The locality of Jeju as an annexational space

The Korean Association of Space and Environment Research, 2016

Journal of architecture,planning and environmental engineering, 2016

The purpose of the study is to select the villages which were planned and established in the Ryukyu Islands during the early modern period and to clarify the spatial composition of the villages by classifying the configuration based on the conditions of topographic location.Villages planned and established during the early modern period will be selected from the preceding studies and literatures. The landscape of the prewar villages will be reproduced and analyzed, and the spatial configuration of the villages will be classified with the locations selected based on the characteristics and configuration. The spatial composition of each village will then be clarified by analyzing the characteristics of the villages classified.

남명학연구 (Nammyonghak Studies), 2019

This study examines the characteristics of Record of a Journey to Japan (扶桑紀行, Pusang kihaeng) written during the 1719 embassy and the perception of Japan by its author, Chŏng Hukyo. Chŏng was recognized as a prominent poet among Noron literati such as Kim Chang-hŭp and Sin Chŏng-ha during the reign of King Sukjong. As a soldier of the 1719 mission to vice envoy Hwang Sŏn, he was responsible for exchanging poetry with the Japanese along with the embassy’s clerks and secretaries. Joining the mission to Japan was a form of leisure for him, and this is apparent from how his emissary record focuses on detailed such sightseeing experiences rather than on information. The record mainly focuses on sensory descriptions of scenery and unique sights as well as recreating the exchange of diaries and poetry in written conversations with Japanese literati. In particular, it is noteworthy for its vivid descriptions of diverse experiences such as whale hunting and sites of poetry exchange not found in other emissary records. Moreover, Chŏng’s perception of Japan can be analyzed from three aspects. The first of these is approval of Japan’s legal system and national strength. The second is a sensitive reappraisal of Japanese character and customs from a sympathetic viewpoint. The third is a new understanding of Japan’s civilization through an adaptation of the discourse of Sino-barbarian dichotomy (華夷論, hwa-yi-ron). The last is particularly interesting in its adaptation, or roundabout modifying, of the premises of an existing concept among Chosŏn intellectuals to produce a new understanding. The above investigation of Record of a Journey to Japan demonstrates several important points for analysis in research on emissary records. A comparison with records from the same or different time periods will broaden the scope of the study.

The Comments on the Korean Classical Texts, 2020

This paper analyzes Yang Ju-dong(1903~1977)’s research on the Korean classical poetry, focusing on its contexts of the ‘Korean Parnassus’ group in the late Japanese colonial period of Korea, from the late 1930s to the early 1940s. At the time of the second Sino-Japanese war, writers of “Munjang”, a popular coterie magazine founded in 1939, tried to ‘invent’ the language and literature of Joseon(Korea). Yang Ju-dong’s research on the Korean classical poetry, particularly interested in lexicology of ancient Korean language and literature, were related to such tendency of Munjang and its writers at that time. Concerning the discourse of ‘Korean classical literature’, Yang ju-dong conceived double boundaries of the Korean classical literature, the diachronic ‘past’ and the spatial ‘Korea=Orient.’ By fusing these concepts of time and space, he organized a singular ‘function’ of space-time of the Korean literature, that the Korean classical literature was valuable because it came from the past(classical antiquity), which meant it preserved Korean=Oriental aesthetics very well. These imagined boundaries and their function relied on two inventions. The first was the invention of the continuity of Korean language, from the language of Silla dynasty to the modern Korean. The second was the invention of the genealogical extension of Korean language toward Manchurian or Mongolian, based on the hypothesis of ‘Ural-Altaic language family.’ It seems that Yang ju-dong’s research internalized, to a certain degree, the logic of Japanese Imperialism, especially on its Orientalism or direction of ‘post/anti-westernization.’ To quote Homi Bhabha’s words, however, the invention of Yang ju-dong’s research can be analyzed as ‘resistance,’ because it interpellated Joseon(Korea), which was completely eliminated, into the Japanese imperialistic initiative of ‘Greater East Asia’, and therefore, implied “the signs of cultural difference and reimplicate them within the ‘deferential relations’ of colonial power.”

Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea, 2015

The set of three stone drums remaining at the front garden of Westin Chosun Hotel was one of the monuments planned in the early of 1900s to commemorate King Kojong's 40th anniversary on the throne. While the drum work fell behind due to budgetary constraints, a ceremonial structure called Seokgojeon(石鼓殿) was built in 1903 for the purpose of housing the upcoming drums which were completed in 1909. In 1935, those stone drums and Seokgojeon were forced to be apart from each other by Japanese colonial government : while the drums were moved to Hwangudan(圜丘壇) area adjacently, Seokgojeon was dismantled and relocated in Japanese temple honoring the first residency-general, Ito Hirobumi(伊藤博文) on the northeast part of Namsan. This building has been known to stay intact after the Korean War and be demolished due to the construction of Yeongbingwan(迎賓館) in the early 1960s, which belongs to The Shilla Hotel presently. We examined well-known records quoted in the preceding researches and discovered several documents and photographs from National Archives of Korea to find out that Seokgojeon was relocated once again to Changkyeongwon(昌慶苑) in 1965-1966, and survived until 1983. Through this research, the architectural value of original Seokgojeon and the significance of its structural modification with reinforced concrete during the latest relocation are revealed.

Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea, 2020

There is an increasing need to foster new industries at the local level. This study aims to analyze the spatial patterns of new industries in Korea from 2007-2017 and to figure out its determinants of agglomeration in 2017. Through this study, it is found that new industries are unevenly distributed around Seoul Metropolitan Area(SMA). The regional disparity between SMA and non-SMA is prominent. Furthermore, new industries represent a strong spatial positive autocorrelation, showing a strong concentration on a few regions in Korea. This study explores the determinants on agglomeration of new industries with spatial statistical model. From the results of spatial error model, it is indicated that the number of graduate students, the ratio of technology based start-ups, and the number of elementary, middle, and high schools have a significant effect on new industries. In addition, the specialization and the diversity of industrial structure on knowledge-based manufacturing industries and knowledge-based service industries have been statistically significant. This study provides implications that non-SMA needs policies with respect to attracting talented people, developing human resources, and improving regional environment in order to improve regional competitiveness in promoting new industries.

New & Renewable Energy

Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 2020

In 2010, the three cities of Masan, Changwon and Jinhae consolidated into the city of Changwon, a metropolitan city with a population of more than one million. The study aims to consider whether the consolidation effects of these three cities have been realized, focusing on urban growth and balanced regional development, which were suggested as major effects at the time of consolidation. An analysis of the gross regional domestic product, employment and population growth shows that the consolidation effects of these three cities have not been realized much at this point, which has been 10 years since the consolidation. Residents' negative perception of the living condition in the city of Changwon has also been expanding since the consolidation. The results of this study suggest that the reorganization of administrative areas focused on size expansion-oriented consolidation from the perspective such as economies of scale or increasing efficiency needs to be reconsidered.

Dae'sun sa'sang nonchong, 2023

한민족어문학 (Hanminjok Emunhak), 2022

This research approaches the elegies (哀悼詩) of Yongjae Yi Haeng, en route to reading his classical Chinese poetry. There are 101 verses under 63 titles of elegies in Yongjaejip; most of these poems are mansi (挽詩; condolatory poetry), and are entitled “∼ mansa (挽詞; condolatory words)” or “gok (哭; mourning) ∼”. First, main texts of the elegies are categorized and probed in three. First are the poems that deal with bitter deaths during sahwa (士禍; the purge of literati); a sense of strong resentment on the unfair deaths that makes one question the Heaven’s way flows throughout these works. The expressions seek to emphasize the noble nature of the dead, or accurately describe the experiences during sahwa. Second are the poems that feature praise on the dead’s contributions written after Chungjong’s Restoration to Righteous Governance. Here, the writer displays an official attitude-stressing what kind of loss one‘s death brought to the king and the country, and to the people and the literati. Also, in elegies written for an acquaintance about their family member, Yi Haeng lauds the virtue of the passed and the prosperity of the family. Third are the poems about distinguished features and memories of personal connections. These poems are especially valuable in their authenticity and originality. Next, the aim of Yi Haeng‘s elegies are discussed in two aspects, with the first being the expressions of personal grief—which is especially visible on elegies about his friends. Yi Haeng expressed his sorrows through lamenting his loneliness after all his friends have left. Second is the emphasis on the good fortune and the achievements of the family’s trade. He consoles the passed by saying that their descendants would benefit from their virtues, and that an outstanding heir would assume the family’s trade. While this corresponds to the universal view on life and death based on Confucian values, Yi Haeng actively uses it to overcome the sense of meaninglessness in his elegies. This idea adds a temperate and peaceful aesthetic to his elegies. The unique historical situation called Kapchasahwa (The Kapcha[1504] Purge of Literati) endowed Yi Haeng‘s elegies with distinctive trait, setting them apart from the authors of different periods. The sense of loss and loneliness from losing mates is a sentiment that pierces through his literature in general; further discussions are warranted on what meaning the accomplishments of Yi Haeng’s elegies have on the history of literature in early Chosŏn. Special attention should be paid in deliberating how the real life context of sahwa is related to the literature and consciousness of the people of then.