Sungook Hong
Biographic Data
| ID | 3769109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sungook Hong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sungook |
| FAMILY NAME | Hong |
| SIGNATURE | HONG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Seoul National University |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-5608-0791 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The fall and rise of Iruda
This paper examines the case of Iruda, an AI chatbot launched in December 2020 by the South Korean startup Scatter Lab. Iruda quickly became the center of a controversy, because of inappropriate remarks and sexual exchanges. As conversations between Iruda and users spread through online communities, the controversy expanded to other issues, including hate speech against minorities and privacy violations. Under public pressure, Scatter Lab quickly…
The Relationship between Science and Technology in Korea from the 1960s to the Present Day
This essay discusses the complicated and convoluted relationship between science and technology in Korea from 1945 to the present. In Korea, science and technology, both imported from the Western world at the same time, were frequently considered to be less distinct and even identical. However, for the promotion of export industries since the early 1970s, technology and engineering, rather than science, were more actively supported by the governm…
Do Koreans Have an “English Brain”? A Case Study in the Commercialization of Neuroscience
Korean people believe that English proficiency is one of the most important factors in achieving professional success, and because of this they spend a great deal of time and money to master English. Along with this frenzy over English, a discourse on the “English brain” has recently emerged. Many Koreans believe that to achieve linguistic excellence, one has to train a particular brain region—the so-called English brain. This discourse was formu…
Where Is the Nuclear Nation Going? Hopes and Fears Over Nuclear Energy in South Korea After the Fukushima Disaster
On 27 December 2009, a South Korean consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) signed an $18.6 billion contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the sale of several APR 1400–type K
The Hwang Scandal That “Shook the World of Science”
East Asian STS
East Asian STS
Roundtable discussion about the position paper of EASTS journal (Taipei, August 7, 2007)Roundtable discussion about the position paper of EASTS journal (Taipei, August 7, 2007)Prof. Fu Daiwie's pap
Marconi's Error
Sungook Hong Marconi’s Error: The First Transatlantic Wireless Telegraphy in 1901 On the twelfth and thirteenth of December 1901, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Guglielmo Marconi received an “S ... S ... S ...” on the wireless. On the fourteenth, he called a press conference to announce a groundbreaking event in the history of communication: the transmis sion of wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean. The messages were sent from a wireless sta…
Clarity, charity and criticism, wit, wisdom and worldliness
Historiographical layers in the relationship between science and technology
This paper aims to examine historiographical layers in the historical narrative on the relationship between science and technology, a topic which has been exhaustively discussed without consensus by both historians of science and technology. I will first examine two extreme positions concerning this issue, and analyze the underlying historiographical standpoints behind them. I will then show that drawing implications for the relationship between …
Korean Water-Clocks
Reviewed by: Korean Water-Clocks: “Chagyongnu,” the Striking Clepsydra, and the History of Control and Instrumentation Engineering* Sungook Hong (bio) Korean Water-Clocks: “Chagyongnu,” the Striking Clepsydra, and the History of Control and Instrumentation Engineering. By Moon-Hyun Nam. Seoul: Kon-Kuk University Press, 1995. Pp. 347; illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index. 15,000 won. In Korean. Historians of science and technology in Kor…
Korean Water-Clocks
From Obscurity to Enigma
From, Obscurity to Enigma
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 765 always “we found this” or “we did that.” Yet there is no sense of the communal work ofthe lab in these pages, and only in the faintest asides do we glimpse the all-night sprees that made the Edison labo ratory so unique and so productive. Faced with the enormity of their task, the editors of the Edison Papers have toned down their expectations; what began as the first full record of Edison’s life is now “a…
Forging Scientific Electrical Engineering
Marconi and the Maxwellians
L' invention du telegraphe ne peut etre attribuee a Marconi seul, car une invention n'est pas le fruit des efforts d'une seule personne, mais le resultat de plusieurs collaborations scientifiques qui aboutissent a une decouverte
