The Korean War had no official ending and has continued in a form of Cold since 1953, the year cease-fire agreement was signed, yet, during past five decades, it appears to have faded from South memory. Anti-communism became national ideology post-war Korea. For country that endeavoring establish identity differs communist North Korea, establishment an anti-communist state inevitable. However, ...

Korean vivax malaria had been prevalent for longtime throughout the country with low endemicity. As a result of the Korean war (1950-1953), malaria became epidemic. In 1959-1969 when the National Malaria Eradication Service (NMES) was implemented, malaria rates declined, with low endemicity in the south-west and south plain areas and high endemic foci in north Kyongsangbuk-do (province) and nor...

The Asiatic black bear is one of the most endangered mammals in South Korea owing to population declines resulting from human exploitation and habitat fragmentation. To restore the black bear population in South Korea, 27 bear cubs from North Korea and Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) were imported and released into Jirisan National Park, a reservoir of the largest wild population in South Kor...

Many Korean women living in North America interact with the health care system for a variety of reasons. Frequently, lack of understanding regarding cultural health practices results in misunderstandings and the provision of care that may be culturally inappropriate. The purpose of this critical ethnographic study is to examine how menopause is experienced by a sample of Korean-Canadian women. ...

A review of studies on the adaptation problems of North Korean defectors in South Korean society and studies of people's adaptation to political and cultural changes in other countries suggests that similar adaptation problems may occur in the process of and after unification. Defectors have various adaptation problems and some of them have psychiatric disorders such as depression and post-trau...

OBJECTIVE The current study investigated the burnout and secondary traumatic stress of service providers for North Korean (NK) refugees based on the conceptual framework of theJob Demands-Resources (JD-R) model of workplace burnout. METHODS A cross-sectional self-administered survey was conducted with a national sample consisting of all 63 organizations in direct services to North Korean refu...

BACKGROUND Nowadays, application of nuclear technology in different industries has largely expanded worldwide. Proportionately, the risk of nuclear incidents and the resulting injuries have, therefore, increased in recent years. Preparedness is an important part of the crisis management cycle; therefore efficient preplanning seems crucial to any crisis management plan. Equipped with facilities ...

in recent years, we have witnessed the developments in the middle east region including changes in the political arena of iraq , participation crisis in lebanese cabinet, internal disputes of palestine and nuclear issue of the i.r. of iran . given regional rivalries between saudi arabia and the i.r. of iran , the mention developments led to divergence and tensions in foreign relation saudi arab...

Study conducts a qualitative analysis of the objectives, forms, current trends, and characteristics North Korean cyber terror attacks suggests way to ensure further progress towards successful international policy response. Despite capricious changes that have recently occurred within political atmosphere, Korea continues constitute threat stability through its ongoing advancement nuclear weapo...