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Working Papers

[Ph.D. Dissertation] Domestic Consensus and Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Japan-South Korea Relations: An Analysis of GSOMIA and Comfort Women Cases 2010-2020


How can we explain the volatile policy changes between Japan and South Korea regarding security and historical issues? Why is security and historical agreement possible at one time, but not at the other time? Conventional theories such as constructivist and neoclassical realists cannot adequately explain the sudden and unexpected foreign policy changes between Japan and South Korea, so the author argues that scholars should look at the domestic consensus-making process to analyze the volatility of foreign policy in Japan and South Korea. By looking at the congruence or divergence perception between the state and domestic actors on issues between Japan and South Korea in the 2010s, particularly case of GSOMIA and Comfort Women, the author tries to find out why the state implements the foreign policy in a certain way and time and whether the policy was made in the responsive to the certain domestic actor.

Media and Korea-Japan Relations: When and Why do Korean Media Perceive Japan Less Critically?

Discover when and why conservative and liberal Korean newspapers perceive Japan less critically. Examine the discourse of Chosun Ilbo and Hankyoreh Shinmun, the most circulated conservative and liberal newspapers, from 1990 to 2016.

The analysis of the political participation of female local politicians from Gunma Prefecture over 25 years

A study on the activities of female local politicians from Gunma Prefecture in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Gunma Women's Policy Council.

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Publication

[Co-author paper] “A Comparative Study on Administration of Dokdo in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Shimane Prefecture.” Journal of the Korean Society of Cadastre 37 (2) 2021: 87-101.

 

[M.A. Dissertation] “How is Kantei Diplomacy Back?: Comparison of Kantei-led Security Policy Making Process between Koizumi and Abe” Seoul National University. 2017.

 

[Online Report] “Finding the Korean’s Image of Japan.” in Young Sarangbang Members Embrace Kyushu 3: Walking 500 Years from Tradition to Modern. East Asia Institute. 2017.

 

[Seminar Paper] “Study on Characteristic and Cause of Public Perception between Japan and Korea in Second Abe Administration” Public Opinion and Diplomacy seminar at the University of Tokyo. 2015

 

[Co-translator] “How is Dokdo Issue Discussed in Japan?” Seoul National University Institute for Japanese Studies Reading Japan Series 18. 2015.

 

[Co-author paper] “A Study on the Issues of Dokdo Sovereignty Claimed by Japan in terms of Cadastral.” Journal of the Korean Society of Cadastre 31 (3) 2015: 63-77.

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Presentations

      
     
       Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)                                                                                                                                                  2021

       The Bridge Lab, Jackson School of University of Washington                                                                                                              2021
       International Studies Association (ISA)                                                                                                                                                                   2021, 2024
       Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)                                                                                                                                 2018
       Digital Scholarship for East Asia Studies Coffee Hour session, University of Washington                                          2020
                                                  

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