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Number 1 / August 2008
Activities
Congress, seminars and courses
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Scholarships, positions, exchanges and papers
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Received Publications
Educational Fever. Society, politics, and the pursuit of schooling in South Korea. View + info
China: X-ray of a power in ascent.
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Sexual Violence and feminism in Korea.
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Sitings: Critical Approaches to Korean Geography.
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News of the region
The United States will not remove North Korea from list of terrorism
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Japan announces progress in its negotiations with North Korea
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Meat from the of the United States arrived at Korea after suspension of 4 years and 7 months
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Tourism to North Korean mount Geumgang suspended, and South Korean employees return
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Korea will firmly defend sovereignty over the Dokdo islands
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Commercial relationship between Buenos Aires Provincial government and South Korea remains strong
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Editorial
The Korea Argentina Center team believes in the need to coordinate existing resources as a means of strengthening interchanges, develop new areas of common interest and, above all, create a new look into Asia from a Latin American perspective. With these objectives, this Newsletter was conceived, to disseminate productions of the various centres and universities in the region working on Korean Studies and East Asia.
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Analysis and Opinion

Risk society and reflexive modernization in Korea

By Han, Sang-Jin

Korean politics were recently shocked by the peaceful marches that took place nation wide against the import of U.S. beef. The citizens ability to peacefully demonstrate against what they considered a risk, owes much to the communication revolution via the Internet news and mobile phones.
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South Korea: A overview of the rush to free trade

By José Luis León-Manríquez

Fearing that South Korea may became a kind of "international orphan" if it did not sign as many FTAs as their neighbours, both entrepreneurs and bureaucrats of the country began to look for potential partners, in order to establish these trade agreements.
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Cultural narratives and historical conflicts: about perceptions of Dokdo.

By Carolina Mera

The issues of security and stability in Northeast Asia also have to consider situations such as the disputes over the Dokdo islands, which could cause unexpected disturbances in the present context.
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China after the 2008 Beijing Olympics: the party must go on

By Mara Lisa Arizaga

The image promoted by the Chinese State of a harmonious and stable China, which was number one concern of the Communist Party towards the Olympic Games of 2008, has its setback in the much feared possibility of a control and stability loss.
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