Essays about: "Park Geun-Hye"

Found 5 essays containing the words Park Geun-Hye.

  1. 1. Is this a country? The Candlelight movement protests as a force impacting democracy in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Ström; [2021]
    Keywords : social movements; democracy; South Korea; Candlelight protests 2016-2017; corruption; Park Geun-Hye; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. READ MORE

  3. 2. How did Chosôn Ilbo and Han’gyôre’s Editorials use Emotive Language to Frame the Government’s Handling of the MERS Crisis?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för koreanska

    Author : Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback; [2019]
    Keywords : South Korea; Park Geun-hye; MERS; Media Studies; Language Studies; 한국; 박근혜; 메르스; 언론학; 언어학; 한국학;

    Abstract : During and after the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome crisis in 2015, the South Korean Government faced a lot of criticism for the epidemic prevention management. The crisis had a duration of four months before it was declared over, leading to an accumulation of criticism towards the security system, disease management and hospital policies. READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘Hell Joseon’ - Tales from a South Korean Youth Trapped Between Past and Present

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Johan Cornelis Schoonhoven; [2017]
    Keywords : Compressed modernity; Hell Joseon; Youth; South Korea; Modernization; Inequality; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis takes its outset in the newly coined expression ‘Hell Joseon’ used by the youth in South Korea. ‘Hell Joseon’ is a comparison between today’s society and the pre-modern Joseon Dynasty. By asking “what are the main characteristics of life in ‘Hell Joseon’ from a youth perspective?”, I arrive at the following conclusion. READ MORE

  5. 4. War of Memories : A securitization theory approach to South Korea-Japan bilateral relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Sofia Forsén; [2016]
    Keywords : non-traditional security studies; South Korea-Japan bilateral relations; Securitization theory; Copenhagen School; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In contrast to a quite vast literature on the underlying external reasons for the current South Korea-Japan bilateral relationship, there is less research undertaken on the subjective contextual factors of how a nation state shape its foreign policies and create its perception of a security threat. Even less exists on the domestic debates and how these possibly influence the bilateral relationship between South Korea and Japan. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hawks and doves on the Korean peninsula : A content analysis of United States and South Korea policy vis-à-vis North Korea in 2013

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Simon Holmgren; [2014]
    Keywords : South Korea; North Korea; United States; foreign policy; neo-realism; neo-liberalism; reciprocity; Sydkorea; Nordkorea; USA; utrikespolitik; neo-realism; neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : This study examines the South Korea President Park Geun-hye and United States President Obama respective administration's policy vis-à-vis North Korea. The scope is narrowed down to the year 2013, during which the regime in Pyongyang conducted its third nuclear test. READ MORE