Preface _Jeanyoung Lee
Introduction: Exploring Modern Korea through Identity and Public Diplomacy

1. Foundations of Modern Korean Politics

- Political Thought in Early Modern Korea: Growth of Reformist Political Thought under the Governance of Neo-Confucian Ideology _Jungho Kim
- Modern Korean Politics and Diplomacy: Chaos and Search for New Opportunities _Jungho Kim
- Parliamentary Politics in South Korea _Junyoung Choi
- Electoral Politics in South Korea _Junyoung Choi
- Korea’s Democratization and Democracy _Sangtu Ko
- Politics and Industrialization in Korea _Seongyong Park

2. Korea’s Relations with Neighboring Countries

- The Impact of Comfort Women and Forced Laborers on Korea-Japan Relations _Seokwon Song
- Korea’s Cultural Diplomacy and the Korean wave (Hallyu) in China _Youngduk Jang
- China in Korea, Korea in China _Youngduk Jang
- Politics and Society of North Korea _Sanghee Park
- Korean Unification and International Society _Sangtu Ko

3. Korea’s Emerging Role in Global Affairs

- Korea and International Relations _Euikon Kim
- Korea and Public Diplomay _Jeanyoung Lee
- Citizenship and Nationhood in Korea _Chulwoo Lee
- Korea’s Practice on Refugee Protection: Focusing on Refugee Act and Relevant Court Cases _Seryon Lee, Seokwoo Lee, Angela Semee Kim
- Korea and International Development Cooperation _Suweon Kim
- Korean cinema: a view from Russia _Rimma Tangalycheva

4. Identity, Multiculturalism, and Social Change in Korea

- Korean Society and Identity _Seongjin Kim
- International Migration and the Evolution of Korean Society _Hyekyung Lee
- Korean-Chinese Residing in Korea _Jeanyoung Lee
- Formation and development of the CIS-Korean society in Korea _Dongki Sung
- Reading Korean Culture through Korean Dance I: From the Origin to K-POP _Mina Yang
- Reading Korean Culture through Korean Dance II: The Globalization of Korean Dance _Mina Yang

5. Global Koreans: Cultural Narratives and Community Formation

- Korea and Overseas Koreans _Jeanyoung Lee
- Understanding Koreans in Japan _Seokwon Song
- Understanding Korean Americans: Historical Context, Present Dynamics, and Toward a Global Korean Diaspora _Claire Seungeun Lee
- Formation and development of the Korean society in the former Soviet Union _Dongki Sung
- Korean diaspora literature and identity _Haiying Li
- Korean Culture and Diaspora Representation Through Food and Tradition _Changzoo Song