2020, Vol.27, No.1

A Study on the Future Directions of Cooperative Program for Developing Vocational Skills of North-Korean Workforce: Lessons from the Choson Exchange Case

Lee, Jeonghyun | 2020, 27(1) | pp.5~49 | number of Cited : 1

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Among overseas support programs to enhance capabilities for North Korean personnel, the Chosun Exchange is considered the most successful. It is surprising that the Singapore-based non-profit social enterprises, the Choson Exchange, has been in and out of North Korea for more than a decade and has been conducting start-up and market economy education for nearly 3,000 people. By analyzing the surprise, this study was conducted based on a case study in order to learn valuable lessons about how our civil and public actors will proceed with cooperation projects for North Korean manpower. The Chosun Exchange has usually visited North Korea three times a year with volunteers, providing start-up education for young aspiring entrepreneurs and women, and market economy education for managers of special economic zones. The success factors of the Choson Exchange confirmed that the founders’ committed activities and volunteer-based operations, the high participation and satisfaction of volunteers, excellent selection and concentration of startup education and market economy education, and the process of building mutual trust with North Korea. The following implications were found regarding future projects for developing job competencies with North Korea First, the North favors NGO-led overseas aid, which can maintain its initiative and enable stable operations. Secondly, North Korea recognizes that education for upper-level workers, such as experts in special economic zones and education for corporate managers, is more urgent than education for general plant-level workers. Third, in terms of the possibility of maintaining mutually beneficial relations, North Korea prefers aid programs from ASEAN, including Singapore, and it needs to move beyond the Korean Peninsula-centricism, which takes inter-Korean cooperation projects excessively for granted. Fourth, an open attitude toward the North’s preferred economic development model and the manpower/industry needed for cooperative projects is needed. Considering these factors, it was deemed necessary to move to cooperate with the North in the employment and labor sectors from a gradual and mid- to long-term and mutually beneficial perspective.

The Change and Division of North Korean Nationalism(1980-1997): Political Succession and Dual Leadership

Hyesuk Kang | 2020, 27(1) | pp.51~83 | number of Cited : 3

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The Formation of the ‘City Control System’ in North Korea: Construction of the Panopticon

IlYoung Jeong | 2020, 27(1) | pp.85~105 | number of Cited : 1

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A Semantic Network Analysis on the Corporate Management System in North Korea: Focusing on the Papers of Gyeongjeyeongu from 1986 to 2018

Geechan Park | 2020, 27(1) | pp.107~141 | number of Cited : 1

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Sino-U.S. Trade War and Weaponisation of Interdependence: Focusing on China’s Soybean Strategy

Kim Dohoon | 2020, 27(1) | pp.143~174 | number of Cited : 7

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An Empirical Study on the Influence of Inherited Capital and Social Status of Chinese Tourists on Perceived Risk and Return Visit Intention: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Perceived Value

Guo, Chao , Seong Hwan Lee | 2020, 27(1) | pp.175~210 | number of Cited : 5

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The Effects of Agricultural R&D Investment and Environment Subsidies on Agricultural Production and Income in China

Lin Jin , Lee Ki-Seong | 2020, 27(1) | pp.211~232 | number of Cited : 1

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Contribution of Logistics Infrastructure to Industrial Development in China

Yaping Yu , Hojung Shin , Fakulie Alfred Jawara | 2020, 27(1) | pp.233~264 | number of Cited : 0

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Research on Enhancing Talent Gathering Capacity in Shaoxing City: A Comparative Analysis Based on Relevant Prefecture-Level Cities in the Yangtze River Delta

Tiantian Zhu , Jiatong Wang , Hyunchul Kim | 2020, 27(1) | pp.265~279 | number of Cited : 0

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Since the competition between cities is the competition for talents, the altitude of future development for a city is determined by the strength of the city’s attraction to talents, which is in turn determined by the pros and cons of the talent environment in the city. At present, Shaoxing, relying on the strategic positioning of “full integration into the Yangtze River Delta”, is working hard to build a city of talent gathering, but many shortcomings in terms of specific implementation still exist. By constructing an evaluation system for talent gathering in the Yangtze River Delta, this paper uses the approach of factor analysis and extracts three major factors affecting regional talent gathering, namely, the prospects for urban economic development, the urban culture and education environment, and the income security situation. Based on the disparities between Shaoxing and other prefecture-level cities in the Yangtze River Delta in view of different factors, as well as the analysis of the current situation of the three major pressures on talent gathering in Shaoxing, namely regional location, economic dynamics and urban infrastructure, the research was carried out with the result showing: 1) By systematically sorting out the scores of the talent attraction factors of counties in Zhejiang Province, it is found that counties (municipalities) with strong talent attraction are concentrated in the regions of northern Zhejiang, Hangzhou and Ningbo municipalities. 2) Compared with other cities in the Yangtze River Delta,the comprehensive index of talent concentration in Shaoxing is lower than the average level, with the economic development prospects and urban cultural and educational environmental factors’ influential effect on talent concentration being lower than average, and slightly higher than average when it comes to income status factors. Currently, the concentration of talents in Shaoxing Municipality is under the pressure of both regional location and economic momentum. According to the results of the study, suggestions form four aspects to improve the concentration of urban talents in Shaoxing were put forward, namely, diversity in routes, integration of industry, science and education, optimization of living environment, and protection of talent income.

China’s Peasants as ‘Second-Class Citizen’: Perspective from Political Citizenship

Lee, Dongjin | 2020, 27(1) | pp.281~315 | number of Cited : 1

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The Development Cooperation of ROK in ASEAN Region with the View of Post-Development Theory through the Research Trend Analysis

Yeon, Kyungsim | 2020, 27(1) | pp.317~347 | number of Cited : 0

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A Exploratory Research of Economic Effects on Wellness Tourism Industry in Korea: Exogenous Specified Input-Output Model

Shin, Mi Young , Na Ju Mong | 2020, 27(1) | pp.349~378 | number of Cited : 11

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the impacts of the sub-industries of wellness tourism on the national economy and to analyze the effects of medical services, personal services and tourism services. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of Wells Tourism on the national economic impact by comparing the economic effects between industries. In this study, wellness tourism is defined as a fusion of medical service and individual service, tourism service through similar concept survey, and the detailed composition industry of each service is defined. The analysis is based on the Korean Input-Output Table, which is based on the demand driven model and the industry linkage effect. As a result, the production inducing effect was 0.5508 won for medical industry, 0.9268 won for personal service, 0.7738 won for tourism industry, and 0.6861 won for wellness tourism. The add-value inducing effect was 0.2171 won for medical industry, 0.3137 won for personal service, 0.2512 won for tourism industry, and 0.2224 won for wellness tourism. The medical and personal service industries are analyzed as the raw industrial of final demand, and the tourism and wellness tourism industries as the raw indistrial of intermediate demand. The private service industry is expected to generate more production and value-added inducing effect than medical and tourism industries and to find a way to link up with the personal service industry when setting up the development of wellness tourism. The economic ripple effects of wellness tourism will increase when the tourism industry is linked with the medical and personal service industry contents that can induce domestic production and attract consumers. In order to increase the localization rate of the medical industry and the personal service industry, R&D and technology development support measures should be prepared.

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2020, Vol.27, No.1