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Pacific Focus

Subject Areas: Political Science and International Relations;
Publisher: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company - Wiley
ISSN: 1225-4657
SJR: 12

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A Korean Picture Bride as an Immigrant Women Entrepreneur: Gender, Mobility, and Hawaii's Lodging Businesses

Bae, Jin Suk

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12248

This article aims to analyze the autobiographical records left by Chun Yun‐hee, who came to Hawaii in 1915 as a Korean picture bride, through the lenses of gender, family, labor, and entrepreneurship. First, this article examines the motivations and causes for her transcountry mobility during...
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Presenting Soviet Korean Identity in a Multicultural Society: Activities of Korean Kolkhoz Politotdel's Ensemble Cheongchun in Uzbekistan during the 1970s and 1980s

Yang, Mina

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12246

This study explores the overview of Soviet Koreans' performing arts activities in Uzbekistan, with a particular focus on the activities of the Soviet Korean kolkhoz Politotdel's ensemble Cheongchun during the 1970s and 1980s. It aims to clarify the roles and implications of the ensemble in a...
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The Excavation of the Remains of Soldiers Killed in the Korean War: Implications and International Cooperation

Yun, Jiwon

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12244

The main purpose of this article is to explore the significance of the objectives by focusing on activity theory, as well as the legal and institutional establishment of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification (MAKRI), the subject of the Korean War remains...
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A Study on the Correlation Between Sanctions and Humanitarian Situation: Did Sanctions Lead to the Crisis in North Korea?

Moon, Kyungyon; Kang, Woochul; Choi, Dong Ju; Yoon, Seolwha

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12242

This study analyzes the correlation between the severe sanctions imposed by the international community against North Korea and its humanitarian situation. First, it was possible to assume that severe sanctions on North Korea since 2013 caused a decrease in input factors necessary for food...
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Editor's Note: Ethnicity, Migration, and Governance in Korea

Lee, Jean Young

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12250
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Korea's Practice on Refugee Protection: Focusing on the Refugee Act and Relevant Court Cases

Lee, Seryon; Lee, Seokwoo; Kim, Angela Semee

2024 Pacific Focus

doi:10.1111/pafo.12245

The Republic of Korea became the first country in East Asia to enact its own refugee law, which has been in force since 2013. While the enactment of the new Refugee Act provided a critical momentum for Korea's refugee policy to shift from mere immigration control to a more human rights–based...

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