Culture and Society LGBT rights in East Asia: Connecting Taiwan to Korea June 24, 2019 0 Written by Timothy S. Rich. Image Credit: Travelling in Asia by Julio Martinez/CC; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Exactly two years after Taiwan’s Constitutional Court declared the civil code…
North Korea What influences South Korean perceptions of (re)unification? April 29, 2019 0 Written by Timothy S. Rich and his students Andi Dahmer and Kaitlyn Bison. Public opinion research on Korean unification consistently finds clear majorities in favour of (re)unification.…
Gender Understanding perceptions of harassment in South Korea April 4, 2019 0 Written by Timothy S. Rich and his students Andi Dahmer, Isabel Eliassen, Jessica Kiehnau and Erin Woggon. South Korea saw its own #MeToo movement develop…
International Relations A Realistic Analysis of the Third ROK-DPRK Summit September 24, 2018 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. Following the recently concluded summit in Pyeongyang between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un of North…
China Who are the expats in China? The case of Suzhou April 17, 2018 0 Written by Hyungmin Kim. There are increasing numbers of foreign nationals in large Chinese cities. The number of foreign nationals with a working permit increased…
Japan Sport under Japanese Colonialism: Korean Representation April 10, 2018 0 Written by Stefan Huebner. The recent Winter Olympics in PyeongChang not only exemplified world class performances in sport, but also highlighted the continuing separation of the Korean nation.…
China Vulnerable North Korean ‘Criminals’ in China April 6, 2018 0 Written by Kyunghee Kook. In 2017 tensions between North and South Korea escalated as the North launched 16 missiles and the South responded by deploying…
China The Challenges of North Korean Refugees in China April 3, 2018 0 Written by Andrea Rakushin Lee. North Korean refugees often face myriad challenges once they escape and cross the Sino-North Korean border. Many are guided by…
North Korea The 2018 Olympics and Northeast Asian Emotions March 13, 2018 0 Written by Younghan Cho. In the next decade, three consecutive Olympics will take place in East Asia, respectively in PyeongChang (2018), Tokyo (2020), and Beijing-Zhangjiakou…
North Korea Now is not the time to tread softly with Pyongyang March 1, 2018 1 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. With the 23rd Winter Olympic Games held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Kim regime of North Korea initiated yet another plan…