Journal articles: 'Industrial relations – Korea (South)'

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CHOO, Jaewoo. "South Korea in 2013." East Asian Policy 06, no. 01 (January 2014): 110–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793930514000117.

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In 2013 South Korea elected Asia's first female president. President Park Geunhye enjoyed high approval rating of 60% on average, possibly due to her diplomatic success with the United States and China and her firm North Korean policy. Unemployment trended downwards and South Korea's Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea reopened amid controversies. Relations with the North are however likely to worsen with mounting speculation of Pyongyang's possible fourth nuclear test.

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Lee, Jeong Taik. "Labor politics and industrial relations in South Korea." Journal of East and West Studies 17, no. 2 (September 1988): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12265088808422787.

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Pugacheva, O. S. "Inter-Korean Relations: Factors and Prospects." Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 14, no. 1 (January 28, 2021): 151–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-1-8.

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The relations between South Korea and North Korea were improved in 2018 on the basis of the Sunshine policy ideational platform and the inter-Korean agreements reached between the two countries under the progressive administrations of Kim Dae-jung in 2000 and Roh Moohyun in 2007. However, inter-Korean relations had been at a lull since the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi in February 2019 despite the intentions of the parties to develop diverse forms of cooperation. After that, the month of June saw a severe deterioration in the Inter-Korean relations. The aim of this article is to analyze the inter-Korean relations and the North Korean policies of the South Korean governments from 1998 to 2020 as well as explain the reasons behind Seoul’s inability to make progress in dialogue with Pyongyang. South Korea’s prioritizing of its ties with the United States as well as its increased dependence on the United States were the main reason behind the stagnation of inter-Korean relations. Under the international regime of sanctions against the DPRK, Moon Jae-In has failed to put the Sunshine policy into practice, for instance, re-open Kaesong Industrial Complex and Mount Kumgang tourism zone. The fact that inter-Korean economic cooperation was actually still linked to the denuclearization of the DPRK also had a negative impact on the prospects for maintaining the positive dynamics of inter-Korean relations. The exacerbation of inter-Korean relations in June 2020 showed that in the absence of practical inter-Korean cooperation and with the continuing deadlock in the US-North Korean negotiations on the nuclear issue, Pyongyang is not interested in normalizing relations with Seoul and it can concentrate on relations with the United States. At the same time, the intensifying confrontation between China and the United States in the Asia-Pacific region is not conducive to a political settlement of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and it can potentially lead to an aggravation of inter-Korean relations.

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Kang, Dongsuk, Pil-sun Heo, and Duk Hee Lee. "Global trade of South Korea in competitive products and their impact on regional dependence." PLOS ONE 17, no. 5 (May 4, 2022): e0267695. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267695.

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The economic growth of a nation under the competition among countries can result from the interaction of the diversity and complexity of product export and import relations on the globe. This research aims to evaluate the competitiveness of South Korea’s trading products and its partner countries’ dependency by implementing a product and partner-based analysis. This research raises questions about the transactional positions of products and trading partners based on the diversification of import-export relations of South Korea. This study utilizes the matrix of products and trading partners from the Korean product export and import data from 1995 to 2015. The research analyzes Korea’s product competitiveness and dependency of trading countries on Korea using the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and a nonlinear iterative method (NIM). The study finds that the products of several manufacturing industries showed a large production scale. From the global perspective, the trade dependency on Korea was high in Asia and in Africa and South America where the portion of underdeveloped or developing countries is relatively large. This research suggests that Korea may face difficulties of continuing growth if it maintains or intensifies its trade relation pattern under the environment of rapidly changing technology and economy. Therefore, diversification and mutual complementarity could be important for the export of promising products and industrial development policy.

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Adu Amoah, Lloyd G., and Kwasi Asante. "Ghana-Korea Economic Relations – The Record after 40 Years and the Future." African and Asian Studies 18, no. 1-2 (March 7, 2019): 6–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341414.

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Abstract Over the last sixty years the economic and industrial fortunes of Ghana and Korea have proved worryingly divergent. Though Ghana and South Korea had comparatively similar GDP per capita in the 1960s, South Korea in 20171 ($29,742.839) has been able to attain a GDP per capita that is about ten times that of Ghana ($1,641.487). This work critically examines the economic relationship between Ghana and South Korea in the last forty years. It focuses on the economic miracle of South Korea and the lessons for developing countries like Ghana. The article utilizes economic, historical and policy data drawn from primary and secondary sources in an attempt to examine the economic relations between the two countries thus far and prescribe ways in which Ghana can benefit far more than ever before from her economic co-operation with Korea. The paper argues that for Ghana to benefit from its economic relations with South Korea the ideational example of this East Asian state in constructing a developmental state (DS) is critical. Flowing from this, it is recommended that this West African nation becomes more diligent and innovative in her economic relations with Korea as a matter of strategic necessity in pursuit of Ghana’s long held industrialization dream.

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Kim, Dong-one, and Seongsu Kim. "Globalization, Financial Crisis, and Industrial Relations: The Case of South Korea." Industrial Relations 42, no. 3 (July 2003): 341–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-232x.00295.

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Kim, Nam Hyeon, James A. Wall, Dong-Won Sohn, and Jay S. Kim. "Community and Industrial Mediation in South Korea." Journal of Conflict Resolution 37, no. 2 (June 1993): 361–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022002793037002006.

