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Soft power and Nation branding of South Korea: A Case Study of Korean activities in the Czech Republic
Chyňavová, Anna ; Koudelková, Petra (advisor) ; Hejlová, Denisa (referee)
The aim of this Diploma Thesis is to explore dynamic development and tendencies of South Korea, focusing mainly on ambitions exhibited in recent decades. By using and defining concepts such as soft power, nation branding and middle power, which are rather new in the academic sphere, the following chapter applies the theoretical background directly on South Korean motives and achievements in terms of positioning itself as a significant player in an international sphere and becoming a country of high repute. This Thesis describes resources, instruments and key agents of soft power, contextualizing important happenings by adding historical or cultural circumstances. These findings serve as the base for the following case study focusing on South Korean soft power in the Czech Republic. To answer the main question of this Thesis, to what extent is South Korea successful in building its positive reputation in the Czech Republic, the qualitative content analysis is used for exploring the content of selected media. Overall findings show that South Korea is mostly reflected in positive light there, especially in connection with advanced technologies, innovations and strong commercial brands. The progress of maintaining the country's good reputation demonstrates the comparison of two periods eleven years...
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The Phenomenon of Compressed Modernity and Social Problems in Korea
Vinšová, Katarína ; Vavrincová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the compressed modernity phenomenon in Korea that took place in the second half of the 20th century and in addition to the rapid development brought also a lot of social problems. This thesis explains the process of compressed modernity and describes its progress by decades. The main aim of this thesis is to introduce and analyze the most important problems - defamiliation, insufficient social welfare, problem of the Korean economy, problem of frequent accidents and dualism - that occurred because of the rapid development. Today's policy that is trying to solve these problems and stop their advancement is also described.
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Analysis of the EU - South Korea FTA and its effects on their mutual trade using the gravity model
Vinšová, Katarína ; Paulus, Michal (advisor) ; Vacek, Pavel (referee)
The European Union (EU) and South Korea signed the EU- South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) in 2011 and since then they started to gradually remove barriers to their mutual trade. This thesis is analyzing the effects of this agreement on their bilateral trade flow in 10 commodity sections from 2005 until 2018. For this analysis we are using gravity model that is estimated by OLS and PPML method for comparison. This analysis showed that the EUSouth Korea FTA influences their mutual trade in all 10 sections differently due to different levels of protectionism at the beginning. The FTA had a positive influence on their mutual trade in 9 commodity sections out of 10. In the Section 9 we found a negative effect of the FTA. Contrary to our beliefs we also found out that the highest increase in their mutual trade was not in automobile and electronic industry but in the chemical industry. JEL Classification C23, F14, F33, C16 Keywords Free Trade agreement, South Korea, European Union, gravity model Title Analysis of the EU - South Korea FTA and its effects on their mutual trade using the gravity model Author's e-mail katarina.vinsova@gmail.com Supervisor's e-mail michal.paulus@fsv.cuni.cz
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Aktuální bezpečnostní hrozby a rizika pro Korejskou republiku
Nguyenová, Thuy Linh
The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to analyze the threats and risks that South Korea faces. At first, the thesis provides an explanation of selected concepts and theoretical approaches to security. The main part of this work outlines the major threats to South Korea, which are thread posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, cybersecurity threats and air pollution. The analysis deals with the evolution and the current state of these issues. The thesis further explains how South Korea is trying to solve them, as well as the stance of other states. The main conclusion of this work is that South Korea should continue with cooperation with other states (United States, China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) in order to find viable and lasting solutions. However, South Korea must continue with the development of its own domestic measures. This Bachelor thesis is based on relevant literature and sources and has a descriptive-analytic character.
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Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea - success or missed opportunity?
Haas, Václav ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
This thesis addresses the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea, which is the first one of the new generation free trade agreements for EU. First, the issue is explained in the theoretical framework of the theory of international systems and the theory of neoliberal institutionalism, which allows to grasp it adequately in the international political context. Then, the work presents the development of the legislative environment concerning the common trade policy and the transformation of strategic thinking in this area. Further, it defines the scope of economic interactions between the two participants and their common interests leading to the conclusion of the agreement. Subsequently, the thesis analyses the existing contractual relationships of both participants and defines the main aspects of the newly accepted agreement. Lastly, the current effect of the efficiency of the agreement on the trade with goods and services is analysed.
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Perspectives of the Merchandise Trade between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Korea and Indonesia
Málek, Ondřej ; Müller, Štěpán (advisor) ; Machala, Martin (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to analyze the merchandise trade of the Czech Republic with the Republic of Korea and with the Republic of Indonesia and to forecast possible areas of Czech export. The main indicators used for the analysis are: macroeconomic and demographic data of each economy, ratings of international organisations, specifics of Korean and Indonesian markets and values and flows of international trade with a detailed focus on the Czech Republic, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Indonesia. These indicators were observed mainly in the period of 2001-2015.
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Czech-Korean cultural relations and trade
Fischer, Jan ; Zamykalová, Miroslava (advisor) ; Gullová, Soňa (referee)
My thesis called Czech-Korean cultural relations and trade focuses on understanding the korean culture and mentality and how it reflects on business meetings. It also includes basic infornatiom about trade between the Czech Republic and the Republic of Korea. It is structured to give the audience an overview of South Korea. Used methodes are: comparison of own experience with available literature, questionnaire and a survey about korean knowledge of the Czech Republic and some certain products. Through these methods I come to a conclusion that even though Koreans think of the Czech Republic as a racist country, it is still a very lucrative business destination. I managed to confirm the popularity of czech beer in Korea or short stories called Krteček and Pat and Mat. At the end of my thesis I write about my own working experience for korean employers and share some useful advice.
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"We are in Korea, everybody is ready to change": Ethnography of Plastic Surgery in the Republic of Korea
Mudruňková, Kateřina ; Stöckelová, Tereza (advisor) ; Klepal, Jaroslav (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to identify practices that constitute plastic surgery in current Republic of Korea with emphasis put on relationships between participating human beings, materials and technologies. It focuses on practices proceeding inside and outside the clinic of plastic surgery. In accordance with M. Lock's concept of local biology this thesis introduces Korean plastic surgery as a set of practices shaped by mutual interaction of local technologies and Korean bodies. The actor network theory approach (ANT), which emphasizes relational open-ended forming of entities, is applied to examining various aspects of plastic surgery. This approach also provides new ways of exploring how the entities and practices described in the medical anthropology as medicalization, medical tourism or local biology are produced. Key words plastic surgery; Republic of Korea; Actor - Network Theory (ANT); bodily practices; local biology; beauty ideal; medicalization.
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Family Law in Republic of Korea after 1948
Líbalová, Ilona ; Löwensteinová, Miriam (advisor) ; Zemánek, Marek (referee)
This thesis describes hierarchical and patrilineal norms in family law of the Korean Civil Code and discusses a gradual elimination of these norms in compatibility with constitutional law. First part of the thesis highlights the specifics of the Korean family law in a historical context and analyzes the head of a family system's origin and family registers as one of the main sources of inequality in the Korean family law. The second part focuses on the process of the Constitution and the Civil Code codification and represents Confucian and women's organizations which influenced the family law. In this case the incompatibility of family law of the Civil Code and constitutional law was found out as the main object of the dispute. The aim of this thesis is to determine whether the present family law in the Civil Code can be considered as compatible with the Constitution or not. The third part is therefore devoted to amendments to family law of socio- political changes background, where is the clear gradual elimination of hierarchical and patrilineal ethical standards of the Civil Code until the turn of the new millennium.
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