Electricity sector reform has become commonplace around the world, but few nations can match the extent of transformation attempted in South Korea. On December 8, 2000, two legislative initiatives provided the basis for dividing the national electricity monopoly into several companies, with the aim of privatizing them. Further, the legislation established the Korea Power Exchange and the Korea ...

This paper examines the questions of why and how foreign assistance was utilized successfully in South Korea but less so in Ghana, with a focus on the role of aid in the process of state building and state transition in these two countries. Before the 1960s, South Korea and Ghana shared approximately similar levels of GDP per capita. However, while South Korea achieved rapid economic developmen...

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...

South Korea, one of the poorest nations in the 1960s, has become one of the most developed countries in the 21st century. The Miracle by the Han River becomes the model for many countries to follow. Among those countries is Vietnam. Vietnam and South Korea share similarities in history and culture. Yet, Vietnam in spite of having forty years of reunification and independence with a better start...

Sensor-Based Robotic Model for Vehicle Accident Avoidance Irfan Ullah1 ∗, Furqan Ullah2, Qurban Ullah3, and Seoyong Shin1 1Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, South Korea 2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Myongji University, Yongin, 449-728, South Korea 3Department of Computer science and Information Technology, Virtual University o...

The paper describes three new records of lichen genus Rhizocarpon (R. alpicola, R. grande and R. lavatum) from South Korea. Brief taxonomic description and comments are provided for the new records. An artificial key is also provided for known species of this genus in South Korea.

This study describes two new records of the lichen genus Placynthiella (P. hyporhoda and P. icmalea) from South Korea. A brief taxonomic description and comments are provided for the new records. An artificial key is also provided for known species of this genus in South Korea.

In March of 2014, a variant of novel porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) was first identified in South Korea and found to be most closely related to the U.S. variant strain OH851. The complete genome of the KOR/KNU-1406/2014 strain was sequenced and analyzed to investigate the U.S.-strain-like variant circulating in South Korea.

College of Pharmacy and WCU Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan, Department of Food and Nutrition, Sungsin Women’s University, Seoul 136-742, South Korea, Graduate School of Bioscience a...

In April 2014, porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) was first identified in feces from diarrheic piglets in South Korea and found to be closely related to other PDCoV strains. The complete genome of the Korean PDCoV strain, KOR/KNU14-04/2014, was sequenced and analyzed to characterize PDCoV circulating in South Korea.