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Paik, Won K., and Russell Mardon. "Industrial Policies and Economic Performances of South Korea." Pacific Focus 6, no. 1 (February 13, 2008): 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1976-5118.1991.tb00081.x.

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Lim, Sijeong. "Financial structures, firms, and the welfare states in South Korea and Singapore." Business and Politics 17, no. 2 (August 2015): 327–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1369525800001662.

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South Korea and Singapore display distinctive patterns of social provision. The Singaporean welfare state has served as the primary provider of social infrastructure and services, whereas the South Korean welfare state has developed its primary role in supporting income maintenance. These differences are not well accounted for in the existing literature, which focuses on similarities between the two regimes. This paper shows that deep institutional legacies in the two countries’ respective financial structures powerfully shaped their unique social policy instruments. In South Korea, where financial openness was low and firms relied on relationship-based financing, the corresponding long-term perspectives on production and employment encouraged the private provision of welfare-related infrastructure and services. In Singapore, where firms have relied heavily on arm's length financing, the corresponding flexible investment and employment perspectives encouraged the utilization of private income maintenance arrangements. Each country's government prioritized the mode of social provision that the firms were less willing to engage in. These findings suggest that financial liberalization may be an important determinant of welfare regimes in developing countries.

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O’Donnell, Michael. "Book Review: Employment Relations and HRM in South Korea." Journal of Industrial Relations 47, no. 2 (June 2005): 243–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0022185605047002009.

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Oh, Jinuk, and Junsu Park. "An integrative review of SHRM research in South Korea: current status and future directions." Employee Relations: The International Journal 43, no. 1 (August 3, 2020): 155–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/er-09-2019-0365.

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to determine the current status of strategic human resource management (SHRM) research in the context of Korea as well as to provide specific recommendations for future research.Design/methodology/approachAn integrative literature review was performed to aggregate a body of studies in the Korean context. In total, 39 articles were carefully selected for inclusion in the present review.FindingsThe review demonstrated that prior studies conducted in Korea have examined whether the established relationship between strategic human resource (HR) practices and organizational outcomes has cross-national validity in Korean contexts, the extent to which the established relationship is moderated by contextual factors, as well as whether a combination of strategic HR practices and the congruence of HR practices with other organizational factors affect organizational outcomes. In addition, the review revealed four unique methodological characteristics of Korea-based studies, namely, the extensive use of self-reported questionnaires, personnel in managerial positions serving as the main sources of primary data, secondary data collected by Korean government research bodies being actively dealt with and an awareness of the necessity of a longitudinal design for causal research.Originality/valueThe present review makes an important contribution to the study of SHRM in general and the strategic human resources management model in Korea in particular. It is clear that more research is required, although it is encouraging to note the quality of prior research concerning Korean contexts and the specific mechanisms by which strategic HR practices influence organizational outcomes. Finally, there is a clear need for future research that explicitly considers employees' perceptions of strategic HR practices and specific contextual factors in Korea, and further, that utilizes more rigorous and diverse research methods to investigate the effectiveness of strategic HR practices in Korea.

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Lee, Yong-Shik. "A Note on Economic Development in North Korea: Call for a Comprehensive Approach." Law and Development Review 12, no. 1 (January 28, 2019): 247–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ldr-2018-0057.

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Abstract North Korea is currently one of the most impoverished countries with a history of famine, but the country has a significant potential for economic development that could lift its population from poverty. Neighbored by some of the largest and most advanced economies in the world (South Korea, Japan, and China) and endowed with abundant mineral resources, industrial experience, and a history of successful economic development in the past, North Korea can embark on the path to rapid economic development, as its southern counterpart (South Korea) did so successfully since the 1960s. Yet, the successful economic development of North Korea requires a comprehensive approach, including obtaining a fund for development; normalizing relations with the West and the neighboring countries; improving its human rights conditions; prioritizing key industrial development; and reforming its political-economic system. This note discusses the comprehensive approach necessary for the successful economic development of North Korea.

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TSAI, CHUNG-MIN. "The Political Economy of Restructuring the Electricity Sector in South Korea." Issues & Studies 52, no. 01 (March 2016): 1650004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1013251116500041.

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South Korea launched electricity reform in the 1990s but had continued to struggle with instituting an effective free market. In order to bolster economic growth, the development of the electricity industry has long been a fundamental issue for the state. The case in Korea is distinctive because it is part of a large-scale privatization project as the political regime had just shifted to democracy. The state spun off and corporatized the state-owned power enterprise with very limited privatization. The Korean government has chosen to control the power companies as the largest shareholder. Nonetheless, the reform process was suspended in 2004 without encountering major problems. This has created a major puzzle for analysts: why did the reform result in this outcome? I argue that as a politically driven reform project, power reform in Korea was destined to fail. The economic and social responses elicited by reform implementation all contributed to the failure of the power reform. This paper describes the dynamics of Korea’s electricity reform and details the industrial restructuring during the reform. It examines the political logic of the reform and how it shaped the power industry and in turn led to a stalled agenda. The paper concludes with a discussion of the broader implications for the roles of the state, industrial policy, and state-business relations.

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Lee, Joohee. "Micro-Corporatism in South Korea: A Comparative Analysis of Enterprise-Level Industrial Relations." Economic and Industrial Democracy 19, no. 3 (August 1998): 443–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831x98193004.

