OBJECTIVE As the number of North Korean adolescent refugees drastically increased in South Korea, there is a growing interest in them. Our study was conducted to evaluate the mental health of the North Korean adolescent refugees residing in South Korea. METHODS The subjects of this study were 102 North Korean adolescent refugees in Hangyeore middle and high School, the public educational inst...

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...

Twenty-five chipmunk species occur in the world, of which only the Siberian chipmunk, Tamias sibiricus, inhabits Asia. To investigate mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence variations and population structure of the Siberian chipmunk in northeastern Asia, we examined mitochondrial cytochrome b sequences (1140 bp) from 3 countries. Analyses of 41 individuals from South Korea and 33 individuals from...

BACKGROUND Multiple prevention measures have the possibility of impacting HIV incidence in South Korea, including early diagnosis, early treatment, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We investigated how each of these interventions could impact the local HIV epidemic, especially among men who have sex with men (MSM), who have become the major risk group in South Korea. A mathematical model was...

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.