Political Polarization and Stigmatizing Rhetoric: Anti-Japanese and Anti-Chinese Sentiments in South Korea

• In Event: Inter-Asian Politics

Brief Overview

This paper analyzes how the emotional confrontation between leftist anti-Japanese and rightist anti-Chinese groups intensified and argues that stigmatizing rhetoric between them has deepened political polarization in South Korea.

Authors

• Sukyoung Myung, University of Hawaii at Manoa

• Hye Won Um, Sogang University