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Keller, William W., and Louis W. Pauly. "Crisis and Adaptation in East Asian Innovation Systems: The Case of the Semiconductor Industry in Taiwan and South Korea." Business and Politics 2, no. 3 (November 2000): 327–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2202/1469-3569.1014.

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In recent decades, both South Korea and Taiwan have made remarkable leaps in the development and production of semiconductors-the core element in burgeoning global telecommunications, computer, and computer equipment industries. Although many aspects of their sectoral industrial strategies have differed, both countries are now moving aggressively to adapt their semiconductor industries to turbulent global markets. In the wake of the severe regional financial crisis that began in 1997, this case study compares and contrasts continuing processes of adaptation among primary semiconductor manufacturers in the two countries. The crisis had observable effects, especially in Korea, but it was not deep enough to force fundamental adjustments in either country. In the early days of the industry in both places, a sense of vulnerability-the need to come from behind-gave rise to quite different corporate structures and attendant strategies. Remarkable differences persist in the ways in which the South Korean and Taiwanese semiconductor firms are seeking new advantages in rapidly changing regional and global markets. Strategic change and structural continuity mark the attempt of two relatively small countries to stay competitive in a key industry.

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Chen, Min Hui. "Services in global value chains – the cases of Taiwan and Korea." Journal of Korea Trade 22, no. 4 (December 3, 2018): 364–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkt-12-2017-0101.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the value added of exports of services, which increasingly involve intermediate inputs to manufacturing and are indirectly embodied in intermediate and finished good exports to the global market earned by Taiwan and South Korea. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the World Input-Output Database to examine and compare the competitiveness of service industry between Taiwan and South Korea in China from 1995 to 2011. The author measures the value added of export in two ways: value added in trade (VAiT) and trade in value added (TiVA). Findings The proportion of domestic (intermediate and final demand) VAiT was created by Taiwanese and South Korean exports to China. The services amount share of value added embodied in Taiwanese electrical and optical equipment (ELE) exports to China increased gradually (38.0–45.7 percent) from 1996 to 2011, that was more than that of South Korea (26.7–23.3 percent). Taiwanese financial and business (F&B) service contributed to Taiwanese ELE production exported to China. In service sectors, the proportion of VAiT of Taiwanese F&B service embodied in ELE exports to China increased annually (9.8–11.5 percent), that was similar to that of South Korea (12.2–11.3 percent). Thus, F&B sector played an increasingly important role in service sectors. Taiwanese F&B promotes the ELE export to China with higher efficiency than South Korea does. Originality/value Over the past two decades, the development of information technology and the growth of international specialization and fragmentation of production processes have brought about a global value chains (GVCs) phenomenon in services, which has already been taking place in manufacturing for a long time. Intangible value added of services increasingly involved intermediate inputs from manufacturing and were indirectly embodied in intermediate and finished goods exported to the global market. The focus of this paper is to analyze how the service industry participates in the development of the GVC, with emphasis on the export of ELE production to China in the bilateral trade of Taiwan and Korea with China. In addition to the value-added components, the exports of F&B intermediate products to China have been increasing year by year, and Taiwanese is higher than South Korean. In the bilateral trade between Taiwan or Korea and China, for ELE production exported to China, double counted part of intermediate products is increasing year by year. In terms of the value added of the double counting of F&B exports to China, Taiwan is higher (PDC, 31.23–17.26 percent) than South Korea. (PDC, 8.7–15.12 percent). South Korea and China are not as closely related as Taiwan and China.

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Han, Chonghee, Jiho Jang, and Sunhyuk Kim. "Social dialogue and industrial relations in South Korea: Has the tripartite commission been successful?" Asia Pacific Viewpoint 51, no. 3 (November 29, 2010): 288–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8373.2010.01432.x.

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Song, Joon-heon. "Finding beneficiaries: trade adjustment assistance system in South Korea." Journal of International Trade Law and Policy 16, no. 2 (June 19, 2017): 92–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jitlp-03-2017-0010.

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the essential cause for the policy failure of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) in South Korea. Design/methodology/approach To substantiate the claims made for the failure of the policy, this paper focuses on the differences in policy preferences among the government ministries and agencies involved in TAA. Findings The failure in the TAA policy, according to this study, was attributed to the conflicts and miscoordination arising from the differences in policy preferences among government ministries and agencies. To rectify this failure, the South Korean government had to revise its laws and regulations several times over a short period. Originality/value Drawing on the analytical framework of the literature on policy failure, this paper examines the causal relationships between outcomes of TAA policy and the conflicts or miscoordination among government bodies at each stage: initiatives and planning, implementation and operation of the policy.

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CHIANG, Min-Hua. "China’s Economic Relations with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan Sustained by Persistent Technological Gaps." East Asian Policy 11, no. 02 (April 2019): 13–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793930519000138.

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Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are China’s leading sources of imports, a result of China’s efforts to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to develop its high-technology industry in the 1990s and beyond. Foreign firms in China have relied on importing key components and capital equipment from their home countries. Despite its industrial upgrading in recent years, China continues to run an increasingly large trade deficit with the three economies due to its lack of key technology.

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Uttam, Jitendra. "Beyond Neo-liberalism: Analyzing the ‘Post-Developmental State’ in South Korea." International Studies 56, no. 4 (September 6, 2019): 236–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020881719868344.

