[학위논문] 북한이탈주민의 일본생활 정착과정에 미친 정치적·사회적 요인에 관한 연구

...has restricted its legal protection only to families of the Korean residents and any of their kin of the third degree; whose residency status has been granted by the special exemption law of the Immigration act from humanitarian points of view. The North Korean defectors can currently be categorized as follows. (1) The first-generations of Japanese-born Korean residents (“Zainichi”) who...

[학술논문] Work, Welfare Access and Social Exclusion for Immigrants in South Korea: New Empirical Evidence Focused on Seoul and Gyeong-gi Area

South Korea has become a country of new immigration from the 1990s, due to internal demand driven by structural shortages of labour and brides. Although migratory flows are indeed driven by the guest country’s demand (the so called ‘pull’ factors), immigrants have different histories and motivations for residing and working in a given country, a ‘push’ perspective that...

[현안분석] One Month of Trump 2.0 and the Indo-Pacific Geopolitics: Progress and Prospect

...by his self-confidence, concerns about becoming a lame duck prematurely, and tenacious pursuit of building his legacy. On the national front, borders are operationalized to crack down on illegal immigration; on the economic front, a tariff war has been initiated; and lastly, on the security front, the maximum pressure campaign is imposed through hard power. Meanwhile, in its security approach, Trump...

[현안분석] 반이민 정서 모형을 이용한 부정적 통일의식 분석

...at Seoul National University to analyze the determinants of anti-unification perception in South Korea. Established theories on anti- immigration sentiment were employed as the models for this analysis. We find that the variables which represent the anti- immigration sentiment models well explain both the ethnic-based unification perception and the benefit-based unification perception. Meanwhile, the...

[학술논문] Dilemmas of Re-entry Permission: Japan’s Border Control System during Détente in the Cold War

This paper elucidates the purpose behind the re-entry permission granted by the Minister of Justice in Japan to Zainichi Koreans who had Chosen (in English the Korean peninsula) nationality. By analyzing the complex triangular relationship among Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), this study elaborates that the key objective in Japan’s