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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">We are delighted to announce the publication of </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">the Summer 2014
issue (vol. 54, no. 2) of the <i>Korea
Journal</i>, which contains seven peer-reviewed articles covering various
topics in the field of Korean Studies and two book reviews. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">In
the first article, authors Seol and Seo examine the emergence of minority
groups in the backdrop of globalization and democratization in Korea, and </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt">how
ethnic/social minorities in Korean society have been hierarchically ranked according
to the binary logic of inclusion/exclusion.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">The
second article by Kang analyses the Korean attitude toward Southeast Asia during
Japanese colonial rule, and terms it as “another form of Orientalism” to show the
similarities and contrasts between those of Japan and the West.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">The
third article by Jongmyung Kim examines the meaning of Queen Munjeong’s
pro-Buddhist activities and politics “from behind the bamboo curtain” (<i>suryeom cheongjeong</i>) during her reign. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">In
the fourth article, Yun-hee Kim locates elements of <i>alba</i>, a Western literary style, in both Korean and Chinese
classical literature, and identifies the unique characteristics of Korean
classical poetry. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">The
fifth article, written by Lim, analyzes the significance of Yu Gil-jun’s <i>Seoyu gyeonmun</i> (Observations on a
Journey to the West) in the development of the mixed writing style, <i>gukhanmun</i>, and critically reviews its
controversial relationship with Fukuzawa’s <i>Seiyo
jijo</i> (Conditions in the West). </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Lee
and Workman examines determinants of young Korean consumers’ brand consciousness
on luxury goods, to show a relationship between personal values, demographics,
and brand consciousness.</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Lastly,
Moenig, Cho, and Kwak reviews Taekwondo textbooks published between 1945 and
1970, to suggest that the martial art could have originated from Japanese
karate. </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16pt"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">This issue of
the <i>Korea Journal</i> includes a book
review of Hyuk-Rae Kim</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">’s</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> <i>State-centric
to Contested Social Governance in Korea: Shifting Power</i>,<i> </i>in which the author analyzes social
changes that enabled the civil sector to become a major player in the
policy-making process in Korean society. Also included is a book review of Lee
Seung-Hwan</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">’s</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"> <i>Hoengseol-gwa suseol: seongni nonjaeng-e
daehan eoneo bunseokjeok haemyeong</i> (Horizontal and Vertical Frames:
Linguistic Analytic Elucidation of Neo-Confucian Debates), where the author
suggests a linguistic analytic approach to Joseon Neo-Confucian moral
metaphysics debate, and its implication to twenty-first century Korea. </span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">The contents of this
issue are as follows: </font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">ARTICLES</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Dong-Hoon
SEOL and Jungmin SEO</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Dynamics
of Ethnic Nationalism and Hierarchical Nationhood: <i>Korean Nation and Its Othernesss since the Late 1980s</i></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Heejung
KANG</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Another
Form of Orientalism: <i>Koreans’
Consciousness of Southeast Asia during the Japanese Colonial Period</i></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Jongmyung
KIM</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Queen
Munjeong’s (1501-1565) Statecraft and Buddhist View in Confucian Joseon</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Yun-hee
KIM</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Examining
the <i>Alba </i>Literary Style in Korean
Classical Poetry Based on a Comparative Analysis with Chinese Literature</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">LIM
Sang-Seok </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">A
Comparative Study of <i>Gukhanmun</i> Style
in <i>Seoyu Gyeonmun</i> and Mixed Style in <i>Seiyo jijo</i>: <i>On the Formation of </i>Gukhanmun<i>
Style in Korea</i></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Seung-Hee
LEE and Jane E. WORKMAN</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Factors
Affecting Korean Consumers’ Brand Consciousness to Global Luxury Brands</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Udo
MOENIG, Sungkyun CHO, and Taek-Yong KWAK</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Evidence
of Taekwondo’s Roots in Karate: <i>An
Analysis of the Technical Content of Early Taekwondo Literature</i></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">BOOK
REVIEWS</font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">Jangsup
CHOI</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">State-centric to
Contested Social Governance in Korea: Shifting Power</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">By Hyuk-Rae Kim</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><font color="#000000">HONG
Seong-Min</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">Hoengseol-gwa
suseol: seongni nonjaeng-e daehan eoneo bunseokjeok haemyeong</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif">
(Horizontal and Vertical Frames: Linguistic Analytic Elucidation of
Neo-Confucian Debates). By Lee Seung-Hwan</span></font></p>
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always welcome submissions of articles and book reviews in the field of Korean
studies. For further information on submission guidelines, please refer to the
journal's web page: <a href="http://www.ekoreajournal.net/submission/index.htm">http://www.ekoreajournal.net/submission/index.htm</a>. </font></span></p>
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