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Marconi and the Maxwellians
L' invention du telegraphe ne peut etre attribuee a Marconi seul, car une invention n'est pas le fruit des efforts d'une seule personne, mais le resultat de plusieurs collaborations scientifiques qui aboutissent a une decouverte
Forging Scientific Electrical Engineering
From Obscurity to Enigma
From, Obscurity to Enigma
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 765 always “we found this” or “we did that.” Yet there is no sense of the communal work ofthe lab in these pages, and only in the faintest asides do we glimpse the all-night sprees that made the Edison labo ratory so unique and so productive. Faced with the enormity of their task, the editors of the Edison Papers have toned down their expectations; what began as the first full record of Edison’s life is now “a…
Korean Water-Clocks
Reviewed by: Korean Water-Clocks: “Chagyongnu,” the Striking Clepsydra, and the History of Control and Instrumentation Engineering* Sungook Hong (bio) Korean Water-Clocks: “Chagyongnu,” the Striking Clepsydra, and the History of Control and Instrumentation Engineering. By Moon-Hyun Nam. Seoul: Kon-Kuk University Press, 1995. Pp. 347; illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index. 15,000 won. In Korean. Historians of science and technology in Kor…
Korean Water-Clocks
Historiographical layers in the relationship between science and technology
This paper aims to examine historiographical layers in the historical narrative on the relationship between science and technology, a topic which has been exhaustively discussed without consensus by both historians of science and technology. I will first examine two extreme positions concerning this issue, and analyze the underlying historiographical standpoints behind them. I will then show that drawing implications for the relationship between …
Clarity, charity and criticism, wit, wisdom and worldliness
Marconi's Error
Sungook Hong Marconi’s Error: The First Transatlantic Wireless Telegraphy in 1901 On the twelfth and thirteenth of December 1901, in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Guglielmo Marconi received an “S ... S ... S ...” on the wireless. On the fourteenth, he called a press conference to announce a groundbreaking event in the history of communication: the transmis sion of wireless signals across the Atlantic Ocean. The messages were sent from a wireless sta…
East Asian STS
East Asian STS
Roundtable discussion about the position paper of EASTS journal (Taipei, August 7, 2007)Roundtable discussion about the position paper of EASTS journal (Taipei, August 7, 2007)Prof. Fu Daiwie's pap
The Hwang Scandal That “Shook the World of Science”
Where Is the Nuclear Nation Going? Hopes and Fears Over Nuclear Energy in South Korea After the Fukushima Disaster
On 27 December 2009, a South Korean consortium led by Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) signed an $18.6 billion contract with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the sale of several APR 1400–type K
The Relationship between Science and Technology in Korea from the 1960s to the Present Day
This essay discusses the complicated and convoluted relationship between science and technology in Korea from 1945 to the present. In Korea, science and technology, both imported from the Western world at the same time, were frequently considered to be less distinct and even identical. However, for the promotion of export industries since the early 1970s, technology and engineering, rather than science, were more actively supported by the governm…
Do Koreans Have an “English Brain”? A Case Study in the Commercialization of Neuroscience
Korean people believe that English proficiency is one of the most important factors in achieving professional success, and because of this they spend a great deal of time and money to master English. Along with this frenzy over English, a discourse on the “English brain” has recently emerged. Many Koreans believe that to achieve linguistic excellence, one has to train a particular brain region—the so-called English brain. This discourse was formu…
The fall and rise of Iruda
This paper examines the case of Iruda, an AI chatbot launched in December 2020 by the South Korean startup Scatter Lab. Iruda quickly became the center of a controversy, because of inappropriate remarks and sexual exchanges. As conversations between Iruda and users spread through online communities, the controversy expanded to other issues, including hate speech against minorities and privacy violations. Under public pressure, Scatter Lab quickly…
Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · History (6 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · China (3 works) · History of Computing Technologies (3 works) · Law (3 works)