<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px">For those readers of KoreanStudies unfamiliar with the weekly journal of extended essays, this week holds several of interest to Koreanists. Here are the editor's comments to introduce the stories at <a style="" class="" href="http://japanfocus.org/">Japan Focus</a><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" id="enhancrCard_0" class="" contenteditable="false"><table class="" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody style="" class=""><tr style="" class=""><td class="" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size:
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features a series of articles highlighting abuses of state power in
Thailand under martial law, in South Korea in the wake of the tragedy of
the sinking of the Sewol ferry, and in the transborder world of
smuggling and espionage during the US occupation of Japan. -- forwarded by Guven Witteveen, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/anthroview">Guven Peter Witteveen</a></span></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" id="enhancrCard_1" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element" contenteditable="false"><table class="link-enhancr-element" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px;
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style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span class="" style="color:#000000;"> [elipsis]</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span class="" style="color:#000000;"></span>Repercussions of the April
sinking of the Sewol ferry that killed 324 passengers, most of them high
school students, reverberates throughout South Korean politics and
society. <a class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014XDpGZ6DqAnhqVEIDonZjljTrIBT8XL6_iu92odzgcAANh6oMUaeSWV7hfNfBxUzX1P3S9R2nFRxLgtAWe7SO_LJjI1a8LkNrEEzeeKdGuMm3jhRRu-6ciJP3ntZHYcVpxeJuezW7icHS_VTMUYZyflzLhY_ejjEYbyqA9xB9VogzrquZxLCiWubvrYoG45WFQSLtvgxGA954UoZyUjvZJTW6FfT4MOLXcR433Y1xfnNoe0SSmEWDQrNqmHKGUsfuvyuFlMMB43gCvVVbr_IVBZJDVBF4V9wADto5GVT_somnIaEx3B-Ew_gc-ssPEk9edrSXhkp4DGrWgo6xtVRIi30l8OqUZqI&c=bbt2PkIWkT0UkataiAqVoUzs-L1YPAbaBxcBrvGQYJmEx9M4dapbGA==&ch=gWO-r44JRjN577ODkeS8pPS5sPV8REgnWZKhf5nFMdQFobxQ5t15rw==" target="_blank">Jae-Jung Suh</a>
documents the monumental failures of the rescue mission, including at
the highest levels of state, placing the public outcry over the tragedy
and the government response and coverup in the context of neoliberal
reforms of the Korean state that paved the way for the disaster.<br style="" class=""></div><div class="" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><br style="" class="">[elipsis]<br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div>
What of substance can be learned from visits to North Korea? <a class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014XDpGZ6DqAnhqVEIDonZjljTrIBT8XL6_iu92odzgcAANh6oMUaeSWV7hfNfBxUztFqHrumYXfNDEgbWGGC4SqcFTazuDMsmneNzNO_mY4yY5eBn6XJ4MKxHk8oUYKZATp-fQ0glxOKku4jSR3KxypSe8HiWvq3NkLPyD7ntkImPOV5IsMEkI6URCgzLYkl7fUJ1MKrnB54vOnLvBpliJSSwFLsQ8iWMZI17TDz-vnpO4eAqyuoJqbaVjlTyoPOGtri2AwzFzw5bYXCOVzoVeTVOMGxVyPVd8sChbLXdWKa8FFOcikqSDK3wVHrD8TTPPeFhc4IIOn2aVlrIINvFcarEh94-gl_A&c=bbt2PkIWkT0UkataiAqVoUzs-L1YPAbaBxcBrvGQYJmEx9M4dapbGA==&ch=gWO-r44JRjN577ODkeS8pPS5sPV8REgnWZKhf5nFMdQFobxQ5t15rw==" target="_blank">Emma Campbell</a>
