The Oxford Handbook of South Korean Politics

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JeongHun Han is Professor of Korean Politics at the Graduate School of International Studies and the Chair of the EU Center at Seoul National University. He has held visiting positions at Portland State University and Chulalongkorn University. Prof. Han is currently the editor of Review of International and Area Studies and a regional editor of Asian Journal of Political Science. His research focuses on institutional design in new democracies and electoral and legislative politics in South Korea among others. His publications have appeared in Contemporary Politics Journal of European Public Policy Korea Observer and other journals. Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations at King's College London and KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He has held visiting positions at Korea University the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Melbourne University. Prof. Pacheco Pardo's research focuses on South Korean foreign policy South Korean and East Asian political economy and North Korean foreign policy. His publications include the books Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop and North Korea-US Relations from Kim Jong Il to Kim Jong Un as well as articles with Asia Europe Journal Global Governance International Relations of the Asia-Pacific and New Political Economy among others. Youngho Cho is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Sogang University. He is currently the editor of the Journal of Contemporary Politics (in Korean). His research focuses on Korean politics democracy political culture elections and state violence. His publications have appeared in Political Studies Democratization and Asian Survey among others.