Buddha under Control. Buddhism’s Legacy in North Korea

Lévi, Nicolas; Husarski, Roman

doi:10.60018/acasva.ijjd6513

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“…Our findings indicate that effective interventions can be designed by considering the connections between neighbourhood safety, maternal depression and children's behavioural problems within the unique cultural context of South Korea. As mentioned earlier, neighbourhood social connections have been weakened in South Korea due to rapid economic growth and urbanization (Lee, 2021; Levi, 2013). Therefore, community interventions need to target improving the physical environment (e.g., ensuring easy and safe access to neighbourhood amenities) and restoring community cohesion (e.g., promoting meaningful and purposeful social interactions) (Won & Lee, 2020).…”

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“…It is worth noting that Confucian values have played significant roles in Korean culture and society (Park & Cho, 1995), which emphasize a social hierarchy within a community based on age and social class (Hyun, 2001). Conflicts and other problems in neighbourhoods were often previously resolved through strong Confucian traditions and community ties (Levi, 2013). This tradition has declined gradually because of drastic economic growth and urbanization (Park & Cho, 1995).…”

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Linking neighbourhood safety and children's internalizing and externalizing problems: Mediating role of maternal depression

Cho

2023

Child & Family Social Work

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This study examined the relationship among neighbourhood safety, maternal depression and child behaviour problems among Korean children in South Korea. Using the 2019 Panel Study on Korean Children (N = 1127), we found that residing in less safe neighbourhoods was associated with higher levels of internalizing and externalizing problems. Additionally, results from mediation analysis showed that the relationships between neighbourhood safety and internalizing and externalizing problems were significantly mediated by maternal depression in South Korea. These findings suggest that maternal depression may be an important mechanism linking unsafe neighbourhoods to South Korean children's behaviour problems.

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Linking neighbourhood safety and children's internalizing and externalizing problems: Mediating role of maternal depression

Cho

2023

Child & Family Social Work

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Religious Policy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1994–2023. An Attempt to Understand the Issue

Bielicki

2024

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The main goal of my article will be to analyze North Korea’s religious policy from the death of Kim Il-sung to the present. I intend to take a closer look at the views of Polish and foreign researchers on this matter, focusing especially on the aspirations of the Kim dynasty towards divine worship.At the beginning, I would like to present the theoretical aspects of religious policy, paying particular attention to the definition of the above term and its most important methodological assumptions. In this respect, it will be important to describe the problem of religious freedom. Then I try to trace the times of reign of individual Korean dynasties that referred to Confucianism. In the further part of my considerations, I present the aggressive anti-religious campaign of the North Korean communists, who, among others, Juche ideology has been striving for total mind control of the country’s inhabitants since the 1950s, which was visible in the cult of the first leader of the DPRK, Kim Il-sung. I also touch on the problem of a certain softening of the rhetoric towards religion at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, manifested in the existence of facade churches to improve the country’s image on the international arena.In conclusion, I intend to answer the question of how the religious policy of the DPRK has evolved over the decades. Moreover, it will be important to answer the question of what role religion played in shaping the Kim dynasty, which still rules North Korea to this day.

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Chosen aspects of intangible and tangible legacies of Confucianism in North Korea

Levi

2023

Gdańskie Studia Azji Wschodniej

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The purpose of the paper is to discuss the intangible and tangible assets related to Confucianism in North Korea. The study aims to demonstrate that there is a dichotomy between the official discourse, the adherence of the North Korean leaders to Confucian values, and the policy toward Confucian and neo-Confucian assets existing in North Korea. The method which is used in this essay is based on an analysis of various historical sources relevant to the description and analysis of the functions of Confucian and neo-Confucian assets in North Korea. It is concluded that the concepts of filial piety and the role of women were culturally transformed. This essay is based to a large extent on North Korean documents. It also briefly mentions North Korean researchers who studied Confucianism and neo-Confucianism in the Korean Peninsula. The answer to the research problem will allow us to determine what the place is of Confucianism in the official discourse and in the cultural heritage of North Korea. The essay also provides elements explaining why Confucian and neo-Confucian tangible assets constitute cultural and economic tools of North Korean government policy.

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Buddha under Control. Buddhism’s Legacy in North Korea

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Linking neighbourhood safety and children's internalizing and externalizing problems: Mediating role of maternal depression

Linking neighbourhood safety and children's internalizing and externalizing problems: Mediating role of maternal depression

Religious Policy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1994–2023. An Attempt to Understand the Issue

Chosen aspects of intangible and tangible legacies of Confucianism in North Korea

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