Chi Young-hae – ‘Gazing into the Crystal Ball- Environmental Crises as a Formative Factor for the Korea of 2032’ – Pages 54-70

What will be the formative factors for the situation on the Korean peninsula in 2032? This article presents a conjecture against the theoretical backdrop that local social-political processes are conditioned by major changes in the power structure of international relations. It envisages environmental crises, both global and regional, as one of the most decisive elements…

Robert Winstanley-Chesters – ‘2032- Juche-Oriented Environmental Futures’ – Pages 36-53

During the reign of Kim Jong Il, strategies and projects focussed upon environmental development in North Korea were often claimed to incorporate elements of a developmental approach rooted in paradigms of conservation and preservation. The DPRK’s environmental focus has moved towards floral and faunal conservation, growth in an interest in low-carbon and alternative forms of…

Glen David Kuecker – ‘South Korea’s New Songdo City- From Neo-liberal Globalisation to the Twenty-first Century Green Economy’ – Pages 20-35

This essay explores the Republic of Korea’s transition from the embrace of neo-liberal globalisation to a commitment toward building a twenty-first century green economy. It explores South Korea’s place within twenty-first century global challenges, the importance of twenty-first century urbanisation for understanding those challenges, the conceptualization and building of New Songdo City, and a ……

Hyun-gwi Park – ‘The ‘Multicultural Family’ and the Politics of Selective Inclusion in South Korea’ – Pages 5-19

Abstract This paper discusses the rationale and the specific circumstances related to the introduction and development of multiculturalism in South Korea from the mid-2000s. It will explicate the confusion and the debates which have arisen around the proliferation of discourses on multiculturalism in South Korea. In doing so, this article highlights the centrality of the…

Pages 51-61 – Keith Pratt – On First Hearing the Court Nightingale (Reflections on a Personal View of Korean Music in the 1970s)’

The 1970s would prove to be a fateful decade for gugak, traditional Korean music. Its greatest modern historian, Professor Lee Hye-ku, was at the height of his analytical powers; after decades of neglect through the colonial and post-war eras, its popularity was growing among South Korean music students and beginning to experience a long overdue…