Abstract
The articl e aims to explain the evolutionary patterns of international discourses on North Korean human rights and the roles of ‘defector-activists’ played in t he process. It analyses how individuals (North Koreans) build their profess ional networks in the new political environment (in South Korea) and connec t with other international state- and non-state actors to constitute and re constitute their public discourses (on North Korean human rights). It is do ing so by applying qualitative content analyses of 327 English and Korean t ext\, audio and video materials\, produced in 1998-2015 from a complexity p erspective. The author focuses on the five most active North Korean defecto r-activists internationally\, namely\, Kang Chol Hwan\, Shin Dong Hyuk\, Ki m Joo Il\, Park Ji Hyun and Park Yeon Mi\, and demonstrates how their respe ctive networks have grown over the past decade.
Bio< /p>
Jiyoung Song is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Si ngapore Management University\, Research Fellow/Director of Migration and B order Policy at Lowy Institute for International Policy in Sydney\, and Glo bal Ethics Fellow of the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affai rs in New York. Prior to her current positions\, Jiyoung was a Lecturer at the National University of Singapore\, Associate Fellow of Chatham House (R oyal Institute of International Affairs\, London)\, UN Consultant for the O ffice of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva)\, Post-doc Researc her at the Centre on Migration\, Policy and Society of the University of Ox ford and Academic Supervisor at the Department of Politics of the Universit y of Cambridge. She holds a PhD in Politics and International Studies (Camb ridge\, UK)\, LLM in Human Rights (Hong Kong)\, and BS in Mathematics (Seou l\, Korea). Her recent publications include The History of Human Rights Soc iety in Singapore\, 1965-2015 (London: Routledge\, forthcoming in 2016)\, I rregular Migration and Human Security in East Asia (London: Routledge\, 201 4)\, Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: Post-colonial\, Marxist and Con fucian Perspectives (London: Routledge\, 2010)\, “‘Smuggled Refugees’: the social construction of North Korean migration\,” International Migration (2 013). Jiyoung’s current research focuses on migration and human rights in E ast (South and North) Asia\, using complexity sciences.
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