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Speaker presents on society
and policies of South Korea
Professor Hyuk-Rae Kim
discussed the influence of
non-governmental groups
BY BRTITNIMCCLENAHAN
NEWS REPORTER
Professor of Korean Studies
Hyuk-Rae Kim talked to students
and community members in a
speech titled “Shifting Power: From
State-centric to Negotiated Gover
nance in South Korea,” which ad
dressed many of the issues facing
South Korea as it transitions to a ne
gotiated governance during an era
of rapid change and globalization.
“I want you to see the speed of
change that South Korea has experi
enced in the past 30 to 40 years,”
Kim said during the speech in
the Knight Library Thursday after
noon. “After the Korean War and
Japanese occupation, social change
in South Korea dramatically acceler
ated industrialization.”
Kim visited the University from
the Graduate School of International
Studies at Yonsei University in
Seoul, South Korea. He specializes
in economic and social governance,
civil society and methodology in
South Korea.
Covering a wide range of topics,
including the changes experienced
in South Korea’s demographics,
economy and society over the past
40 years, Kim said that a hotly
debated issue in South Korea is how
to make a smooth transition to a
civil society.
“Can we apply the concept of civ
il society — a concept developed in
the west — to South Korea?” Kim
said. “Civil society as a concept is
problematic. If we want to use the
Nicole Barker | Photographer
Hyuk-Rae Kim speaks in the Knight Library Browsing Room on Thursday afternoon.
Kim, a Korean studies professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at
Yonsei University, gave a speech titled “Shifting Power: From State Centric to
Negotiated Governance in South Korea.”
concept of civil society, we need to
put it in into the context of capital
ism. There’s a hot debate over
whether or not (South Korea) had
capitalism in the 1800s. If we did,
it’s easy to say that the concept
of civil society can be applied to
South Korea.”
Kim’s lecture addressed Non-Gov
ernmental Organizations as a new
development in South Korea in terms
of their impacts and social roles.
The NGOs in South Korea cover all
aspects of social life and political ac
tivities. NGOs that address the envi
ronment, economic justice, human
rights, legal advocacy, women's is
sues, education and school reform
and consumerism are the most active.
Kim said that the rise of NGOs and
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