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“You Can’t Help But Love Them”: BTS, Transcultural Fandom, and Affective Identities by McLaren, Courtney, Jin, Dal Yong

“…The global popularity of the Korean K-pop group BTS, backed by its devoted fanbase ARMY, continues to raise questions surrounding transnational and…”
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Dead Woman Walking: Female Representation in Lee Jang-ho’s Film Adaptation of Choi In-ho’s Byeoldeul-ui gohyang by Hyung Jin LEE

“…This paper explores the significance of female representation in Lee Jang-ho’s film adaptation of Choi In-ho’s novel, Byeoldeul-ui gohyang, within the context…”
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Preservation as a Force of Development: Local, National, and Cold War Dynamics in the Making of South Korea’s First National Park by Jaeyoung HA

“…This article investigates how in 1967 South Korea’s local elites, developmental regime, and American park planners jointly designed South Korea’s first…”
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(Un)visualizing Korea in the World: The Issue of the Translator in the Collection of Modern Korean Fairy Tales and the Politics of the World Fairy Tale Series by Yun-jeong JO

“…This study aims to identify the Korean translator of the Collection of Modern Korean Fairy Tales (Chaoxian xiandai tonghuaji 朝鮮現代童話集), published in Shanghai,…”
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Ideas on the Public and the Private of 18thcentury Joseon Confucian Scholar Seongho Yi Ik by Minjung BAEK

“…This article examines ideas on the public (公) and the private (私) among Joseon scholars of the 18th century, with a particular focus on Seongho Yi Ik…”
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“Our Local President”: Friends and Neighbors Effect in the Presidential Elections in the Republic of Korea by Fedor CHERNETSKII

“…Research on localism in the form of the friends and neighbors effect (FNE) over the past 70 years has been focused on Western democracies, but has largely…”
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The Influx of Western Science and Choe Han-gi’s Political Philosophy: From Virtue to Knowledge by Kyungsoo KIM

“…This paper argues that Choe Han-gi’s political philosophy should be defined as jichi (rule by knowledge). Deokchi (rule by virtue) is a common political…”
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Immobile Women, Mobile Families: Leisure Women and Travel Advertisements in Developing South Korea, 1970–1979 by Anna Jungeun LEE

“…This article examines two different representations of traveling women from popular women’s magazines in 1970s developing South Korea. The two contrasting…”
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Unanticipated Achievements: The Diffusion of Finger Severing and Relevant Discourse at the Joseon Court in the 15th–16th Centuries by Sangmin LEE

“…This study investigates the complex historical narrative surrounding the practice of finger severing (danji 斷指) in early Joseon Korea, focusing on its unique…”
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Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: The SingaporeNorth Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialization during the Cold War by Kim, Jongho

“…During the period from the 19th to the mid-20th centuries, colonial Singapore played a central role as an Asian trading hub. From 1965, the Republic of…”
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Another Look at the Portrait of Yi Je-hyeon, a Gift of King Chungseon by Ji, Minkyung

“…King Chungseon of Goryeo, the grandson of a Yuan emperor, commissioned from renowned 14th-century Chinese artist Chen Jianru a portrait of Yi Jehyeon, a…”
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Displaying Global Gifts at Nikkō Tōshōgū: The Joseon King’s Gift for the Tokugawa Shogun by Lee, Jungeun

“…Nikkō Tōshōgū, a mausoleum and place of worship for the deified spirit of the first Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu (1542–1616), is famous for its sacred…”
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[On This Topic] The Politics of Gift-Giving and Diplomatic Gifts in Traditional Korea by Kim, Dong No

“…Why do we exchange gifts in personal, social, and international relationships? What objects do we select for gift-giving, and why those specific ones? What…”
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Goryeo Celadon as a Diplomatic Gift in the Late Joseon and Modern Periods by Jang, Namwon

“…The late 19th century marked a significant period in Korea's history, when it established formal diplomatic relations with the outside world. Goryeo celadon…”
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Trading Hub Beyond Ideologies: The Singapore-North Korean Economic Connection and Mission for Industrialization during the Cold War by JongHo KIM

“…During the period from the 19th to the mid-20th centuries, colonial Singapore played a central role as an Asian trading hub. From 1965, the Republic of…”
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The Bodily Construction of Korean Diasporic Identity: A Case of the Korean Resident in Japan and Composer Yang Bang Ean by Kwon, Hyunseok

“…Yang Bang Ean is a second-generation Korean resident in Japan and a renowned composer of piano and orchestral style using musical elements from Korea. His…”
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Laughter in the Face of Death: The Concept of Good Death and Its Cultural Expressions in Korean Funeral Rituals by Lee, Suyu

“…While funerals are traditionally solemn occasions in Confucian ideology, Korean funeral rituals also displayed elements of playfulness or festivity. Previous…”
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Ganyangnok as a Diary and Policy Report on Japan during the Jeongyu War by Jo, Kyu-Hyun

“…The primary purpose of this article is to examine and analyze Kang Hang's Ganyangnok, one of the few existing eye-witness accounts of Japan during the Imjin…”
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The Phantomic We: Mapping the DMZ by Yong Soon Min by Choi, Yookyoung

“…This article examines the ways in which Korean-American artist Yong Soon Min visualizes the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), an emblem of the division of her home…”
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World Taekwondo (WT) versus the Kukkiwon: Disputes over Black Belt Promotional Rights by Moenig, Udo, Cho, Hyun Min

“…When many people think of Asian martial arts, they picture the white uniform and black belt as used in many Japanese and Korean martial arts. With that image…”
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