Korea's history has had a deeply influential and significant impact on its modern language, and concomitantly, on the country's modern poetry and prose. Despite the artistic and literary value, there is a substantial lack of English translations available for Korean works. The continued rapid development of Korean and its considerably different grammar and syntax often pose difficulties for English translators. Korean poetry, specifically, follows a form unfamiliar to English readers which makes interpretation for translation challenging. This thesis hopes to provide context for the lack of scholarly translations of Korean poetry by discussing the historical and linguistic context of the Korean language, the impact of nationalism on its development, and how the language's grammar and syntax reinforce the ambiguity of translation. At the end of the thesis, translations are provided for various poems to advance the number of works in the academic community and make Korean poetry more accessible to English readers.

The thesis attempts to test basic assumptions of religious economy model (REM) in the Korean context where a recent expansion of fortunetelling occurs. The thesis pays attention to both the supply-side and the demand-side factors of fortunetelling and then explain why the demand-side factors are more important for a better understanding of the popularity of fortunetelling in contemporary Korea. The supply-side factors such as religious regulation, competition, and religious freedom have not worked in Korea in the same way that REM observed in the Western context. Today the Korean religious market faces two unexpected phenomena: one is the popularity of fortunetelling culture, and the other is a slightly decreasing membership of Protestantism, which REM regards as the most competitive religion in religious market. Since the 1980s, traditional values of fortunetelling provided by mudangs or yeoksulgas has been reevaluated and reconstructed in various aspects. Based on the results of field research on participants in Korean fortunetelling, the thesis shows how and why the participants consume traditional fortuntelling service rather than prophetic functions of official religions. Conclusively, the thesis suggests that REM should take into consideration the demand-side factors more importantly when it tries to explain a Korean religious society.

Lee Sang Hoon. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-83). / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLE --- p.vii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ix / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Preview --- p.1 / Organization of This Report --- p.2 / Objectives of This Study --- p.2 / Chapter II. --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.3 / Industrial Reform in China --- p.3 / The Side Effects of the Reforms --- p.6 / Unbalanced Development among Regions --- p.6 / Unbalanced Growth among Industries --- p.8 / High Inflation --- p.8 / Reliance on Foreign Investment --- p.10 / Capital Allocation --- p.10 / Development of Foreign Direct Investment --- p.11 / Role of Foreign Direct Investment in China --- p.11 / Three Stage of FDI Development in China --- p.13 / Type of Foreign Direct Investment --- p.16 / Distribution of FDI by Country --- p.17 / Distribution of FDI by Industry --- p.18 / Summary of Investment by Other Countries --- p.19 / Background of Korean Investment in China --- p.24 / Motivations of Direct Investment by Korean Companies --- p.24 / Chapter III. --- METHODOLOGY --- p.27 / Gathering of Information and Statistical Data --- p.27 / Case Study --- p.28 / Note --- p.28 / Chapter IV. --- KOREAN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN CHINA --- p.29 / General Patterns of Korean Investment in China --- p.30 / Korean Direct Investment before Mid-1992 --- p.30 / Korean Direct Investment after Mid-1992 --- p.37 / Problems that Korean Companies Face --- p.44 / Before Launching Business --- p.44 / During Operations --- p.46 / Case Study --- p.53 / Summary of the Case --- p.54 / Findings from the Case Study --- p.57 / Evaluation of Korean Direct Investment in China --- p.59 / Evaluation of Korean Direct Investment by Industry and Region --- p.59 / Key Factors for success in Doing Business in China --- p.60 / Opportunities and Threats --- p.62 / Threats --- p.63 / Opportunities --- p.64 / Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION --- p.69 / Recommendations --- p.70 / APPENDIX I TAX INCENTIVES FOR FOREIGN-INVESTED ENTERPRISES IN CHINA --- p.74 / APPENDIX II INVESTMENT OPTIONS FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS --- p.77 / APPENDIX III THE STEPS IN THE APPROVAL PROCESS IN CHINA --- p.79 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.81

The thesis attempts to test basic assumptions of religious economy model (REM) in the Korean context where a recent expansion of fortunetelling occurs. The thesis pays attention to both the supply-side and the demand-side factors of fortunetelling and then explain why the demand-side factors are more important for a better understanding of the popularity of fortunetelling in contemporary Korea. The supply-side factors such as religious regulation, competition, and religious freedom have not worked in Korea in the same way that REM observed in the Western context. Today the Korean religious market faces two unexpected phenomena: one is the popularity of fortunetelling culture, and the other is a slightly decreasing membership of Protestantism, which REM regards as the most competitive religion in religious market. Since the 1980s, traditional values of fortunetelling provided by mudangs or yeoksulgas has been reevaluated and reconstructed in various aspects. Based on the results of field research on participants in Korean fortunetelling, the thesis shows how and why the participants consume traditional fortuntelling service rather than prophetic functions of official religions. Conclusively, the thesis suggests that REM should take into consideration the demand-side factors more importantly when it tries to explain a Korean religious society.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-191). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-191). Also available on the Internet.

The thesis attempts to test basic assumptions of religious economy model (REM) in the Korean context where a recent expansion of fortunetelling occurs. The thesis pays attention to both the supply-side and the demand-side factors of fortunetelling and then explain why the demand-side factors are more important for a better understanding of the popularity of fortunetelling in contemporary Korea. The supply-side factors such as religious regulation, competition, and religious freedom have not worked in Korea in the same way that REM observed in the Western context. Today the Korean religious market faces two unexpected phenomena: one is the popularity of fortunetelling culture, and the other is a slightly decreasing membership of Protestantism, which REM regards as the most competitive religion in religious market. Since the 1980s, traditional values of fortunetelling provided by mudangs or yeoksulgas has been reevaluated and reconstructed in various aspects. Based on the results of field research on participants in Korean fortunetelling, the thesis shows how and why the participants consume traditional fortuntelling service rather than prophetic functions of official religions. Conclusively, the thesis suggests that REM should take into consideration the demand-side factors more importantly when it tries to explain a Korean religious society.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 232-241). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Robert Olen Butler, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 17, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

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