More Korean Wave

The Southeast Review of Asian Studies 2009 had a special section on the Korean Wave and includes conceptualizing the “Korean Wave” and a critical assessment of the “Korean Wave” in Asia and the United States.

Korean Hip Hop

Articles

• Chang, Jeff. 2007. It’s a hip-hop world. Foreign Policy, 163, 58-65.
• Chang, Jeff. 2008. So you think they can break-dance? Salon.com.
  
• Hau, Louis. 2009. K-Pop branches out. Billboard, 121 (12),March 28, 7.
• Oh, Jean. 2008. Tracking evolution of Korean hip-hop. Korea Herald, Aug 19.

Websites

• Korean music: Hip hop & rap
• Battle of the Year

Technology Applied

Articles

• Shin Myung-ho. 2008. Annals of the Joseon Dynasty brought to life by the digital era. Koreana, 22 (3), 22-31.
• Song Doyoung. 2008. Korea delivers with speed and agility. Koreana, 22 (4), 80-84.

Books

• Mahlich, Jrg and Werner Pascha (Eds.). 2007. Innovation and technology in Korea: Challenges of a newly advanced economy [ebook]. New York: Springer.
• Kim, Linsu. 1997. Imitation to innovation: The dynamics of Korea’s technological learning [ebook]. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Singapore and Korean relations

There has been a growing relationship between Singapore and South Korea, in areas like media, tourism, and trade. There are also plans for Singapore to develop better relations with North Korea.

• Korea drama series-Que Sera Sera: First Korean mega television series to be filmed under STB’s Film in Singapore! Scheme. Singapore Sights, 2007 March 23.
• Korea-Singapore FTA (KSFTA). Korea.Net, 2007 June 18.
• Lim Yun Suk. 2009. PM Lee and South Korea’s president agree to help fight economic crisis. Channel News Asia, June 3.
• Media Development Authority. 2009. Korea-Singapore Arrangement for the Co-production of Broadcasting Programmes. Includes links to press releases on new developments.
• Siow, Maria. 2009. More scope for Singapore-North Korean economic cooperation. Channel News Asia, May 12.
• Yu, Eileen. 2006. Korea-Singapore relationship bears fruit. ZDNet Asia, May 4.

Korean Media and Women

Thanks to Catherine for her suggestion and we have a new topic on how women are viewed or portrayed in the Korean media. Your suggestions for sources and new topics are welcome.

Articles

• Jee Min-Joo and Oh Byoung-il. 2006. Perpetuation of female beauty stereotypes through Korean mass media: Emancipation or objectification of women? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Canada, Aug 10.
• Kim Tong-hyung. 2008. TV programs testing limits in foul language. Korea Times, May 4.
• Korean Womenlink Revisiting Foreign Films Community. 2007. Report on monitoring dubbed foreign films. Womenlink Newsletter, no. 4: 25-30. The group reported their findings on the Korean dubbing of foreign films and observed some gender bias.
• Lanov, Andre. 2009. (517) Merry widows! Korean Times, May 22. [NEW]
• Lee Eun-pyo. 2009. Monster-in-law. Korea Times, April 21.
• Turnbull, James. 2009. Korean women are not alphabets. Korea Times, May 8.

New Books on Korea Wave

Some new books titles are now available in the Li Ka Shing Library and displayed at the New Arrival shelf on Level 2:

• Korea Herald (ed.) 2008. Korean wave. Gyeonggi-do, Korea: Jimoondang.
• Chua Beng Huat and Koichi Iwabuchi (eds.) 2008. East Asian pop culture: Analysing the Korean wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Craig, Timothy J. and Richard King (ed.) 2002. Global goes local: Popular culture in Asia. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. Contains a chapter on “Exploding ballads: The transformation of Korean pop music”.
• Gateward, Frances (ed.) 2007. Seoul searching: Culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema. New York: State University of New York Press.
• Thussu, Daya Kishan (ed.) 2007. Media on the move: Global flow and contra-flow. London: Routledge. Contains a chapter on “The rising East Asian ‘Wave’ : Korean media go global”.

