strategic approaches to digital transformation in Korea but also demonstrates the potential of social media data in analyzing the societal impact of technological advancements, offering valuable resources for future research in effectively navigating the era of digital change.

Driving Inclusive Digital Transformation in Korea

Driving Inclusive Digital Transformation in Korea

The Character of ‘Passive Hero’ in the Narrative Structures of Korea’s Premodern Literature

This article examines the figure of the passive hero first in the Korean literature of origins, and then in classical Korean literature of the Koryŏ and Chosŏn periods. After a general introductory section, in which the worldwide literary archetype of the hero and its evolution over time are examined, the author, specifically examining Korean literature, analyzes in part one the passive heroes of four short historical/mythological stories variously set in an era between the second and eighth centuries, and then part two of the article analyzes three passive hero figures as protagonists of one 14th-century tale and two 18th-century classic novels. The author thus shows how the narrative of the passive hero has undergone a significant transformation in Korea, passing from a mythical/spiritual state (which often does not even admit the figure of an antagonist) to a decidedly secular, materialist and politicized condition where the protagonists find themselves facing cultural superstructures which, in addition to generating antagonists, push passive heroes towards true forms of defensive fundamentalism.

South Korea’s nuclear power industry: recovering from scandal

Abstract South Korea has one of the world’s more established nuclear power industries with its first commercial reactors being commissioned in 1978. The growth of nuclear power capacity had relied on sustained government support and close coordination with key state-owned enterprises. The tight relationship between politicians, government and companies has resulted in what is colloquially known as the ‘nuclear mafia’. One year after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in Japan, Korea’s nuclear industry suffered its own crises in 2012. The first was a station blackout at the Kori 1 reactor, the country’s oldest, which was not reported for over a month. The second set of revelations concerned systematic malfeasance along the nuclear supply chain involving the falsification of reports of safety tests on nuclear parts and equipment. Revisions to the Nuclear Safety Act gave greater powers to the newly created Nuclear Safety and Security Commission and placed new reporting obligations on all actors along the nuclear supply chain. These measures were supplemented by more general legislation and regulations on public procurement, the conduct of public officials and corruption. Whilst these steps have the potential to improve governance and integrity in the country’s nuclear power industry, some of the underlying causes of the earlier weaknesses remain. As a consequence, the transformation of Korea’s nuclear industry will be a long process.

Strategies, Struggles, and Sites of Transformation in Korean Political Economy

Strategies, Struggles, and Sites of Transformation in Korean Political Economy

The nonprofit arts organization concept and its transformation in Korea

ABSTRACTAfter the Korean War, both the autocratic and later democratic South Korean governments actively fostered the development of Korea’s arts sector, in part by emulating the organizational and legal structures of U.S. nonprofits. Yet, in this policy transfer, Korea has taken a different path, notably rearticulating the U.S.-style hands-off facilitation model to reflect and accommodate Korean political, institutional, and cultural exigencies. We analyze the effects of the resulting cultural policy on Korean public arts institutions, using documentary evidence and narratives from our case studies of two national arts organizations restructured by the government: The National Theater Company of Korea and the Seoul Arts Center. We employ the concept of cultural statism, conditioned by "culture as glorification," resource dependence, and path dependence, to understand the development of Korea’s public arts sector. Specifically, we consider: the government’s desire to use the arts to enhance its image on an international stage shaped by western liberal democratic values; arts leaders’ desire for reliable support (resource dependence); and the tendancy of Koreans to want to be associated with the stability and prestige of the government (path dependence).

Capitalist maturity and South Korea's post‐development conundrum

AbstractSouth Korea's post World War II economic development trajectory is well known. From an impoverished warn‐torn nation, the country has progressed on all fronts. However, the objective is to focus on the “post‐development” question, namely, what does a country do after it becomes prosperous. To put it another way, what are some of the emergent challenges that successful development poses for Korea, and how might it tackle them. I use the concept of capitalist maturity to denote Korea's current state of prosperity and examine some of the economic, social, and political consequences. Some of these post‐development conundrums I argue have resulted from the transformation of Korea's state–business development partnership to a business–state political partnership in the context of a democratizing Korea. This paper examines the challenges and some of the policy options to address them, including the rebalancing of the state–business relationship.

From protest to collaboration: The evolution of the community movements amid sociopolitical transformation in South Korea

What roles do grassroots movements play in urban change? While many studies have focused on the substantive effects of grassroots movements in specific times and places, few have examined how a movement sustains its long-term development through changing sociopolitical and urban circumstances, and how this long-term, historical evolvement affects urban change. In exploring the development of the community movements over half a century in Korea, this paper examines the community movements’ various incarnations, from its function as a repository for early protest activism to recent collaborative efforts in response to the complex transformation of political and social systems and the subsequent development of urban and regional policies. Throughout this transformation in Korea, grassroots community movements have acted as a critical social catalyst, exerting major influence on the country’s shift from a prototypical modernist planning structure to a decentralised, participatory system.

