[KS] Korea Journal, Summer 2026 special issue

[Henry Em]

Dear colleagues,

Korea Journal is pleased to announce the publication of its Summer 2026
special issue. As guest editor Hyojin L. Fromell notes, South Korea’s
religious landscape comprises over 927 registered bodies—encompassing
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, and numerous indigenous and
new religious movements. This landscape is distinctive in that religion,
ethnicity, and national origin are not necessarily aligned , producing
configurations of diversity rarely found elsewhere. Indeed, as the articles
in this special issue demonstrate, South Korea serves as a generative hub
within global circuits of religious exchange.

In addition to the special feature, the Summer 2026 issue presents three
research articles: an analysis of wartime medical reconstruction led by the
WHO and UNKRA that rendered South Korean society more legible to the state;
a study on the relationship between power, fake news, and partisan
polarization across two presidential elections; and an examination of the
translation and reception of Han Kang’s literary works in China.


Finally, the issue includes three review essays: Kyu-hyun Jo discusses
recent publications by Cornel Chang, Stephen Hong Sohn, and Yumi Moon;
Keum-youn Han reviews Han Kang’s *Light and Thread* (2026); and Min Jung
You examines Jae Kyo Jin’s *Jisik gwa Joseon* (2025).


Korea Journal is an Open Access publication. Research articles are
published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives (CC BY-ND)
license, which permits the free reading, downloading, and distribution of
work in both print and electronic formats, provided the original author and
journal are properly acknowledged.


Henry EM <https://independent.academia.edu/HenryEm>  Deputy Editor-in-Chief
(he/him)

Jooyeun SON
<https://www.aks.ac.kr/com/cmm/EgovContentView.do?menuNo=2010124200#tab3>
Managing Editor (she/her) _____



*[On this topic] Beyond Coexistence: Importation, Reinterpretation, and
Retransmission in South Korea’s Religious Landscape
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/1/59528>*



*Seokjeon in Transition: Continuities, Transformations, and Institutional
Influences on the Confucian Memorial Rite in Post-Liberation Korea
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/12/59529>*



*What Makes Cheontae Cheontae? A New Buddhist Movement and the
Reinterpretation of the Cheontae Tradition in Contemporary Korea
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/42/59530>*



*Between Hwadu and Mindfulness: Seon Meditation in Korean Templestay
Programs for International Audiences
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/66/59531>*



*Individualism and Divination in Korea: From the Jeomchal Ceremony for
Nullified Negative Karma to FutureTelling Esoteric Tools
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/101/59532>*



*Reconstructing Health: The WHO/UNKRA Mission and Postwar Medical
Development in South Korea <https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/134/59533>*



*Power Ownership Matters, Not Political Orientation: Sources and
Responsibility Attributions of Fake News in Media Articles around Two
Presidential Elections in Korea <https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/164/59534>*



*Translation and Recognition of Han Kang in China
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/197/59535>*



*[Review Essay] The Korean War’s Three Afterlives: Hypothetical
Post-Liberation History, Korean Cold War Refugees, and an Excavation of
Hidden Voices in Korean-American Literature
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/238/59536>*



*[Book Reivew] “Life is but a Weaving”: Writing as a Quest for the Gold
Thread <https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/254/59537>*



*[Book Review] Mapping the Epistemic Landscape of Late Joseon
<https://accesson.kr/kj/v.66/2/261/59538>*

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*Henry Em *(임흥순 | he, him)
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