Controversies in Contemporary Korea

3 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course examines four contemporary controversies in Korea (South and North) in order to provide a broad understanding of the very recent history of the birthplace of the "Korean Wave" and the "Miracle of the Han River": (1) comfort women, Japanese history textbook controversy, and Dokdo; (2) globalization, economic growth, and the Korean Wave (Hallyu); (3) North Korea and the Axis of Evil; (4) education fever in South Korea.