pyong gap min – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Korean “Comfort Women”: Military Brothels, Brutality, and the Redress Movement

May 5, 2021April 23, 2021 By Pyong Gap Min

Korean “Comfort Women” synthesizes the previous major findings about Japanese military sexual slavery and legal recommendations, and provides new findings about the issues “comfort women” faced for an English-language audience. It also examines the transnational redress movement, revealing that the Japanese government has tried to conceal the crime of sexual slavery and to resolve the women’s human rights issue with diplomacy and economic power.

Intergenerational Transmission of Religion and Ethnicity: Indian Hindus and Korean Protestants

October 1, 2018March 11, 2005 By Pyong Gap Min

This is a book project that compares Indian Hindus and Korean Protestants in their intergenerational transmission of religion and ethnicity through religion. It is based on several data sources: (1) ethnographic research on a Hindu temple and a Korean Protestant church in Queens, New York City, (2) personal interviews with Indian Hindu and Korean Protestant … Read more

Societal Changes and Transformations of Families in South Korea

October 1, 2018February 6, 2004 By Pyong Gap Min

South Korea achieved urbanization and industrialization with a faster speed than any other country in the world; it was transformed from a predominantly agrarian society in 1960 to a premier postindustrial society in 2000. This presentation will take a comprehensive overview of the changes in family system in South Korea affected by societal changes between … Read more

Pan-Ethnic Boundaries in Asian Americans

September 14, 2018August 28, 2001 By Pyong Gap Min

Pan-Asianism is currently a very popular concept in Asian American research. Various pan-Asian studies have focused on pan-Asian coalitions at the collective level to protect common interests for all Asian Americans. While political identity is central to pan-Asian coalitions, private identity figures prominently in pan- Asian attachment at the individual level. Structural factors such as … Read more