<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div role="main" dir="ltr" style="outline:none"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(30,63,63);background-size:cover;display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(249,249,249);outline:none"><span>Out Now! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(249,249,249);outline:none"><span style="font-style:italic">Korean Studies: Global Research &amp; Critique </span><span>Vol. 50, No. 2, 2026</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(244,171,138);background-size:cover;display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="41.66666666666667%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/109" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(28,28,28);font-size:30pt">Korean Studies</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.5;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span>Global Research &amp; Critique</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Volume 50, Number 2, 2026</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="58.333333333333336%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.5;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Arial;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700">Special Issue</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.5;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/57713" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Arial;font-variant:normal;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(28,28,28);font-size:18pt">Korean Poetry in the Global Age</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.5;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:400;vertical-align:baseline">Guest-Edited by David Krolikoski</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(235,224,215);background-size:cover;display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="41.66666666666667%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="0px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><div style="overflow:hidden"><img src="cid:ii_muqah2r60" alt="image" style="height:auto;display:block;width:100%;border:0px" width="304" height="486"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:right;margin:0px 0pt;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;line-height:1.2;padding-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;vertical-align:baseline">Cover Artwork by David Krolikoski</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="0px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><table role="button" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:separate;table-layout:fixed;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td style="display:table-cell;text-align:center;overflow:hidden;line-height:36px;background-color:rgb(30,63,63);color:rgb(249,249,249);border:1px solid rgb(30,63,63);text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;height:27pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;padding-left:6px;padding-right:6px;width:100%;border-radius:4px;max-width:100%;vertical-align:middle"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/57713" style="background-color:rgb(30,63,63);color:rgb(249,249,249);border-color:rgb(30,63,63);width:100%;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;width:100%">Access Articles in Project MUSE</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="58.333333333333336%" style="vertical-align:top;display:in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one;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002611" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002611</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002612" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Kim Hyesoon\u2019s </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Autobiography of Death</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> as \u201cDiasporic\u201d Text</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Emily%20Jungmin%20Yoon" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Emily Jungmin Yoon</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002612" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002612</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002613" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Reassessing the Literary-Historical Value of Pak In-hwan\u2019s Modernism</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Jinhee%20Kim" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Jinhee Kim</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002613" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002613</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002614" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Plain Moon, Clear River: Naïveté and the Soul of Kim Sow\u014fl\u2019s First Ten Poems</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Jack%20Saebyok%20Jung" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Jack Saebyok Jung</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002614" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002614</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Book Reviews</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002615" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Cornerstone of the Nation: The Defense Industry and the Building of Modern Korea under Park Chung Hee</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> by Peter Banseok Kwon</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Wonkeun%20Lee" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Wonkeun Lee</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002615" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002615</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002616" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Understanding Korean Webtoon Culture: Transmedia Storytelling, Digital Platforms, and Genres</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> by Dal Yong Jin</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Hannah%20Granoff" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Hannah Granoff</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002616" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002616</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 0pt;padding:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/1002617" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Against Abandonment: Repertoires of Solidarity in South Korean Protest</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline"> by Jennifer Jihye Chun and Ju Hui Judy Han</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/search?action=search&amp;&amp;query=author:Junghun%20Oh" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Junghun Oh</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;line-height:1.2;margin:0pt 8pt 0pt 15pt;padding:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(28,28,28);outline:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline">DOI:</span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002617" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;vertical-align:baseline"> https://doi.org/10.1353/ks.2026.a1002617</span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td style="min-width:12px"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" style="background-color:rgb(30,63,63);background-size:cover;display:table;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%" style="margin:auto;max-width:800px;min-width:320px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px" align="center"><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:12px"></td><td width="100%" style="padding:9px 0px"><table width="100%" style="vertical-align:top;display:inline-table;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" style="padding-left:9px;padding-right:9px;display:table-cell"><table cellpadding="7px" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="word-break:break-word"><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;margin:0px 0pt 0pt;padding-top:0px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;display:block;line-height:1.2;padding-left:0pt;text-inde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