EPIK Journals Online Vol. 4 Iss. 01

 

Conflicts Between Classes in Modern Korea: Source for Social Development

 

Author: Eun-Young Park, Cambridge University

 

Abstract:

While conflict is seen as something that challenges traditional norm and stability, it is also a path towards positive change and development needed for the well-being of a society. This paper attempts to study three kinds of conflicts that modern Korean society (after 1945) went through, mainly focusing on how these conflicts brought the development and if the general pattern can be found in the conflicts. This paper also attempts to show how Korean society can utilize ongoing conflicts between classes in order to achieve further development in the future, and how to develop a specific model for Korea.

 

Key Words: Conflict, Modern Korea, Social Development

 

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EPIK Journals Online Vol. 4 Iss. 02  

 

Constrained Cooperation in South Korea’s Nuclear Power Policy and Its Side Effects

 

Author: Sung Yoon Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

 

Introduction:

Since the inauguration of GORI No.1 nuclear power plant (NPP) in 1978, Korean government has been urging cooperation from its people on issues surrounding nuclear power plants. Despite the Chernobyl incident, policies on extension of nuclear power plants in response to the necessity of diversification of energy had been briskly commenced until the late 1980s and the energy supply share of nuclear power exceeded that of coal in 1986 and thereafter. Anti-nuclear movement was not effective under authoritarian government and when the government was vanished, discourse on economic development and energy security filled the vacancy. Areas near NPP where relatively large disapproval was experienced were imposed by acceptability enhancement policy focusing on financial compensation...(Continued)

 

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