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Author : Roy E. Appleman
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1989-07
Category : History
ISBN : 160344128X
Explains how the Chinese Army drove MacArthur and the U.N. forces out of North Korea, and tells why the Chinese decided to intervene.
Author : Yong-kyun Kim,Hong-Gyoo Sohn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789811047893
This book scrutinizes the entire disaster trajectory history in the Republic of Korea: evolution, cross-over, and interconnection among natural, technological, and social disasters. Also examined is the government’s dynamic reaction for effective disaster responses in the wake of major disasters, labelled as focusing events, distributed in the long tail of the power law function. Collating one nation’s entire disaster history, its disaster management policies, and its responses to major disasters is a unique journey into that nation’s evolution. Korea rose from devastation in the 1950s to become one of the most economically and politically dynamic nations by the turn of the century. However, with rapid growth has come all types of disasters. Looking at the lessons learned from Korea’s disaster risk management measures, policies, and responses, as well as some of the world’s major disasters, we can gain insight into the future of disaster risk management.This book is intended to lay out developing nations’ potential future disaster risk management path, a theoretical policymaking guide, and desirable institutional and organizational transformations. Effective countermeasures included in this book will guide policymakers, capacity builders, and academics in developing nations to avoid the disaster path in the near future at the cost of rapid economic growth that Korea faced.
Author : Jae-Jung Suh,Mikyoung Kim
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9811350272
Focusing on the sinking of the Sewol, a commercial ferry which capsized off the South Korean coast in April 2014, this book considers key issues of disaster, governance, civil society and the ideational transformation of human agents and their empowerment. Providing a lens through which to re-examine South Korean institutions, laws and practices, the volume examines the impact of the Sewol incident and what it reveals about the fault lines of South Korean society and governance. It addresses the repercussions of South Korea’s turn to a liberal democracy and neoliberal economy and reflects on the multilayered implications of the disaster in respect to the potential human costs of the country’s state-driven development policy and high stress modernisation. The book also highlights the relevance of the Korean experience for other societies on a similar developmental trajectories and facing similar challenges.
Author : Jae-Jung Suh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Development economics
ISBN : 9811040249
Focusing on the sinking of the Sewol, a commercial ferry which capsized off the South Korean coast in April 2014, this book considers key issues of disaster, governance, civil society and the ideational transformation of human agents and their empowerment. Providing a lens through which to re-examine South Korean institutions, laws and practices, the volume examines the impact of the Sewol incident and what it reveals about the fault lines of South Korean society and governance. It addresses the repercussions of South Korea's turn to a liberal democracy and neoliberal economy and reflects on the multilayered implications of the disaster in respect to the potential human costs of the country's state-driven development policy and high stress modernisation. The book also highlights the relevance of the Korean experience for other societies on a similar developmental trajectories and facing similar challenges.
Author : Dmitry Verkhoturov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1980914265
The disaster of MV Sewol which sank on April 16, 2014 near Jindo, Republic of Korea, was the most painful event for Korean society on the last decade. The shipwreck caused death of 304 passengers. , I opened my own investigation of the MV Sewol disaster. Instead of lack of evidences and documents, however, this case step by step had been furnished with some very interesting details. This disaster is not simple.
Author : Wook-Joong Kim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Disaster relief
ISBN : UIUC:30112024660398
Author : Yun Ko-Eun
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781640094161
This stunning “dystopian feminist eco-thriller” from an award-winning South Korean author “takes on climate change, sexual assault, greed, and dark tourism” (Ms. Magazine). Welcome to the desert island of Mui, where a paid vacation to paradise is nothing short of a disaster in this “mordantly witty novel [that] reads like a highly literary, ultra–incisive thriller” (Refinery29). Jungle is a cutting–edge travel agency specializing in tourism to destinations devastated by disaster and climate change. And until she found herself at the mercy of a predatory colleague, Yona was one of their top representatives. Now on the verge of losing her job, she’s given a proposition: take a paid “vacation” to the desert island of Mui and pose as a tourist to assess the company’s least profitable holiday. When she uncovers a plan to fabricate an extravagant catastrophe, she must choose: prioritize the callous company to whom she’s dedicated her life, or embrace a fresh start in a powerful new position? An eco–thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility, The Disaster Tourist introduces a fresh new voice to the United States that engages with the global dialogue around climate activism, dark tourism, and the #MeToo movement.
Author : Krys Lee
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571276196
A haunting and unforgettable debut spanning the last seventy years of Korean history, including the BBC Short Story Prize shortlisted story 'The Goose Father'. Alternating between the lives of Koreans struggling through seventy years of turbulent, post-World War II history in their homeland and the communities of Korean immigrants grappling with assimilation in the United States, Krys Lee's haunting debut story collection Drifting House weaves together intricate tales of family and love, abandonment and loss on both sides of the Pacific. In the title story, children escaping famine in North Korea are forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to survive. The tales set in America reveal the immigrants' unmoored existence, playing out in cramped apartments and Koreatown strip malls, from the abandoned wife in 'A Temporary Marriage' who enters into a sham marriage to find her kidnapped daughter to the makeshift family in 'At the Edge of the World' which is fractured when a shaman from the old country moves in next door.
Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789292690298
There was a time when the Republic of Korea (ROK) became the second highest in the world for the number of daily confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). But the country was able to quickly suppress the surge and reduce the number of confirmed cases. This report discusses the key factors for the successful response of the ROK to COVID-19 during the early phase of the pandemic. It analyzes how the ROK has performed in terms of comprehensive disaster risk management. The report also discusses lessons that the Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries can learn from the ROK’s COVID-19 response experience.
Author : Gregory Coutaz
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787430945
This book analyzes the diversity of national disaster risk governance across Northeast Asia by comparing the national disaster management plans implemented by the governments of China, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. It also provides an overview of the financial protection measures employed by these jurisdictions to insure against losses.
Author : John Feffer
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1583226036
The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the brink of war with North Korea. Misinterpretations and misunderstandings are fueling the crisis. "There is no country of comparable significance concerning which so many people are ignorant," American anthropologist Cornelius Osgood said of Korea some time ago. This ignorance may soon have fatal consequences. North Korea, South Korea is a short, accessible book about the history and political complexites of the Korean peninsula, one that explores practical alternatives to the current US policy: alternatives that build on the remarkable and historic path of reconciliation that North and South embarked on in the 1990s and that point the way to eventual reunification.
Author : Bruce W. Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:883788308
A North Korean government collapse would have serious consequences in North Korea and beyond. At the very least, a collapse would reduce the already scarce food and essential goods available to the population, in part due to hoarding and increasing costs. This could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Factions emerging after a collapse could plunge the country into civil war that spills over into neighboring countries. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) could be used and even proliferated. This report examines ways of controlling and mitigating the consequences, recognizing that the Republic of Korea (ROK) and its U.S. ally will almost certainly need to intervene militarily in the North, likely seeking Korean unification as the ultimate outcome. But such an intervention requires serious preparation. North Koreans must be convinced that they will be treated well and could actually have better lives after unification. The allies need to prepare to deliver humanitarian aid in the North, stop conflict, demilitarize the North Korean military and security services over time, and secure and eventually eliminate North Korean WMD. Potential Chinese intervention must be addressed, ideally leading to cooperation with ROK and U.S. forces. Plans are needed for liberating North Korean political prisons before the guards execute the prisoners. Property rights need to be addressed. The ROK must sustain its military capabilities despite major reductions in force size due to very low birthrates. And ROK reluctance to broadly address North Korean collapse must be overcome so that plans in these areas can move forward.
Author : Kilkon Ko
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : COVID-19 (Disease)
ISBN : 0367645408
"This book examines the importance of accumulated disaster management experience and the risk awareness of civil society by analyzing Korea's COVID-19 response from the perspective of policy learning. Prior to the spread of COVID-19, Korea was a country with active exchange with China, with over 6 million Chinese visitors and over 5 million Korean visitors to China. Korea also has the highest population density among OECD countries and an urbanization rate exceeding 90%, making it vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases. However, Korea had very low fatality and infection rates among OECD countries, despite foregoing border closures or city lockdowns. Korea is known as a representative example of state-led economic development called the developmental state model. However, Korea's COVID-19 response emphasizes citizen-led efforts, the use of information and communication technology, and successful disease control through cooperation between the government and civil society. The book presents examples that demonstrate the effectiveness of disaster response based on democratic values, by enhancing the capacity of civil society through social interaction resulting from various models such as rational models, heuristics, cooperative governance, policy networks, and complex adaptive systems. Additionally, it argues that the lesson learned from Korea's COVID-19 experience is not that a strong state should control citizens' freedom to increase the effectiveness of disease control, but rather that sharing the awareness of the risk enables voluntary citizen responses and solidarity consciousness of civil society is essential. The book would be a useful reference for anyone interested to learn more of the value of actors in policy networks"--
Author : Hoon Sang Lee,Sang June Kim,Inseok Lee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292690280
This report discusses the key factors for the successful response of the Republic of Korea to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and analyzes the country's performance in terms of comprehensive disaster risk management. There was a time when the ROK became the second highest in the world for the number of daily confirmed COVID-19 cases. But the country was able to quickly suppress the surge and reduce the number of confirmed cases. This report discusses lessons that ADB developing member countries can learn from the ROK's COVID-19 response experience.
Author : Andreas Neef,Natasha Pauli
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839099861
In this volume, contributors look at response, recovery and adaptation to climate-induced disasters, in Asia-Pacific - the world's most disaster-prone region. Chapters examine case studies from Cambodia, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Samoa.