Burmese Political Activists and Human Rights in Korea

• 발행기관: 한국학술연구원
• 저자명: Jiwon Suh
• 간행물 정보: 『Korea Observer』Vol 46, No 4, 751~782쪽, 전체 32쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 정치외교학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.12.30

영문 초록

The goal of this paper is to examine the contribution of Burmese political activists to the broadening of human rights agenda in Korea, particularly by their public campaign for refugee rights and debate regarding sanctions as a policy tool. The Burmese activists, who came to Korea as migrant workers in the mid-1990s, began to engage in long-distance politics for democratization of the home country in the late 1990s. Compared with their Western counterparts, the effects of their long-distance politics, such as the change in Korean government policies towards Myanmar, were not significant. In the process, however, they made contributions to the host society, recently democratized and utterly unfamiliar with diaspora activism until then, as an unintended consequence. The case demonstrates the possibilities of migrant politics - on the margin of both the host society and the global Burmese diaspora activism - can make, with such marginality placing them in a special position to make a difference.

목차

Abstact

I. Introduction

II. Migrants as Agents of Political Change: An Overview

III. Overseas Burmese Activists in Korea and Beyond

IV. Burmese Activists for Refugee Rights in Korea

V. Debating Sanctions: Burma Campaign Without Teeth in Korea

VI. Concluding Remarks

References

키워드

Burma campaign migrant workers diaspora activism refugees economic sanctions