일제 강점기와 정부수립기의 정치 참여 교육 - 중등학교의 법제경제, 공민과, 사회과를 중심으로 -

Education for political participation can be seen as one of the fundamental elements of social studies, a school subject, introduced to implement citizenship education in the National Curriculum. The purpose of this study is to explore the historical significance of education for political participation by examining its origin and transformation in Korea. Bearing this in mind, this study analyzed the form and content of education for politics and political participation during the period of Japanese occupation. It is followed by the examination of how education for political participation formed on the bases of social studies in the Early Korean Government period, drawing attention to the differences of the contents and contexts of education for political participation between the two periods. The main findings of this study can be outlined as follows: First of all, the early phase of education for political participation in the period of Japanese occupation can be characterized as having an exclusive focus on political concepts and principles, with little attention paid to social reality, especially in the case of teaching and learning Laws and Economics. The later phase of education for political participation during the Colonial Period, marked by the introduction of Civics at secondary school, can be summarized as having an emphasis on enhancing students’ competences as the loyal subjects of the Japanese Empire. In contrast, the aims and contents of education for political participation in the Early Korean Government period accompanied by the introduction of social studies as a school subject, fostered the goal of developing democratic citizens.

Limits of regulatory governance change in the post-developmental state: Korean telecommunications market restructurings from a comparative perspective

ABSTRACTThis study explains the limits of institutional transformation in Korea from the developmental state to a post-developmental state, in terms of regulatory institutions instead of developmental institutions. The Korean state has taken advantage of the government's discretionary policy changes and power formed by both informal state institutions and informal policy networks, while the regulatory state has placed a special emphasis on social consensus as well as political support for changes of market institutions. New market rules and laws have also been inefficient and ineffective for fair market competition. Limits of regulatory governance change have occurred due to misalignments between informal regulatory institutions in the developmental state and formal regulatory institutions in the post-developmental state. State managers have created discretionary state intervention in policy implementation, politicized the roles of regulatory agencies, and brought ministry-type regulatory state institutions back in. The establishment of effective market institutions has failed due to informal market institutions (unfair and illegal market practices) that have interfered with the policy implementation of new formal market regulations.

A poetry style of China and its subjective transformation in Korea

A poetry style of China and its subjective transformation in Korea

Modern Transformation of Korea and the Establishment of Social Sciences

Modern Transformation of Korea and the Establishment of Social Sciences

Korea’s new globalization strategy: can Korea become a business hub in Northeast Asia?

The Korean Government wishes to transform the nation into a Northeast Asian business hub. Following economic crisis, there are attempts to move the economy towards a new market‐oriented paradigm of economic growth based on foreign direct investment (FDI) and market friendly transparent corporate governance, replacing the old model of the developmental state, involving intimate and opaque business‐government relations, which has dominated Korean policy for at least three decades. This paper presents findings from 37 interviews conducted with senior executives of foreign companies and various chambers of commerce in Korea. The paper offers new insights into the critical and often invisible issues which need to be confronted and successfully resolved for the transformation of Korea. In providing a critical analysis, the paper examines alternative interpretations of the hub concept, key advantages offered by Korea, the main barriers to becoming a hub, competition from other locations and draws lessons for government policy makers.

Missionary Zeal in a Transformed Melodrama: Gendered Evangelicalism in Korea

Feminist scholarship has argued that women, as the subordinated gender, had a different experience in their evangelical endeavor and in the western imperialist enterprise. In this article, I examine the nature and effect of gendered missionary discourse from Korea, specifically focusing on the writings of a woman missionary, Annic Adams Baird, who served in the Korea mission from 1891 to 1916. I use the term “gendered missionary discourse” to refer to verbal representation used to shape reality and portray indigenous people. I further claim that the discourse is gender-bound, i.e., can be distinguished on the basis of the gender of missionary writers. I argue first that Baird's missionary discourse complies with the linear worldview that Christian civilization is the ultimate one. At the same time, Baird was critical of and resistant to the overbearing attitudes of westerners toward natives and their cultures. This seemingly balanced viewpoint may be partly attributed to her marginal position as a woman. However, in the final analysis, her discourse is more in line with the overall framework of the missionary desire to convert “pagans” to Christianity. Second, I suggest that Baird maximized the effect of her discourse by adopting a highly individualized and personal approach to Koreans. In addition, she used the plot of a “transformed melodrama,” in which stereotypical “pagan” characters displayed extreme cruelty, violence, manipulation, and, finally, Christian virtue rescued innocent victims from paganism. Finally, Baird's narrative representation of Korea is de-politicized, in comparison to the writings of her male missionary counterparts. This period, just prior to the Japanese annexation of Korea, was one of great volatility and political upheaval. Ironically, Baird uses the metaphor of “daybreak” to talk about the transformation of Korea through Christianity at a time when Korea was heading into the dark era of Japanese colonial rule.

Economic Transformation in Korea: Rapid Growth without an Agricultural Revolution?

In this article, we analyze investment in Korea’s agricultural sector during colonial rule. We start by constructing a data series for the period 1920–40 for both North and South Korea. Estimations of production functions using these data show that the returns to investment in agricultural inputs were significant during this period. The analysis shows that contrary to the prevailing view on Korean development, Korea did not industrialize without prior investment and corresponding productivity gains in the agricultural sector.

Politics of Industrial Transformation in Korea: Coalition and Industrial Policy

Politics of Industrial Transformation in Korea: Coalition and Industrial Policy

Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876-1945 (review)

Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876-1945 (review)

Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876-1945

Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876-1945

Trade and transformation in Korea, 1876-1945

Trade and transformation in Korea, 1876-1945

Strategies for Industrial Transformation in Korea: The Role of Science and Technology Policy

Strategies for Industrial Transformation in Korea: The Role of Science and Technology Policy