[학술논문] South Korea’s Regional Cooperation: A Challenge to the European Integration Model
Due to their historical, geographical and cultural specificities, South Korea and European countries have different perspectives on international relations and cooperation. The approach of South Korea on regional interdependence can therefore appear dual and somewhat conflicting from a European perspective. This article first takes stock of the extensive European integration theory and isolate three
[학술논문] Re-envisioning Christian Mission between the Two Koreas Beyond the Construct of Self and Other
From the time when a ceasefire between the two Koreas was declared without an ensuing peace accord, the war on the Korean Peninsula has been prolonged both physically and psychologically for more than fifty years. Recently, the tension between North and South Korea has even more escalated, as Pyongyang threatened to shut down the Kaesong Industrial Park run jointly by the two countries. In the presence
[학술논문] Narrativization of Religious Conversion: “Christian Passage” of North Korean Refugees in South Korea
1990년대 중반이후 급증한 남한 입국 북한이주민 대다수가 자신들의 종교적 정체성을 기독교에 두고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이 글은 기독교로 개종한 북한이주민들이 한국 또는 해외 교회에 초대되어 연행하는 간증에 주목했다. 간증은 종교적 언어이며, 기독교의 대표적 의례중 하나이다. 북한이주민 신자들은 남한 기독교로의 개종 과정에서 남한 기독교 의례를 습득하고, 자신들의 종교적 체험을 성서적 언어로 재해석하여 구술구조에 적합하게 구성한다. 하여, 이 글은 북한이주민 개종 내러티브를 분석함으로써, 그 안에 반영된 한국 기독교의 언어 문화를 조명하고, 북한이주민 개종이 지닌 함의를 분단 맥락에서 고찰한다. 연구자의 현지조사 자료와 개인의 내러티브 비교분석을 통해, 고난/북쪽/과거와 그 대립항인 축복/남쪽/현재, 나아가
[학술논문] 서북청년회 출신들의 정치적 배제와 부활
The present study looks at how the Northwest Youth were politically excluded under the Rhee regime, resurrected under the Park Chung Hee regime, and how they became a major political force in today's Korea. The results of the study are as follows. The Northwest Youth League had an organic relationship with the Northwestern Christian Refugees, including the Northwest Student Confederation and Han
[학술논문] How Authoritarian Regimes Maintain Domain Consensus: North Korea's Information Strategies in the Kim Jong-un Era
The North Korean government of Kim Jong-un is experiencing multiple simultaneous challenges to its legitimacy, but few could be more serious than the inflow and circulation of information in society. This paper uses three case studies to specifically examine how the North Korean state is responding to this danger by actively projecting narratives of transformation: “re-defectors,” sports