reports on her field work over more than a decade. Despite travelling
as a tourist, she shows how her ability to function in Chinese and
Korean makes possible observations of daily life that provide important
insight into the closed nation, overcoming state attempts to present a
particular image through controlled tours. In particular, she finds
visible effects of the development of China, along with first-hand
confirmation of reports by international institutions such as the United
Nations.<div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;" class=""><span style="" class=""><strong style="" class=""><span style="" class=""><strong style="" class="">Jae-Jung Suh</strong></span> </strong><br style="" class=""><a class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 144);text-decoration:underline;"
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014XDpGZ6DqAnhqVEIDonZjljTrIBT8XL6_iu92odzgcAANh6oMUaeSWV7hfNfBxUzX1P3S9R2nFRxLgtAWe7SO_LJjI1a8LkNrEEzeeKdGuMm3jhRRu-6ciJP3ntZHYcVpxeJuezW7icHS_VTMUYZyflzLhY_ejjEYbyqA9xB9VogzrquZxLCiWubvrYoG45WFQSLtvgxGA954UoZyUjvZJTW6FfT4MOLXcR433Y1xfnNoe0SSmEWDQrNqmHKGUsfuvyuFlMMB43gCvVVbr_IVBZJDVBF4V9wADto5GVT_somnIaEx3B-Ew_gc-ssPEk9edrSXhkp4DGrWgo6xtVRIi30l8OqUZqI&c=bbt2PkIWkT0UkataiAqVoUzs-L1YPAbaBxcBrvGQYJmEx9M4dapbGA==&ch=gWO-r44JRjN577ODkeS8pPS5sPV8REgnWZKhf5nFMdQFobxQ5t15rw==" shape="rect" target="_blank">The Failure of the South Korean National Security State: The Sewol Tragedy in the Age of Neoliberalism</a><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><strong style="" class="">Tessa Morris-Suzuki </strong><br style="" class=""><a class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 144);text-decoration:underline;" shape="rect"
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014XDpGZ6DqAnhqVEIDonZjljTrIBT8XL6_iu92odzgcAANh6oMUaeSWV7hfNfBxUz4JP06o5bfdm6zhkJ63ZuJGUTSowYYsAiQcGHPusd92ImDaH8J30_ATrRUks41VyvoG6Ft6wzPUFOl3XnC1r6hb5LyUKTddOKcWTvyUf0Doc1aPaFCmzSrXo2nZAYu13z-5oS225kv6kaafsoaqmEB5x41ifoC1rrqSB8P89hq9S73DP_BwwxL5VxX7PNYe0XhArG-72Hs8MwrzkkB4xwjakptSJFdOLNPD-pUxXZa5HIKRwquI-ZFTOpbAoyYsu3h8cmCODY1oZ373oabn_jPsYI73trbywbk0UFTekKbsA=&c=bbt2PkIWkT0UkataiAqVoUzs-L1YPAbaBxcBrvGQYJmEx9M4dapbGA==&ch=gWO-r44JRjN577ODkeS8pPS5sPV8REgnWZKhf5nFMdQFobxQ5t15rw==" target="_blank">Democracy's Porous Borders: Espionage, Smuggling and the Making of Japan's Transwar Regime (Part I)</a><strong style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></strong><strong style="" class="">Emma Campbell </strong></span>
</div><div style="" class=""> <a class="" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 144);text-decoration:underline;" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0014XDpGZ6DqAnhqVEIDonZjljTrIBT8XL6_iu92odzgcAANh6oMUaeSWV7hfNfBxUztFqHrumYXfNDEgbWGGC4SqcFTazuDMsmneNzNO_mY4yY5eBn6XJ4MKxHk8oUYKZATp-fQ0glxOKku4jSR3KxypSe8HiWvq3NkLPyD7ntkImPOV5IsMEkI6URCgzLYkl7fUJ1MKrnB54vOnLvBpliJSSwFLsQ8iWMZI17TDz-vnpO4eAqyuoJqbaVjlTyoPOGtri2AwzFzw5bYXCOVzoVeTVOMGxVyPVd8sChbLXdWKa8FFOcikqSDK3wVHrD8TTPPeFhc4IIOn2aVlrIINvFcarEh94-gl_A&c=bbt2PkIWkT0UkataiAqVoUzs-L1YPAbaBxcBrvGQYJmEx9M4dapbGA==&ch=gWO-r44JRjN577ODkeS8pPS5sPV8REgnWZKhf5nFMdQFobxQ5t15rw==" shape="rect" target="_blank">"Fieldwork" North Korea: Observations of daily life on the ground inside the country</a><br style="" class=""></div>
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