The Korea Foundation has newly posted Vol.3(March), 2012 edition of Korea Focus web magazine.

This issue includes 17 commentary articles, such as “Inauspicious Changes in North Korea”, “Multiple Benefits of Korea-China FTA”, “Why the Mobile Environment Needs Upgrading” and “When Pansori Meets Cuban Melodies”.

In addition, there are four essays, including “An Outlook for the North Korean Situation in 2012”, “[Roundtable] Prospects for the North Korean Situation and Inter-Korean Relations in 2012”, “Economic Influence of the Recent North Korea-related Risk and Policy Suggestions”, “The Age of the New Family” 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)

- Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea’s Foreign Relations (Han Sung-joo)

- Inauspicious Changes in North Korea (Yoo Ho-yeol)

- Korea Surrounded by Space Powers (Kim Kyung-min)

- ′Fresh Declaration for Korea-U.S. Alliance′ (Choe Myong-sang)

(Economy)

- Abuse of Ideology in Election Year (Kang Cheon-seok)

- Multiple Benefits of Korea-China FTA (Yun Chang-hyun)

- New Perspective on Taiwan (Kang Jun-young)

- Revival of True Entrepreneurship (Yang Sun-hee)

- Expectations for ′Lee Jong-wook ― Seoul Project′ (Kang Dae-hee)

(Society)

- Why the Mobile Environment Needs Upgrading (Oh Se-jung)

- Who Would Support My Parents? (Kim Yong-ha)

- Civic Activists Stand on the Slope (Ahn Kyong-whan)

- Refugee Law Brings Hope to Asylum Seekers in Korea (Lee Ho-taeg)

(Culture)

- When Pansori Meets Cuban Melodies (Song Hye-jin)

- Traditional Culture that Bolsters ‘Korean Dream’ (Emanuel Yi Pastreich)

- The Right to Live amid Familiarity (Park Mi-kyung)

- Two Years of Wikitree, Ten Years of Wikipedia (Lee Jin-young)

Essays

- An Outlook for the North Korean Situation in 2012 (Cheong Seong-chang)

- [Roundtable] Prospects for the North Korean Situation and Inter-Korean Relations in 2012 (Lee Seok)

- Economic Influence of the Recent North Korea-related Risk and Policy Suggestions (Lee Myong-hwal)

- The Age of the New Family (Special Coverage Team)

Other Stories

(Features)

- A Korean Wife and Her French Husband Who Loves Korea 100 Times More Than She Does (Uh Soo-woong)

- Seoul Fortress on the Road to World Heritage Status (Kim Sang-min)

(Book Reviews)

- The Symbolism of Black Dragons in Korean Culture (Gu Bon-jun)

- Meeting the Kings of Joseon alongside their Graves (Shin Jeong-seon)

(Interview)

- Park Moo-ik: “The number of candidates has an overriding importance in presidential election results.” (Lee Han-woo)

 ※ 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. An e-mail newsletter service of the monthly webzine is available by registering your email address at the website (www.koreafocus.or.kr)