2022, Vol.2, No.2

International Journal of K-Culture/K-Culture융합연구 KCI Impact Factor : 0.0

pISSN : 2951-2808 / eISSN : 2951-2883
https://journal.kci.go.kr/K-Culture

Objectives: There is a flood of cultural contents called "K-culture" of all kinds. Among them, "K-Zombie," which recently emerged, has become a popular cultural icon leading the trend of K-culture. However, K-zombies were only considered a subcategory of K-culture as they were used mainly by media media rather than academia, but they were not sufficiently discussed what K-zombies were. Methods: This study aims to examine the history and development process of K-zombies, focusing on movies and dramas, in order to conceptualize K-zombies. First, we will explore the history and development process of zombie content produced in Korea to understand the standards and scope of K-zombies. Second, K-zombie is a term mainly derived from the media, so it will explore the change in perception of zombie genres through comments from the media and critics about zombies. Conclusions: Zombies have been imprinted on the public and become a major icon thanks to "Train to Busan". The movie succeeded in turning zombies, the strange and exotic monster into autogenous monsters, by inculcate them in Korea with Korean styled background and emotion. Since then, the term K-zombie began to emerge as zombie contents produced in Korea, and started to become popular internationally. It was through the Netflix drama "Kingdom" that K-zombies began their heyday with the world's attention in earnest. Based on the OTT Platform, "Kingdom" attempted to change the zombie genre against the backdrop of the Joseon Dynasty. Zombie content, which reflects traditional Korean cultural elements, approached foreigners in a fresh and new form, and interest and topics from abroad flowed back into Korea.

Objectives: The purpose is to analyze the composition status of teachers in charge of Korean language subjects at universities in Japan. Methods: Based on the results of the 2020 Korean Language Education Association's survey, we analyze the composition of each type of work (full-time/part-time) and the composition of each more (Japanese More speaker/Korean More speaker/other language More speaker). First, the appointment of full-time and part-time teachers was investigated in all schools or programs, and the results were analyzed by dividing them by more. After that, the number of full-time and part-time teachers in the corresponding course was divided into liberal arts reinforcement and major courses, and analyzed by more. Conclusions: Compared to the results of the International Culture Forum (2005), the number of full-time teachers in Japanese universities has increased overall, and the number of teachers has increased significantly. The number of full-time teachers between Japanese native speakers and Korean native speakers did not differ significantly in numerical terms, but the proportion of Japanese native speakers was about twice as high. On the other hand, in the case of part-time teachers, the proportion of native Korean speakers was significantly higher.

Objectives: Korean drama fans created a space to communicate with each other by using various social media features provided by Viki. This paper sheds light on those features considering them as an important factor for Viki to survive in the growing OTT market. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze Viki’s social media networking features and reveal its functions and importance for fans. Methods: In this paper, various elements of Viki as a social media platform were analyzed mainly based on the results of previous studies. In addition, I used topics and comments that were written by fans and posted on Viki's "Discussion" page to find out what kind of contents Viki’s users aim to watch and shed light on the difference between Viki and other OTT platforms. Conclusions: Countless other cases, not limited to Korean drama fans, explain why someone may join a particular group of fans. Overall, these cases indicate that the sense of connectedness, shared feelings and memories, and shared language are one of the main reasons that bring different people together under one fandom. Unlike other OTT platforms, Viki provides specific contents for old-school Korean drama fans whom they have accurate taste about what kind of K-dramas they want to watch, and it also provides various communication features that allow fans to form a community inside the website. This paper concludes that these two factors are the reason why Viki retains so many users.