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European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 23.1

Special Section 1 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Introduction: Four Interpretations of the North Korean “Dream” of Building a Socialist Society: 1945–1960 5 SERGEI KURBANOV, St. Petersburg University Dreams of Socialism Reflected in a 1947 North Korean School Textbook 23 MARK E. CAPRIO, Rikkyo University Preparing to Fail: Growing North–South Divisions during the Period of…

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EJKS Issue EJKS 22.2

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 22.2

Special Section 1 JIHYE KIM, University of Central Lancashire and YONSON AHN, Goethe University Frankfurt Gradual, Diverse, Complex—and Unnoticed: Korean Migration in Europe 11 YONSON AHN, Goethe University Frankfurt Maternal Practices of Korean Healthcare Workers in Germany 45 JIHYE KIM, University of Central Lancashire Together but Separate: Relationships and Boundaries between North and South K……

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EJKS Issue EJKS 22.1

European Journal of Korean Studies – Vol 22.1

Special Section 1 EUNJU HWANG, University for the Creative Arts and DONGHYEOK JEONG, Coventry University The Evolving Roles of the South Korean Government in Preparing Diplomatic and Industrial Change 7 KYOUNGHEE CHO, Pusan National University Transformation of South Korean Government Digital Communications 43 FELICIA ISTAD, Korea University In Search of Talent: Startup Policy in South…

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Latest Articles

1 Helen Kim

Abstract In this paper, I explore the ways that authenticity and diasporic “Koreanness” were performed at a “kimjang” festival in New Malden, Surrey, a suburb of London, held in November 2021. The event provided an opportunity to display authentic kimchi and by association, determine an authentic Koreanness in the UK. I focus on how kimchi…

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2 Seonok Lee et al

Abstract Amidst a surge of global popularity of K-pop, our study delves into adolescent attitudes and the efficacy of K-pop and Korean popular culture as educational tools for stereotype reduction. Our Korean popular culture workshops showed limited effectiveness in diminishing implicit and explicit East Asian stereotypes, aligning with Lai et al.’s transient impact findings,7 as…

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3 Kevin Hockmuth

Abstract South Korea has long been looked to as an exemplary case of rapid economic expansion. Further, proponents of the South Korean development model have tended to not only extoll its industrial ascent during the 1960s and 1970s but also herald the fact that its breakneck developmental pace was attained in conjunction with a relatively…

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