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Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations (2024)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (in press). Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations. International Studies Quarterly, 68(3), Article sqae114. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqae114

Why does contentious history play such an outsized role in some international relationships? Why do these “history wars” endure, overriding incentives to reconcile? Despite their demonstrable importance, history wars have generally been neglected by... Read More about Mnemonic Encounters: The Construction and Persistence of International “History Wars” and the Case of Japan–South Korea Relations.

Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan (2023)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (2023). Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan. European Journal of International Relations, 29(4), 1041-1065. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540661221143925

The broad agenda of ontological security scholarship in International Relations is to examine states’ (in)security of Self-identity and the implications for their international conduct. While ontological security may be an illusory goal, states vary... Read More about Perpetual ontological crisis: national division, enduring anxieties and South Korea’s discursive relationship with Japan.

The contradictory effects of South Korean resettlement policy on North Koreans in South Korea (2022)
Journal Article
Hough, J. The contradictory effects of South Korean resettlement policy on North Koreans in South Korea. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(20), 4922-4940. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2022.2123436

This paper analyses the intersection of government policy and social status in a forced migration context. Specifically, I evaluate the influence of state policies on the social status of North Koreans in South Korea (t’albungmin). In positively disc... Read More about The contradictory effects of South Korean resettlement policy on North Koreans in South Korea.

(Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute (2022)
Journal Article
Deacon, C. (2022). (Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute. The Pacific Review, 35(5), 789-820. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2021.1897652

Japan-South Korea relations have consistently been presented by International Relations scholars as a puzzle that confounds mainstream rationalist theories, which struggle to explain the consistent acrimony associated with the so-called ‘history prob... Read More about (Re)producing the ‘history problem’: memory, identity and the Japan-South Korea trade dispute.

Shamanism in Korean Cinema and Popular Culture: The Korean shaman narrative, shaman films, and women (2021)
Journal Article
Lee, H. (2021). Shamanism in Korean Cinema and Popular Culture: The Korean shaman narrative, shaman films, and women. https://doi.org/10.46823/cahs.2021.54.191

Shamanism has long played an important religious role in Korean popular culture. It continues to do so, despite Buddhism and Christianity being the major religions in modern Korea. Shamans and Shamanism continue to appear in a variety of ways in Kore... Read More about Shamanism in Korean Cinema and Popular Culture: The Korean shaman narrative, shaman films, and women.

Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh (2021)
Journal Article
Hussain, F., & Lee, Y. (in press). Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 8(3), 190-210. https://doi.org/10.1163/22142312-bja10018

Based on a case study of the lived experiences of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh between 2017 and 2019, this article focuses on displaced people’s digital needs and innovative efforts to navigate the challenges in their situation. The article first... Read More about Navigating Digital Borderscapes: A Case Study from Rohingya Refugee Settlements in Bangladesh.

Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia (2021)
Journal Article
Lee, Y. (in press). Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia. Asiascape: Digital Asia, 8(3), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.1163/22142312-bja10017

This article provides an introduction to the Asiascape: Digtial Asia special issue on digital democracy. It provides readers with a brief overview of literature that deals with digital democracy and marginalized groups online, followed by an overview... Read More about Towards a More Inclusive Digital Democracy in Asia: Introduction to the Digital Democracy Special Issue of Asiascape: Digital Asia.

North Koreans' Public Narratives and Conditional Inclusion in South Korea (2020)
Journal Article
Hough, J., & Bell, M. (in press). North Koreans' Public Narratives and Conditional Inclusion in South Korea. Critical Asian Studies, 52(2), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/14672715.2020.1740606

This article draws on the public testimonies of North Koreans living in South Korea (t’albungmin) and analyzes the role that these narratives play in South Korean society as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. North and South Korea technically rem... Read More about North Koreans' Public Narratives and Conditional Inclusion in South Korea.

The Morphosyntax of Jejuan –ko Clause Linkages (2019)
Journal Article
Kim, S.-U. (2019). The Morphosyntax of Jejuan –ko Clause Linkages. Language research, 55(2), 315-354. https://doi.org/10.30961/lr.2019.55.2.315

While clause linkage is a relatively understudied area within Koreanic linguistics, the Korean –ko clause linkage has been studied more extensively. Authors have deemed it interesting since depending on the successive/non-successive interpretation of... Read More about The Morphosyntax of Jejuan –ko Clause Linkages.

K-Pop as a Means to an End among Thai Youth: Korean Wave as Costume, Food, and Image (2018)
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Howard, K., & Lekakul, G. (in press). K-Pop as a Means to an End among Thai Youth: Korean Wave as Costume, Food, and Image. Culture and empathy, 1(1-4), 18-33. https://doi.org/10.32860/26356619/2018/1.1234.0003

Assessments of the impact of K-pop beyond Korea, and of other aspects within the broader Korean Wave, often focus on groups of fans. The research reported here began from an intention to move beyond fandom, encouraged by a challenge to demonstrate th... Read More about K-Pop as a Means to an End among Thai Youth: Korean Wave as Costume, Food, and Image.

Towards the operationalization of controversial news: A study of online news articles and reader comments during the 2017 presidential election in South Korea (2018)
Journal Article
Kim, C. W., Park, H., Lee, Y., & Park, H. W. (in press). Towards the operationalization of controversial news: A study of online news articles and reader comments during the 2017 presidential election in South Korea. Quality and Quantity, 53, 1097-1108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-018-0804-8

In this brief research note, we propose a set of concepts and methods for identifying and operationalizing controversial news items. Based on an analysis of online readers’ comments posted in response to political news articles in the lead-up to the... Read More about Towards the operationalization of controversial news: A study of online news articles and reader comments during the 2017 presidential election in South Korea.