Non-traditional security issues in North Korea / [edited by] Kyung-Ae Park.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Park, Kyung-Ae, 1955- editor.

University of Hawaii at Manoa. Center for Korean Studies

Conference Name:

International Conference on Non-Traditional Security Issues in North Korea (2010 : Seoul, Korea)

Series:

Hawaiʻi studies on Korea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human security--Korea (North)--Congresses.

Human security.

Social policy.

Economic policy.

Korea (North)--Economic policy--Congresses.

Korea (North).

Korea (North)--Social policy--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaiʻi, 2013.

Summary:

Available for the first time in English, the ten short stories by modem Korean women collected here touch in one way or another on issues related to gender and kinship politics. All of the protagonists are women who face personal crises or denning moments in their fives as gender-marked beings in a Confucian, patriarchal Korean society. Their personal dreams and values have been compromised by gender expectations or their own illusions about female existence. They are compelled to ask themselves "Who am I?" "Where am I going?" "What are my choices?" Each story bears colorful and compelling testimony to the life of the heroine. Some of the stories celebrate the central character's breakaway from the patriarchal order; others expose sexual inequality and highlight the struggle for personal autonomy and dignity. Still others reveal the abrupt awakening to mid-life crises and the seasoned wisdom that comes with accepting the limits of old age. Book jacket.

Contents:

Rethinking national and human security in North Korea via non-traditional security issues / Jae-Jung Suh

North Korea's energy security: challenges and assistance approaches / David von Hippel and Peter Hayes

Gender security in North Korea / Kyung-Ae Park

Securitizing transnational organized crime and North Korea's non-traditional security / David C. Kang

Building food security in North Korea / W. Randall Ireson

The external dimension of North Korea's food security: securing outside sources of food, fertilizer, and fuel / Mark E. Manyin

The responsibility to protect and its limits in North Korea / Tsuneo Akaha

International legal perspectives on North Korean refugee issues / Shin-wha Lee

The role of nongovernmental organizations in protecting Pyongyang's non-traditional security / Scott Snyder

Toward the enhancement of non-traditional security in North Korea / Brendan Howe.

Notes:

Many chapters are based on papers presented at the International Conference on Non-Traditional Security Issues in North Korea, held in Seoul, July 13-14, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780824837396

0824837398

OCLC:

806521257