Kyoungho Park
Biographic Data
| ID | 4988090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyoungho Park |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyoungho |
| FAMILY NAME | Park |
| SIGNATURE | PARK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jeju National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Socio-Cultural Legacy of Mega-Sports Events in Korea
South Korea is one of the few countries to have hosted the full spectrum of global mega-sport events, including the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. This study examines the socio-cultural legacy of three landmark events – the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 2002 Korea–Japan FIFA World Cup, and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Drawing on historical documents, media discourse, and scholarly literature, the study analyzes how th…
Three Ideological Foundations of Basketball in Korea
The Legacy of Sports Nationalism in South Korean Sport
Has sports nationalism policy moved South Korea’s cultural ecosystem backward? South Korea’s sports nationalism policy began in the 1960s with an aim to restore its tarnished national pride. With the government’s full support, the policy served as momentum to lay South Korea’s unique institutional foundation to grow into a sports powerhouse, resulting in the enactment of the National Sports Promotion Act, opening of the national team training cam…
The Evolution and Cultural Characteristics of Korean Professional Soccer
Since it was introduced in the late nineteenth century, soccer has been one of the cultural driving forces for Koreans in overcoming national hardships during the dark ages marked by imperial occupations, war, and division during the modern era. This study was carried out to investigate the cultural backgrounds and characteristics due to which soccer has entered an era of professionalization under the name of the Super League. Korean professional…
Social Integration of North Korean Refugees through Sport in South Korea
South and North Koreans, separated for more than 60 years since the Korean War, show marked sociocultural differences despite their shared ethnicity. North Korean residents, who are isolated from international society and struggle to survive amid severe food shortages, sometimes seek to escape the country. In this study, how sports institutions contribute to the social unity of South Korea through the re-socialization of North Korean refugees who…
Martial Arts and Ideology of Hwarang, the Ancient Korean Warrior
From 37 BC to 676 AD, an era called the period of the Three States, ancient Korea was divided into Koguryo, Baekje and Shilla. Among these states, Shilla was the one that terminated the period and founded a single united nation. At the background of this unification, there were the prominent activities of Hwarang, an elite warrior group. The purpose of this study is to verify the characteristics of Hwarang’s martial arts and the ideological backg…
Hosting International Events and Promoting South Korean Identity Discourses
More than six decades after the end of the Korean War (1950–53), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) continue to face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th parallel on the Korean peninsula. Both Korean governments continue to maintain and reinforce a pan-Korean identity amongst its respective populations. At the same time, both states need to provide its respect…
From the destruction of image to the reconstruction of image
South Korea rose from the ashes of a horrendous civil war by way of, among other things, the Saemaul Movement and the Five Year Economic Plan and after three decades of impressive economic growth that left North Korea trailing in its wake, the new nation was able to host etc, that the nation was able to host the Olympic games of 1988 – emblem of astounding recovery, evidence of a successful entry into capitalism, statement of extraordinary nation…
From the destruction of image to the reconstruction of image
South Korea rose from the ashes of a horrendous civil war by way of, among other things, the Saemaul Movement and the Five Year Economic Plan and after three decades of impressive economic growth that left North Korea trailing in its wake, the new nation was able to host etc, that the nation was able to host the Olympic games of 1988 – emblem of astounding recovery, evidence of a successful entry into capitalism, statement of extraordinary nation…
Social Integration of North Korean Refugees through Sport in South Korea
South and North Koreans, separated for more than 60 years since the Korean War, show marked sociocultural differences despite their shared ethnicity. North Korean residents, who are isolated from international society and struggle to survive amid severe food shortages, sometimes seek to escape the country. In this study, how sports institutions contribute to the social unity of South Korea through the re-socialization of North Korean refugees who…
The Legacy of Sports Nationalism in South Korean Sport
Has sports nationalism policy moved South Korea’s cultural ecosystem backward? South Korea’s sports nationalism policy began in the 1960s with an aim to restore its tarnished national pride. With the government’s full support, the policy served as momentum to lay South Korea’s unique institutional foundation to grow into a sports powerhouse, resulting in the enactment of the National Sports Promotion Act, opening of the national team training cam…
From the destruction of image to the reconstruction of image
South Korea rose from the ashes of a horrendous civil war by way of, among other things, the Saemaul Movement and the Five Year Economic Plan and after three decades of impressive economic growth that left North Korea trailing in its wake, the new nation was able to host etc, that the nation was able to host the Olympic games of 1988 – emblem of astounding recovery, evidence of a successful entry into capitalism, statement of extraordinary nation…
Martial Arts and Ideology of Hwarang, the Ancient Korean Warrior
From 37 BC to 676 AD, an era called the period of the Three States, ancient Korea was divided into Koguryo, Baekje and Shilla. Among these states, Shilla was the one that terminated the period and founded a single united nation. At the background of this unification, there were the prominent activities of Hwarang, an elite warrior group. The purpose of this study is to verify the characteristics of Hwarang’s martial arts and the ideological backg…
Hosting International Events and Promoting South Korean Identity Discourses
More than six decades after the end of the Korean War (1950–53), the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) continue to face each other across the highly fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) along the 38th parallel on the Korean peninsula. Both Korean governments continue to maintain and reinforce a pan-Korean identity amongst its respective populations. At the same time, both states need to provide its respect…
The Evolution and Cultural Characteristics of Korean Professional Soccer
Since it was introduced in the late nineteenth century, soccer has been one of the cultural driving forces for Koreans in overcoming national hardships during the dark ages marked by imperial occupations, war, and division during the modern era. This study was carried out to investigate the cultural backgrounds and characteristics due to which soccer has entered an era of professionalization under the name of the Super League. Korean professional…
Social Integration of North Korean Refugees through Sport in South Korea
South and North Koreans, separated for more than 60 years since the Korean War, show marked sociocultural differences despite their shared ethnicity. North Korean residents, who are isolated from international society and struggle to survive amid severe food shortages, sometimes seek to escape the country. In this study, how sports institutions contribute to the social unity of South Korea through the re-socialization of North Korean refugees who…
The Legacy of Sports Nationalism in South Korean Sport
Has sports nationalism policy moved South Korea’s cultural ecosystem backward? South Korea’s sports nationalism policy began in the 1960s with an aim to restore its tarnished national pride. With the government’s full support, the policy served as momentum to lay South Korea’s unique institutional foundation to grow into a sports powerhouse, resulting in the enactment of the National Sports Promotion Act, opening of the national team training cam…
Three Ideological Foundations of Basketball in Korea
The Socio-Cultural Legacy of Mega-Sports Events in Korea
South Korea is one of the few countries to have hosted the full spectrum of global mega-sport events, including the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. This study examines the socio-cultural legacy of three landmark events – the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 2002 Korea–Japan FIFA World Cup, and the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Drawing on historical documents, media discourse, and scholarly literature, the study analyzes how th…
Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (4 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (4 works) · Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies (3 works) · Nationalism (3 works)