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After painful reform and restructuring of post-1997 financial crisis, many scholars equated South Korea’s ‘post-developmental state’ with neo-liberal state. However, in doing so, they ignored South Korea’s lasting legacy of interventionist ‘developmental state’ that led nation’s miraculous transformation from a poor agrarian society to a prosperous industrial economy. This article stresses that South Korea indeed tried to adopt some of the policy prescriptions suggested by neo-liberal ideas but moving beyond the dictates of neo-liberalism it also strengthened state capacity to augment non-market mechanisms. The article argues that South Korea’s post-developmental state moved into two non-market spheres; First, by tilting towards becoming a ‘techno-scientific state’ and second, it attempted to reimaging South Korea by leaning to develop into a ‘Brand state’. Both non-market initiatives moved South Korea ‘beyond neo-liberalism’ and invoked its ‘statist developmental’ past guided by Keynesian economics. South Korea’s reach to incorporate market and non-market dictates has invited terms such as ‘liberal developmentalism’, a hybrid system where state used its enhanced capacity to improve the efficiency of market system.

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Kang, Hyungsu, and Hyunmin Daniel Zoh. "Classifying Regional and Industrial Characteristics of GHG Emissions in South Korea." Energies 15, no. 20 (October 20, 2022): 7777. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15207777.

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South Korea officially committed to reducing 40% of its total carbon emissions by 2030, but the country has a carbon-dependent economic structure based on the manufacturing industry. Additionally, the industrial structure of each region in South Korea is heterogeneous. In this regard, policymakers should analyze the carbon emission condition at a regional level because abatement aspects are heterogeneous by urban spatial production. However, although various studies have developed a methodology to evaluate the GHG emission condition, these studies failed to consider the fundamental aspect of regional heterogeneity. In this regard, this study suggests a quantitative method to assess the potential of the carbon neutrality of regions and industries by using both shift-share analysis and the Log Mean Divisia Index method. Shift share analysis is used to quantify the relation between the industry and regional characteristics, and the Log Mean Divisia Index method can decompose each effect for economic growth and technological progress. By combining these two methods, this study suggests four classifications to evaluate regional and industrial characteristics of GHG emissions and analyze each region’s emission status in terms of the mining and manufacturing industry in South Korea.

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Ye, Min. "Policy Learning or Diffusion: How China Opened to Foreign Direct Investment." Journal of East Asian Studies 9, no. 3 (December 2009): 399–432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s159824080000672x.

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When China embarked on economic reform in the late 1970s, its leaders aspired to learn from Japan's developmental policies that were restrictive of foreign capital. In the 1990s, China strove again to emulate Japan and South Korea in restricting foreign direct investment and promoting indigenous corporations. Despite these efforts, China's industrial catch-up was in fact led by FDI, in sharp contrast to the classic Japanese/Korean paradigm where FDI was strictly circumvented. Why was China unsuccessful in learning restrictive FDI policies? How did a new developmental path emerge in China? The answer lies in China's strong networks with diaspora communities. Through a diffusion mechanism, ties between local governments and diaspora capital helped initiate and catalyze China's FDI liberalization, despite the central efforts to learn from Japan and South Korea. Two critical reform episodes are examined: (1) the establishment of special economic zones and (2) the reform of state-owned enterprises.

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Lee, Joohee. "Between Fragmentation and Centralization: South Korean Industrial Relations in Transition." British Journal of Industrial Relations 49, no. 4 (August 24, 2011): 767–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00876.x.

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Chaponniere, J. R. "Industrial Development in Singapore and South Korea: A Challenge to Development Economics?" Contemporary Southeast Asia 7, no. 2 (September 1985): 127–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/cs7-2e.

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Nam, Chang-Hee. "Industrial Clientage in Democratic Reform: A New Model for State-Big Business Relations in South Korea." Pacific Focus 9, no. 1 (February 13, 2008): 153–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1976-5118.1994.tb00171.x.

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Minns, John. "The Labour Movement in South Korea." Labour History, no. 81 (2001): 175. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/27516810.

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Lee, Sophia Seung-Yoon, and Yuhwi Kim. "Female outsiders in South Korea’s dual labour market: Challenges of equal pay for work of equal value." Journal of Industrial Relations 62, no. 4 (July 6, 2020): 651–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185620931138.

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South Korea has a persistent gender pay gap despite its ratification of the Equal Remuneration Convention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO 100) and regulatory commitments to equal pay. This article identifies the extent to which the South Korean gendered dual labour market structure, notably the marked and gendered division between regular and irregular work, presents barriers to gender pay equality, and specifically to the implementation of equal pay principles. A layered examination of employment data, narrowing from aggregate statistics to occupations within two sub-industry groups, is used to examine how pay differences between women and men in work that is similar in content and educational requirements arise from their mode of employment, whether they are employed as regular or irregular workers. These structural divisions in the South Korean labour market are underpinned by a divided wage-setting system within which irregular workers are mostly excluded from benefits such as wage increases arising from seniority, and objective assessments of work value are lacking. In combination, these features help to explain why the principle of equal pay for equal work is breached and why limited progress has been made in meeting the requirements of equal pay for work of equal value.

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Ji, Minsun. "Revolution or Reform? Union-Worker Cooperative Relations in the United States and Korea." Labor Studies Journal 41, no. 4 (September 21, 2016): 355–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160449x16665218.

