[KS] KOREA JOURNAL Winter 2004 ISSUE

[Korea Journal]

Dear List members,

We are pleased to announce the publication of the most recent issue (Winter 2004) of the KOREA JOURNAL, which covers two main topics: “Overseas Migration and Repatriation of Koreans” and “Critical Reviews of Protestantism in Contemporary Korea.”

1. Overseas Migration and Repatriation of Koreans
With the beginning of Japanese colonial rule in Korea in 1910, Koreans were made to go abroad via job searches, political emigration, and forced mobilization by Imperial Japan. When the war ended in 1945 with Japan’s surrender, the number of overseas Koreans had reached 5 million. At this juncture, immediately before commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Korean liberation in 2005, the Korea Journal addresses the overseas migration and repatriation of Koreans around the time of Korean liberation.

- Overseas Migration of Koreans in the Colonial Period and the Historicality of Repatriation / Chang Seok Heung (Korean History, Kookmin Univ.)
- The Forcible Drafting of Koreans during the Final Phase of Colonial Rule and the Formation of the Korean Community in Japan / Chung Hye-Kyung (Korean History, AKS)
- Repatriation of Koreans in Japan / Chae Young-Kook (Korean History, Kookmin Univ.)
- The Settlement and Repatriation of Koreans in Northeast China after Liberation / Kim Chun-seon (Korean History, Yanbian Research Institute of Nationality History, Yanbian University)
- Forced Migration of Koreans to Sakhalin and Their Repatriation / Choi Ki-young (Sogang Univ. Korean History)

2. Critical Reviews of Protestantism in Contemporary Korea
The Korean Protestant Church did not hesitate to reveal its conservatism when several issues arose in 2004, including the dispatch of Korean troops to Iraq, the impeachment of President Roh, and the relocation of the administrative capital. While considering the historical currents of Korean Protestantism, Jang Sukman stresses that Koreans tended to see Protestantism as a “religion of civilization,” a “religion of the United States” following the opening of ports, and a means to save the Korean nation. The pro-Americanism of the Korean Protestant Church is more vividly demonstrated in Ryu Dae Young’s paper, which offers an analysis, based on primary sources, of Korean Protestant churches’ attitudes towards war. Kang In-Cheol reviews the historical trajectory of Korean Protestantism in which the Protestant group who had crossed to the South gained a great deal of religious power. Lee Jin Gu presents the online anti-Christianity campaign, which has been fuelled by the proliferation of the Internet. The papers included in this topic are as follows:   

- Historical Currents and Characteristics of Koreans Protestantism after Liberation / Jang Sukman (Religious Studies, Korea Institute for Religion and Culture) 
- Protestant Church and Wolnamin / Kang In-Cheol (Sociology, Hanshin Univ.)
- Korean Protestant Churches' Attitude towards War / Ryu Dae Young (Religious Studies, Handong Univ.)
- Korean Protestantism as Viewed by Netizens / Lee Jin Gu (Religious Studies, Honam Theological University and Seminary)

3. Others
First, regarding the issue of the equalization policy, Kim Ki Su suggests that a new perspective should be taken, focusing on the state as the owner of the policy and an important part of South Korea’s structural educational problems. Second, Park Sora presents a new framework for understanding the recent “Korean Wave” (hallyu) phenomenon by arguing that people who are fond of a cultural product’s originating country will consume more of its cultural products. The papers are as follows:

- The “Equalization” Policy: Going beyond Arguments over a False Issue / Kim Ki Su (Education, Memorial Univ., Canada)
- China’s Consumption of Korean Television Dramas: An Empirical Test of the “Cultural Discount” Concept / Park Sora (Communication, Kwangwoon Univ.)

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