This article draws on the public testimonies of North Koreans living in South Korea (t’albungmin) and analyzes the role that these narratives play in South Korean society as mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. North and South Korea technically remain at war, with South Korea claiming sovereignty over the entire Korean peninsula. While t’albungmin are eligible for South Korean citizenship, they describe feeling excluded from full social membership. Although some t’albungmin seek anonymity, this paper considers those who gain social status by speaking publicly about their lives and denouncing the North Korean regime. In so doing, they distance themselves from North Korea and align themselves with the “good” discourse of human rights. Howev...
North Korean defectors are considered citizens of South Korea under the South Korean Constitution, w...
This paper provides a historical overview of the shifting identity politics of the South Korean stat...
In recent years, asylum tribunals in the West have normally concluded that North Korean asylum seeke...
This article draws on the public testimonies of North Koreans living in South Korea (t’albungmin) an...
This paper analyses the intersection of government policy and social status in a forced migration co...
This thesis uses the narratives of North Koreans living in South Korea (t'albungmin) to understand h...
The South Korean citizenship status of North Korean escapees has long been a source of confusion out...
Since at least 2013, Western courts judging refugee cases have accepted that North Koreans are, with...
This article looks into how media representations of North Korean defectors reproduce the images of ...
The number of North Korean secondary migrants from South Korea has grown markedly in the last ten ye...
This essay poses the question of whether North Korean escapees have a right to enter and reside in S...
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.Includes bibliographical references.In this dissertation, I...
This thesis is a study of stigma, identity and consumption among North Korean defectors living an ur...
This paper investigates how the political socialisation of North Korean defectors (NKDs) in North &n...
This dissertation investigates the complexities of citizenship and belongingness in South Korea, par...
North Korean defectors are considered citizens of South Korea under the South Korean Constitution, w...
This paper provides a historical overview of the shifting identity politics of the South Korean stat...
In recent years, asylum tribunals in the West have normally concluded that North Korean asylum seeke...
This article draws on the public testimonies of North Koreans living in South Korea (t’albungmin) an...
This paper analyses the intersection of government policy and social status in a forced migration co...
This thesis uses the narratives of North Koreans living in South Korea (t'albungmin) to understand h...
The South Korean citizenship status of North Korean escapees has long been a source of confusion out...
Since at least 2013, Western courts judging refugee cases have accepted that North Koreans are, with...
This article looks into how media representations of North Korean defectors reproduce the images of ...
The number of North Korean secondary migrants from South Korea has grown markedly in the last ten ye...
This essay poses the question of whether North Korean escapees have a right to enter and reside in S...
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2012.Includes bibliographical references.In this dissertation, I...
This thesis is a study of stigma, identity and consumption among North Korean defectors living an ur...
This paper investigates how the political socialisation of North Korean defectors (NKDs) in North &n...
This dissertation investigates the complexities of citizenship and belongingness in South Korea, par...
North Korean defectors are considered citizens of South Korea under the South Korean Constitution, w...
This paper provides a historical overview of the shifting identity politics of the South Korean stat...
In recent years, asylum tribunals in the West have normally concluded that North Korean asylum seeke...