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This paper examines to what extent union-cooperative partnerships might revitalize labor movements and identifies important factors shaping the nature of union-cooperative partnerships. The premise is that the level of strong or weak class consciousness is an important factor in shaping the nature of union-cooperative relations. Using a case study of Denver’s immigrant taxi union cooperative in the United States and a bus drivers’ union cooperative in South Korea, the paper argues that union-coop partnerships built with strong class-conscious organizing (as in Korea) bring more transformational energy to the labor movement than union-coop partnerships in the “business unionism” model, as in the United States.

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Yülek, Murat A., Kwon Hyung Lee, Jungsuk Kim, and Donghyun Park. "State Capacity and the Role of Industrial Policy in Automobile Industry: a Comparative Analysis of Turkey and South Korea." Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 20, no. 2 (January 7, 2020): 307–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10842-019-00327-y.

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Whang, Unjung. "Exports and job creation in South Korea: industry-level analysis." Journal of Korea Trade 23, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 2–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkt-05-2018-0042.

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Purpose The Korean manufacturing sector has undergone structural changes in a transition from labor- to capital-intensive industries. These changes seem to be relevant to the weakening of the export effect on employment that began in 1990. In light of the importance of exports in the Korean labor market, the purpose of this paper is to shed light on the primary reasons why export growth does not lead to sufficient job creation as it did in the past. Design/methodology/approach The authors first use the growth accounting approach to show that the weakening of the linkage between exports and employment is closely related to the composition of export products, which has changed toward being more labor-saving. An empirical analysis (i.e. first difference A-B generalized method of moments estimator) on the employment effect of exports confirms that as the capital-intensity of exports increases employment effect decreases. Findings The main findings of the study can be summarized as follows. First, the reduction in the export effect on exports is highly correlated with changes in the composition of export products. Second, an increase in exports leads to an increase in manufacturing jobs, and the export elasticity of employment decreases as capital-intensity increases. Third, the export elasticity of employment tends to be higher when the export proportion of SMEs’ products is larger. Originality/value Despite the many literatures on the link between exports and employment, there is no consensus on this topic. However, it is generally agreed that the employment effect of exports has been considerably weakened, compared to that of the past, at least in Korea. Nevertheless, few studies attempt to address why this trend has occurred. In this paper, we focus on the structural factors that are the major cause of the weakening of the virtuous cycle between exports and employment. This allows us to provide valuable information to policy makers who are concerned with developing export policies that are related to effective job creation.

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Kwak, Yoon Kyung, and Ming Sheng Wang. "Exclusion or Inclusion: National Differential Regulations of Migrant Workers’ Employment, Social Protection, and Migrations Policies on Im/Mobilities in East Asia-Examples of South Korea and Taiwan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 23 (December 5, 2022): 16270. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192316270.

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Low fertility rates and an aging society, growing long-term care needs, and workforce shortages in professional, industrial, and care sectors are emerging issues in South Korea and Taiwan. Both governments have pursued economic/industrial growth as productive welfare capitalism and enacted preferred selective migration policies to recruit white-collar migrant workers (MWs) as mobile elites, but they have also adopted regulations and limitations on blue-collar MWs through unfree labor relations, precarious employment, and temporary legal status to provide supplemental labor. In order to demonstrate how multiple policy regulations from a national level affect MWs’ precarity of labor in their receiving countries, which in turn affect MWs’ im/mobilities, this article presents the growing trends of transnational MWs, regardless of them being high- or low-skilled MWs, and it evaluates four dimensions of labor migration policies—MWs’ working and employment conditions, social protection, union rights and political participation, and access to permanent residency in both countries. We found that the rights and working conditions of low-skilled MWs in Korea and Taiwan are improving slowly, but still lag behind those of high-skilled MWs which also affects their public health and well-being. The significant difference identified here is that MWs in Taiwan can organize labor unions, which is strictly prohibited in Korea; pension protection also differs between the nations. Additionally, an application for permanent residency is easier for high-skilled migrant workers compared with low-skilled MWs and both the Korean and Taiwanese immigration policies differentiate the entry and resident status for low-skilled and professional MWs from dissimilar class backgrounds. Policy recommendations for both countries are also discussed.

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Yülek, Murat A., Kwon Hyung Lee, Jungsuk Kim, and Donghyun Park. "Correction to: State Capacity and the Role of Industrial Policy in Automobile Industry: a Comparative Analysis of Turkey and South Korea." Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 20, no. 2 (January 27, 2020): 333. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10842-020-00333-5.

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Banerjee, Sourav, Ashish Kumar Singh, and Sudha Reddy Puppalla. "The Role of the Legal Structure in the Development of South Asian Tigers." Management and Labour Studies 30, no. 1 (February 2005): 51–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0258042x0503000103.

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There are many factors which contribute to the development of an economy. Some of them are geographical location, availability of natural resources, and availability of skilled workforce. Economic growth and social development are also affected by the legal procedures and mechanisms through which norms are enforced and interpreted by the court system and alternative dispute resolution mechanism. This paper intends to bring into light the legal aspects of the South Asian Tigers, which have aided the development of these countries. The four countries that have been studied are Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and Singapore. The reason for choosing these countries is that they have witnessed immense development in the near past and hence make an interesting subject for study. The amount of development these countries have witnessed can be made out from their human developmental figures over the past few decades. The emphasis is placed on the industrial relations aspect and hence the labour laws of these countries have been referred to. The legal provisions relating to industrial relations from these four countries have been analyzed and commonalities, which contributed to development, have been identified.

