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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Korean society"”.
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North Korean Migrants' Integration into South Korean Society: Policies, Perceptions and Realities
… practices. In looking at the movement of North Korean migrants to the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and their socio-economic integration experience, this study affirms these patterns exist. In addition, this paper's findings indicate that despite preferential treatment and generous support …
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Unification of South and North Korean Labor Markets: Problems, Perspectives, and Opportunities
… a study of the historical characteristics of Korean labor follows. The unique feature of Korean labor is that Korean people have generated inner dynamics by the interaction of rigid rules of each time period and people's resistance to those rules. Compared to South Korean society, North Korean …
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Public cemeteries and the production of urban space in colonial Seoul, 1910-1945
… The rule also introduced cremation into Korean society, a practice that had long been taboo. The gravesite had embodied significant meaning and served important functions within Korean society in the past, but the burial rule changed the whole relationship between the living and the …
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The Diaspora of Korean Children: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Educational Crisis in Contemporary South Korea
The diaspora of Korean children first started after the Korean War in the 1950s. Abandoned by their impoverished mothers and shunned by society, many orphan children were sent abroad for adoption, which was the best, if not the only, available solution at the time. Half a century later, South Korea …
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The Diaspora of Korean Children: A Cross-Cultural Study of the Educational Crisis in Contemporary South Korea
The diaspora of Korean children first started after the Korean War in the 1950s. Abandoned by their impoverished mothers and shunned by society, many orphan children were sent abroad for adoption, which was the best, if not the only, available solution at the time. Half a century later, South Korea …
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Gender Analysis of Politics, Economics and Culture of Korean Reunification: Toward a Feminist Theological Foundation for Reunified Society
… of North and South Korea. In this process, Korean political, economic, cultural and religious issues are necessarily present. My study focuses on cultural and religious factors. I adopt the German reunification as a case study. The German reunification process provides Koreans with lessons …
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Classed Schooling, Classless Identity: Schooling Experiences of Returning Dropouts in South Korea
… of schooling in relation to current neo-liberal Korean society.
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The Relationship Between Government and Private Companies in the Industrial Development of South Korea: A Study of Korean Way of Development
… development history. During this period, Korean society has been changed from being an agrarian society to a so-called semi-industrial society. This study examined that part of the Korean industrial development focused upon the interaction between government and the large government …
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An Analysis of the Evangelism Theology and Methodology of Billy Kim (Jang Hwan Kim)
… are related with the growth and stagnation of Korean Protestantism. Chapter 2 points out the historical context of Billy Kim’s childhood and his ministry in Korea. Chapter 3 illustrates his journey from a houseboy, to a pastor, evangelist, and CEO. Chapter 4 examines Billy Kim’s theology, which …
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HEALTH INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL NETWORK STRUCTURES: A COMPARISON BETWEENSINGAPORE AND SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
… by the National University of Singapore and the Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs were utilized. The logistic regression analyses show that household income has a stronger effect on health in South Korean society than in Singapore. Furthermore, the independent effects of primary …
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Fenomén kimčchi jako spojnice tradiční a moderní korejské kultury
This bachelor thesis scrutinizes the Korean phenomenon of kimchi. The aim of the thesis is to make an overview about this phenomenon and to analyse its role as a link between the traditional and modern Korean culture. The first part of the thesis is devoted to facts, which are necessary to …
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Adolescent Personality, Confucian Values, Parenting Typologies and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes: A Study in South Korea
… control), and aggressive behaviors in South Korean families. Although the use of aggression by Korean adolescents has increased in contemporary Korean society, there is a lack of research on how adolescent personality traits and cultural values impact adolescent behavioral outcomes through …
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Huffing and puffing about /f/-ing everything: language ideologies and phonological borrowing in South Korea
"Scholars have noted that English usage in Korean society is laden with indexical value. On the one hand English is linked with modernity (Lee 2005), chicness (Park H.J. 2004), and global cosmopolitanism (Park J.K. 2009). On the other hand, for a long time it has also been linked with negative …
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Imagining an Astronaut: Space Flight and the Production of Korea's Future
… the debates and discourses surrounding the Korean Astronaut Program (KAP) using the concepts of sociotechnical imaginaries, sociotechnical vanguards, and the construction of expertise. Based on documentary analysis and oral interviews, this research considers KAP as an example of how the …
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The impending revolution : the prospect for openness in Korean-American adoptions
… adoptions and, more specifically, in Korean-American adoptions. Open adoptions are becoming more common in the United States. More adoptees are also searching for their birthfamilies. These changes resulted from social evolutions that reduced the stigmas surrounding adoption and …
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The politics of the traditional Korean popular song style T'ŭrot'ŭ
T’ŭrot’ŭ, a traditional Korean popular song style, has existed in the South Korean music scene for more than eight decades. Nowadays, the song style may not be the most popular song style in South Korea in terms of media popularity, which is mostly oriented towards teenaged listeners. However, …
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The Relationship Between Obesity and Falls in Older Adults
… According to the BMI classification standard of Korean Society for the Study of Obesity ("KOSSO"), low weight of older adult was 3.7%, normal weight was 35.7%, overweight was 25.5%, and obesity prevalence rate was 35.1% while obesity prevalence rate was 3.7% according to the WHO BMI …
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THE KOREAN WAVE AS A LOCALIZING PROCESS: NATION AS A GLOBAL ACTOR IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION
This dissertation research examines the Korean Wave phenomenon as a social practice of globalization, in which state actors have promoted the transnational expansion of Korean popular culture through creating trans-local hybridization in popular content and intra-regional connections in the …
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miss translation : from fact to feeling to form
… filter; it represents my view of myself as a Korean woman and as an immigrant. It is also the summation of my personal experience of womanhood, which I reflect upon and understand through my artwork. The experience of my youth in the aspiring atmosphere of the rapidly developing Korean society …
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Learning journey abroad: a critical analysis of the impact of short-term mission by Korean Christians on intercultural sensitivity
… thesis argues that in the culturally diversified Korean society, people feel or experience some intercultural tensions, and events or occurrences that cause such phenomena as intercultural unawareness, lack of intercultural education, in-group favouritism, linguistic incompetence, and Christian …
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