Korean Women

Articles

• Jang, Ha-Jin. 2007. Korea aiming to build gender-equal society. Korea.net Opinion, December 14.
• Noritake, Ayami. 2008. Negotiating space and gender: Female street entrepreneurs in Seoul. Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, no. 17.
• OECD. 2009. Gender equality and social institutions in Korea, Social institutions and gender index.
• Park, Yeong-Ran. 2005. Gender dimensions of family policy in Korea, Paper presented at Canada-Korea Social Policy Symposium II, Toronto, January 27-28.
• US Dept of State. 2009. Human rights report: Republic of Korea.
• Yoon, Bang-Soon. 2003. Gender politics in Korea: Putting women on the political map. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Aug 27.

Websites

• Korean’s Women Development Institute – contains their research reports and even statistics on women in Korea
• Korean Institute for Women & Politics
• Ministry of Gender Equality

North Korea nuclear crisis

Articles

• De Ceuster, Koen  and Jan Melissen, eds. 2008. Ending the North Korean crisis: Six parties, six perspectives. Hague: Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Clingendael Diplomacy Papers, No. 18.
• Feffer, John. 2007. Three hard truths. Washington, DC: Foreign Policy in Focus.
• Lee, Sanghee. 2007. An Approach to managing North Korea. Washing, DC: Brookings Institution.
• Mason, Simon. 2007. The Korean Peninsula: Room for cautious optimism. CSS Analyses in Security Policy 2, no. 19.

Websites

• Heritage research on Northeast Asia (Heritage Foundation)
• North Korea (Brookings Institution)
• North Korea (International Crisis Group)
• Publications on North Korea (James Martin Center For Nonproliferation Studies)

Hallyu

Articles

• Chachavalpongpun, Pavin. 2008.
  Hallyu: The Diminishing Korean Wave? Opinion Asia, March 17.
• Han, Eun Kyoung, Chang Woo Sung and Hwang Gabshin. 2008. A Study on the relationships among Hallyu (Korean Wave), national image, and corporate brand equity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Canada, May 21.
• Hyun, Kideuk. 2007. New Asian cultural proximity, Korean modernity in between, and reception of Korean TV drama in the East Asia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, May 24-28.
• Ireland, Corydon. 2007.  Friendly wave hits Asia. Harvard University Gazette, February 22.
• Jimenez-David, Rina. 2008. The rise and rise of Asian entertainment. Sunday Inquirer, January 27.
• Ju, Hyejung. 2007. The Nature of nationalism in the “Korean Wave”: A Framing analysis of news coverage about Korean pop culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, Chicago, November 14.
• Ju, Hyejung. 2006. Regionalization of East Asian television programs: Examining the popularity of contemporary Korean television dramas in East Asia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, June 16.
• Kim Sue-young. 2008. Korean Wave ‘Hallyu’ abroad waning. Korea Times, May 5.
• Lim, Louisa. 2006. South Korean culture wave spreads across Asia. NPR (National Public Radio) News, March 26.
• Lin Lin. 2007. Korean chic. Beijing Review, no. 34.
• Maliangkay, Roald. 2006. When the Korean wave ripples. IIAS Newsletter, no. 42.
• Park Chung-a. 2006. Hallyu phenomenon faces backlash in East Asia. Korea Times, January 16.
• Sung, Sang-yeon. 2008. High tide of the Korean Wave III: Why do Asian fans prefer Korean pop culture? Korean Herald, February 4.

Websites

• What is Korean Wave? (KBS America)
• Korean Wave (Korean Culture and Information Service)
• Hallyu (Korea Tourism Organization)

Websites on Korean Culture

Some websites that give an introduction to Korean culture:

• Korea Net (Korean Culture and Information Service)
• Guide to Korean Culture (pictorial e-book in PDF)
• Culture of Korea (London Korean Cultural Centre)
• About Korea (New York Korean Cultural Service)