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Lee, Jae-Boong, Su-Han Woo, Jeong Seok Song, Byeongchan Seong, and Keun-Sik Park. "Diversification effect of ship investment funds in South Korea." Journal of Korea Trade 23, no. 1 (March 4, 2019): 62–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkt-06-2018-0051.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the diversification effect of the Korean Ship Investment Fund (KSF) under Markowitz portfolio theory by analyzing short-term and long-term relationships with stocks and bonds. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, unit root, correlation and cointegration tests are performed. Monthly data from 2004 to 2015 for stocks, bonds and KSFs are obtained for this study. Findings The correlation coefficients indicate that KSFs are uncorrelated with stocks and negatively correlated with bonds, and no long-term equilibrium relationships exist with all three variables by the Johansen and Engle-Granger cointegration tests. Research limitations/implications This paper makes contribution to the literature as follows: first, whereas the previous literature investigated diversification effect of ship investment using freight indices or freight rates which are not able to represent returns from ship investment, this study is the first study to use actual stock prices of the KSFs to the authors’ best knowledge; and second, diversification effect of ship investment represented by KSFs is empirically verified in the both short term and long term. Practical implications Policy-makers and managers of shipping companies can have sound ground that the KSFs are alternative and attractive assets to investors. It is also shown that the KSFs have potential to improve risk and return structure of investors on their own regardless of existence of incentives. Therefore, decisions of policy-makers can be made free from expectations for stronger incentives provided by the government. In addition, those countries that do not have such a ship investment platform may consider introducing a similar ship investment fund in order to revitalize the capital markets of the country. Originality/value This study holds its significance in investigating diversification properties of the KSFs for the first time in Korea since the KSFs were introduced.

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Lambert, Rob, and Edward Webster. "Searching for Security: Case Studies of the Impact of Work Restructuring on Households in South Korea, South Africa and Australia." Journal of Industrial Relations 52, no. 5 (November 2010): 595–611. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185610381672.

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The reconfiguration of the employment relationship — through the growing intensification, informalization and casualization of work, downsizing and retrenchments — impacts directly on workers’ households and the communities within which they are embedded. To understand these responses, we need to rethink the way we study the changing employment relationship. Employment relations should not only analyse the workplace: we need to research workers in the totality of their lives. To comprehend these processes we surveyed and interviewed workers in the workplace and in their households and communities. Through following workers into their homes and communities in South Africa, Australia and South Korea, the differential impact of the global restructuring of one industry, the white goods industry, on the non-working life of working people emerged. Two types of responses were identified: on the one hand, a retreat from, or an adaptation to, rapid market liberalization; on the other, mobilization to challenge the market. All three research sites evidenced innovative attempts at the local level to search for security. However, these responses lacked an overall vision of alternative possibilities to the realities of the free market paradigm of globalization.

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Pudovkina, O., and S. Sharokhina. "Digital Platform of Industrial Cooperation – Innovative Direction of Regional Industry Development." SHS Web of Conferences 71 (2019): 04016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/20197104016.

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The authors consider the role of the digital economy in Russia and some related processes. The aim of the study was to develop recommendations for the formation of a digital platform for the industrial cooperation. It is obvious that Russia is not a leader by the index of business digitalization (the leading countries are Finland, South Korea, and Netherlands). The authors make a conclusion about the feasibility of using a digital platform for industrial cooperation, which allows linking resources and consumers of products and services in a single information space. They also consider the creation of a regional subcontracting centre as the organizational model focused on the cooperative relations formation for production chains of large, small, and medium business, as well as on the stimulation of innovations through technology transfer, promotion opportunities for products of industrial enterprises on regional markets.

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Bramble, Tom, and Neal Ollett. "Corporatism as a Process of Working-class Containment and Roll-back: The Recent Experiences of South Africa and South Korea." Journal of Industrial Relations 49, no. 4 (September 2007): 569–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185607080324.

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Chen, Lurong. "Globalisation and trade liberalisation in supporting GVCs upgrade." Journal of Korea Trade 21, no. 2 (June 5, 2017): 161–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkt-12-2016-0054.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to get more insight about the importance of globalisation and regional integration for global value chains (GVCs) upgrade and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach It uses South Korea as an illustrative example of pursuing sustained economic growth via economic globalisation and moving up the value chains. It provides answers to two questions. First, how did South Korea manage to achieve economic growth via moving up the value chains? Second, what are the governmental efforts on globalisation and trade liberalisation that have contributed to this success? Findings Among other factors, its success can be seen as a result of a combination of domestic development strategy and policies and its efforts to create a “development-friendly” global and regional circumstance via strengthening the economic ties with main powers, expanding the free trade agreements network, and deepening integration into Factory Asia. It is of South Korea’s interest to push forward the progress of regional integration. Originality/value Many countries have successfully got rid of poverty by participating international production sharing, but only few of them have managed to move further and eventually upgrade to be an advance economy. This case study of South Korea gives us more insight about the importance of globalisation and trade liberalisation in supporting GVCs upgrade.

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Doumenge, François. "Les relations extérieures de l’halieutique japonaise." Études internationales 18, no. 1 (April 12, 2005): 153–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/702131ar.

