• Author : Doo-Jin Kim,  In hye Heo
• Publication : THE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
• Publisher : The East Asian Association Of International Studies (Eaais)
• Volume : 25(2)
• Date : Abstract: The article aims to reconsider some of the epistemological discourses about “East Asia” that have been prevalent in the Korean academic world since 1990. The origins of the discourse seem to bring much contentious variation, coupled with interdisciplinary study without clarifying theoretical rigorousness. Compared to the modern West, modern East Asia historically has tended to reflect the attribute of transnational nationalism, while they have not recognize the “we-ness” with neighboring states. The development of East Asia discourse comes to capture four academic orientations raised so far in Korean intellectual milieu. The critical examination of Western ideas on ‘international society’ could pave the way for the imagination of the international society of East Asia. In view of the controversial dissonance in East Asia, the recurring narration (épistémè) of East Asian International Society as ‘imagined community’ (by Benedict Anderson) is likely to complement the ‘practice’ (praxis) of East Asia in the long-term.

• Author : Hyun-Jin Cha
• Publication : The Journal of Asiatic Studies
• Publisher : The Korean Criminal Law Association
• Volume : 65(1)
• Date : March, 2022

Abstract: This paper aims to identify the characteristic of candlelight protest participants in 2016-17. This research argues that voter’s voting frequency and patterns of voting choices affect the probability of participating in the 2016-17 candlelight protests. First, the probability of participating in the candlelight protests increases as an individual’s voting frequency becomes higher. This is because protesting and voting are in a complementary relationship and the goals of the candlelight protests deal with the important political issue. Second, a voter type which is classified by an individual’s voting consistency and a supporting party’s political ideology affects the likelihood to participate in the candlelight protest. A voter’s supporting party affects whether or not the voter is motivated to participate in a candlelight protest, and the consistency of voting choices affects how intensive the voter’s motivation for the protest participation will be. Thus, core liberal voters are most likely to participate in the candlelight protest while core conservative voters are the least likely to protest. Swing voters are found in the middle, more likely to participate than core conservative voters would, and less likely to participate than core liberals would. The empirical results confirmed the patterns of voters’ voting choices affect candlelight protest participation in 2016-17. This research tries to connect electoral studies with contentious politics by suggesting voting choices in consecutive elections as the characteristics of the candlelight protestors. In addition, the results show that the candlelight protest participants still reflect the characteristics of partisanship.