The Korea Foundation has newly posted Vol.2(February), 2012 edition of Korea Focus web magazine.
This issue includes 19 commentary articles, such as “Post-Kim Jong-il Crisis Management”, “Chaebol Urged to Lead Moral Evolution of Capitalism”, “New Communication Culture and Democratic Community” and “Korea’s Intangible Heritage for Humanity”.
In addition, there are four essays, including “North Korea-China Treaty of Friendship: New Implications and Current Bilateral Relations”, “The Kim Jong-un Risk and the Korean Peninsula”, “Setting the Agenda for the Success of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul”, “Korea’s Top Ten Hits of 2011” and several articles related to the Book Review, Interview, and Feature sections.
The sections and titles of the articles in the edition(www.koreafocus.or.kr) are as follows.
Commentaries
(Politics)
- National Strategy for Post-Division Process (Yoon Pyung-joong)
- Post-Kim Jong-il Crisis Management (Dong Yong-seung)
- Change in North Korea is a Blessing (Kang Byeong-tae)
- A Wider Window of Opportunity for the Korean Peninsula (Kim Sung-han)
- China’s Perception and Policy toward the Post-Kim Jong-il Regime (Chun Sung-heung)
(Economy)
- Korean Capitalism Stands at Crossroads (Park Yung-chul)
- Chaebol Urged to Lead Moral Evolution of Capitalism (Jun Sang-in)
- Policy Reform and Happy Society (Yukiko Fukagawa)
- Korea a Role Model in Donating Vaccines for Poorest Countries (Seth Berkley)
(Society)
- New Communication Culture and Democratic Community (Lee Hong-koo)
- To the Late Chairman Park Tai-joon: We′ll Miss Your Roaring over the Steel Mill (Chung Joon-yang)
- New Agenda of the Republic of Korea (Chung Dae-wha)
- Rule of Law Crumbles amid Ideological Conflict and Violence (Ha Chang-woo)
- Why Do You Ask People Their Age? (Lee Na-ri)
(Culture)
- Korea’s Intangible Heritage for Humanity (Hwang Rushi)
- ‘Yoko’s Story’ and the Truth about Korea (Park Kang-ho)
- Solitary Historian Once Scorned by Her Motherland (Yoo Han-tae)
- Winter Solstice and Christmas (Jeong Jin-hong)
- Nurturing Hallyu through Copyright Protection (Choi Kwang-sik)
Essays
- North Korea-China Treaty of Friendship: New Implications and Current Bilateral Relations (Lee Sang-sook)
- The Kim Jong-un Risk and the Korean Peninsula (Hwang Il-do)
- Setting the Agenda for the Success of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul (Cheon Seong-whun)
- Korea’s Top Ten Hits of 2011 (Lee Jung-ho)
Other Stories
(Features)
- Renaissance Man: UNESCO Marks 250th Birth Anniversary of Jeong Yak-yong (Jeon Byeong-geun)
- Veggie Korea (Anne-Maria Cole)
(Book Reviews)
- Readying for Rapid Unification Process and Post-Unification Politic (Jeon Byeong-geun)
- Neo-Confucian Scholars Addicted to Architecture (Gu Bon-jun)
(Interview)
- Kim Sung-hwan: “Nuclear terrorism should be prevented by all means.” (No Hyo-dong & Jeong Myo-jeong)
※ Korea Focus is a monthly webzine, featuring commentaries and essays on Korean politics, economy, society and culture, as well as relevant international issues. The articles are selected from leading Korean newspapers, magazines, journals and academic papers from prestigious forums. It is circulated among major international organizations, universities, libraries, Korean studies institutes and individual researchers in some 140 countries.
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