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Japan's distant seafishing industry provides opportunities for supergains, y et it still remains dependent on the internal market. Its activities which are directed by the State, and implemented by the large industrial and commercial enterprises, are part of the whole evolution of the traditional corporations of the Kumiai. A study of the political, technical, and economical conjuncture and balance of power at the international level show three important periods. 1904-1941 : The imperialistic policy of the military-industrial complex supports the operations of the large enterprises. Between 1933 and 1940, Japan has several hundreds of fishing plants along the coasts of the Russian Far East; factory vessels are used for the canning of salmon and crabs in the Sea of Okhostk and the Behring Sea, and for whaling in the Antarctic and North Pacific ; industrial trawling is carried on along the coasts of the Asian continent while numerous enterprises are set up in Indo-Malaysia for coastal tuna fishing. 1948-1973 : Within the framework of the reconstruction of its economy, Japan at first resumes the same campaigns as those of the pre-War period; to these are added drifting long line fishing of tuna in the intertropical grounds and a powerful industrial trawling in North Pacific. By 1960, these activities are curtailed due to regulations imposed by USSR, USA, and the International Whaling Commission for stock protection. And then there are new competitors (Taiwan, South Korea). A general fail off after 1965 is partly compensated by the industrial trawling in the Behring Sea. 1974-1986: Significant geopolitical and economic changes force Japan to define and to redeploy its foreign fisheries. Pressured by waterside States, Japan gradually withdraws from traditional fishing grounds and endeavours to find new resources in waters which have remained international so as to maintain a balance with its internal market (tuna drifting long lines and seiners, squid fishery). New technology and profits from the internal market allow the industrial armaments to keep their competitive edge. The State strongly supports this sector through its diplomacy and the provision of funds for research and redeployment and by planning the integration of the distant fishing industry within the economical and social development of the traditional fishing cells of the Archipelago.

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Kwon, Seung-Ho, and Michael O'Donnell. "Repression and Struggle: the State, the Chaebol and Independent Trade Unions in South Korea." Journal of Industrial Relations 41, no. 2 (June 1999): 272–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002218569904100204.

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Yang, Kyunguk, and Yeon Joo Chae. "Organizing the young precariat in South Korea: A case study of the Youth Community Union." Journal of Industrial Relations 62, no. 1 (December 4, 2019): 58–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022185619868269.

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With the neoliberal turn, young people constitute a large part of the insecure class of workers, or the precariat. Given the transient nature of their employment, members of the young precariat face structural barriers that hinder their efforts to organize themselves into trade unions. In this article, the three key barriers to their organizing efforts are identified as underdeveloped common identities, scarce material resources, and inability to utilize conventional trade union resistance methods. Drawing upon social movement theory, this study explores the extent to which the Youth Community Union in South Korea has successfully handled these barriers to represent young, temporary workers.

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Zhang, Baohui. "Resource Centralization and Industrial Policies: State Capacity in Structural Adjustment in South Korea and China." Asian Affairs: An American Review 25, no. 3 (January 1998): 165–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00927679809601451.

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Doppler, Rainer. "The Relation between Economic Development and International Trade: A Comparative Analysis of East Asian and Southeast Asian Economies." Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies 7, no. 1 (December 1, 2015): 67–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vjeas-2015-0003.

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Abstract The impressive economic development of East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, like China, Japan, South Korea, or Singapore, is often described as the ‘Asian economic miracle’. The transition from a less developed economy to an industrialised country and successful integration into the global economy within a relatively short period of time are characteristics of the economic development process. Academic research is dominated by a general agreement on the causal relationship between economic development and international trade. The research goal of this paper is to analyse the impact of the level of economic development on the degree of international trade in the economies of China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. The applied research model does not follow the traditional research mainstream but rather introduces relative shares of GDP-related industrial output and of manufactures exports by adopting national as well as international perspectives instead. Descriptive trend analysis, correlation analysis and regression analysis are conducted in order to test the hypotheses. The results do not support conventional academic wisdom. A statistically reasonable causality between the level of economic development, in terms of relative industrial output, and the degree of international trade, in terms of relative industrial exports, could not be confirmed.

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Sayaseng, Saysi. "Evidence of effective financial crisis management from South Korea: An example for other regions." Society and Economy 42, no. 1 (March 2020): 21–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/204.2020.00002.

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AbstractEvidence from the global financial crisis (2007–2008) and the Asian financial crisis (1997) have taught policymakers valuable lessons. The contagious effects of these crises have proven unavoidable and have led to negative economic development. However, South Korea, unlike other countries, has recovered remarkably from both episodes of financial turmoil and proved their ability to maintain positive growth throughout the two periods. This study investigates the correlation between the evolution of South Korean banking and corporate sector before, during and after these crises. A VAR model was employed to test the effectiveness of the South Korean government's policies, in response to the financial crisis from 1997 to 2017, using macroeconomic variables as proxies for newly introduced policies, and non-performing loans for controlled risks. The empirical results indicate impulse response functions which suggest that changes in macroeconomic variables as a representation for the policies resulted in a reduction of non-performing loans. This implies successful risk reduction and an overall economic recovery.

