This edited volume brings together a wide-ranging account of the Korean diaspora, focusing on how “homeland” is understood, invoked, and performed in everyday life and public culture.Spanning sites from Sakhalin and Japan to Chile, Kazakhstan, the United States, and Latin America, the contributors show how diasporic Koreans express belonging through family narratives, community life, and media, revealing place as layered and sometimes contested.An opening re...

This book illustrates how Seoul's transition into a digitally networked city has reshaped governance structures, economic systems, and cultural life.Central to this transformation is the proactive role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which has guided the city through multiple stages of smart urbanization with strategic planning and policy innovation.Organized into three parts, the contributors first examine the government's leadership in building a smar...