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Reworking the frame: analysis of current discourses on North Korea and a case study of North Korean labour in Dandong, China
Author(s) -
Kim Christina H.,
Kang Juwon
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asia pacific viewpoint
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.571
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1467-8373
pISSN - 1360-7456
DOI - 10.1111/apv.12107
Subject(s) - china , east asia , frame (networking) , gender studies , history , geography , political science , sociology , archaeology , engineering , telecommunications
North Korea remains a place of obscurity, mystery and even of imminent threat in popular imagination of East Asia and America. In this article, we explore existing representations of and discourses around North Korea and argue for a different framework to consider how North Korea is a critical participant in the contemporary world. Drawing on our respective fieldwork in Dandong, China, throughout 2006 to 2014, the article suggests a new way of thinking about issues surrounding North Korea.