Feb 27,2018 Special Forum

South Korean Public Opinion

The year 2017 brought unusual dynamism all around the world and particularly related to the Korean Peninsula. In the United States, an unprecedented type of president was inaugurated with scant appreciation of alliances and apparent lack of knowledge of the relations between the United States and South Korea, bringing an unfamiliar and wary air to […]

Kim Jiyoon*

Cheonan , KORUS FTA , Pyeongchang Olympics , THAAD , US-ROK alliance

Apr 15,2016 Open Forum

Can’t Buy Me Soft Power (with Hard Power): China’s Appeal to South Koreans

In January 2016, Twice, a multinational girls pop group of South Korea, was at the center of controversy. Chou Tzu-yu, one of the members from Taiwan appeared on a show holding the Taiwanese official national flag (quite possibly asked to do so by the production team). The clip was uploaded on the Internet and then […]

Kim Jiyoon*

American culture , Confucius Institutes , Global leadership , Liberal democracy , Smart power , Twice

Jan 25,2014 Special Forum

National Identity under Transformation: New Challenges to South Korea

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703 Post Views: 24,097

Kim Jiyoon*

civic identity , ethnic identity , homogeneity , Koreanness , migration , unification