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Yang, Chang-Gyu, Silvana Trimi, and Sang-Gun Lee. "Effects of telecom service providers’ strategic investments on business performance." Industrial Management & Data Systems 116, no. 5 (June 13, 2016): 960–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imds-08-2015-0350.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the structure of strategic investments and the effect of each investment category on business performance in two leading information and communication technology (ICT) countries, the USA and South Korea. Design/methodology/approach – This is a longitudinal comparative study of the relationship between strategic investments and organizational performance of major telecommunication service providers (TSPs) in the two leading ICT countries, the USA and South Korea. Findings – The study found that a sufficient amount of strategic investments in technological innovations is the driving force for TSPs’ business performance. However, strategic investment structures differ among TSPs, depending on their market position, whether the first mover in the market or a follower, and on their country’s market characteristics. Moreover, even though both countries’ TSP markets are oligopolistic in nature, the market is more saturated in Korea and thus competition appears to be fiercer there than in the USA. The stronger oligopolistic market in Korea has lead TSPs to compete primarily on their marketing strategies, while TSPs in the USA do so based on technological innovation. Originality/value – The findings of the study shed new insights that can help both TSPs in developing their competitive strategies and government policy makers in assuring healthy competitive telecommunication markets in their countries.

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Kim, Hyun-jin, Chul-Kyoo Kim, Hae-Jin Lee, and Hae-Kyung Chung. "FEMALE PEASANTS AND THE ALTERNATIVE AGRI-FOOD MOVEMENT IN SOUTH KOREA: AGROECOLOGY AND THE KOREAN WOMEN PEASANT ASSOCIATION MOVEMENT." Journal of Asian Rural Studies 3, no. 2 (July 11, 2019): 158. http://dx.doi.org/10.20956/jars.v3i2.1906.

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This paper examines the current state and socio-ecological implications of the alternative agri-food movement organized by the Korean Women Peasant Association (KWPA) in South Korea. In the process of rapid industrial development, South Korean farm sector has suffered from serious environmental problems, depopulation, and poverty. Food production itself has become mostly industrialized using abundant amount of chemical input. This, along with mass consumption system relying on large supermarkets, has led to an unsustainable food system. In this situation, there has been a rise of alternative agri-food movement by the KWPA. We have focused on the influence of agroecology in the KWPA’s activities, which might bring about a more sustainable food system. Under the dominant paradigm of agro-industrialism, farm production inevitably depends on outside resources. This de-contextualizes and disconnects farming from local ecosystems and social relations. Agroecology has emerged in recent years as an alternative paradigm, which can reconnect farming, nature, and society. We have analyzed the KWPA’s programs, such as the indigenous seed preservation movement (ISPM) and Sisters’ Garden Plot (SGP). We have found that agroecology plays an important role in the KWPA’s programs, which involve sharing indigenous farm knowledge; preserving and finding indigenous seeds; and providing seasonal, local, and organic food to the public. These activities have also led to the empowerment of female peasants. These as a whole could be important social resource for a transition to a more sustainable food system.

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Park, Sang Chul. "The city of brain in South Korea: Daedeok Science Town." International Journal of Technology Management 28, no. 3/4/5/6 (2004): 602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2004.005311.

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Sukhanov, I. A. "The impact of COVID-19 on the economy and international economic relations of the Republic of Korea." POWER AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST OF RUSSIA 97, no. 4 (2021): 173–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/1818-4049-2021-97-4-173-179.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted global trade in goods and services and has exposed weaknesses in the existing structures for international interaction within the global value chains in the Asia-Pacific region, including the United States of America, Japan and the Republic of Korea. The dependence of these economies on the People's Republic of China negatively affected the production processes of the largest industrial companies. To minimize the existing risks, countries are actively participating in and developing free trade agreements, which helps to diversify the geography of participants in global value chains and sales markets. The Government of the Republic of Korea has demonstrated its ability to effectively combat the COVID-19 pandemic by implementing its own strategy of preventive measures and economic stimulus measures. In addition, two new foreign economic initiatives were launched: the New Southern Policy and the New Northern Policy, which could be based on existing and new free trade agreements. Active involvement in global value chains and participation in free trade agreements allowed the Republic of Korea to increase its competitive advantages in the world market and develop its economic potential. The diversification of trading partners under free trade agreements had a positive impact on the country's economic performance during the pandemic and helped to minimize the negative impact of disruptions in foreign trade. The Russian Federation has the opportunity to integrate into new foreign economic trends in South Korea, and there are opportunities to increase the volume of mutual trade between the countries. One of the ways to achieve this goal may be the signing of a bilateral agreement of a free trade zone between the Republic of Korea and the Eurasian Economic Union.

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Kleiner, Morris M., and Young‐Myon Lee. "Works Councils and Unionization: Lessons from South Korea." Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 36, no. 1 (January 1997): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/0019-8676.381997001.

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Kian Wie, Thee. "IX. Industrialisation in India and Indonesia." Itinerario 13, no. 1 (March 1989): 133–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0165115300004204.

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About ten years ago Deepak Nayyar, an Indian economist, lamented on the sluggishness of industrial growth in India, which at the time had persisted for more than ten years, since the rate of industrial growth dropped sharply from an average annual rate of 7.7% during the period 1951–1965 to an average rate of only 3.6% during the decade 1965–1975. Seven years later, at a conference on industrialisation in East and Southeast Asia held at the Australian National University, Canberra, Professor Deepak Lai, a distinguished Indian economist teaching at University College, London, and a consultant to the World Bank, expressed a similar disappointment, describing the absolute level of industrialisation in India as well its contribution to per capita growth as disappointing, even dismal compared with the rapid industrial growth of the four East Asian newly-industrialising countries (NICs), namely South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

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