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Item Power of Hallyu: Change in Sri Lankan Perception towards South Korea(2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Fernando, A.“Hallyu” or the Korean Wave refers to the surge in the international visibility of Korean culture, beginning in East Asia in the 1990s and continuing more recently in Asia, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. Korean popular culture ranges from Korean music (K-pop), dramas (K-drama), movies, video games, food, fashion, tourism, and language (Hangul). Until recent times, images and information about South Korea were not familiar to Sri Lankans as Sri Lanka does not share any significant historical or cultural relations with South Korea. Images associated with South Korea are generally negative and related to events such as the Korean War, cycles of poverty and political instability. The main focus of this paper is to examine the effect of Hallyu on the Sri Lankan public perception towards South Korea. It will compare and contrast the attitudes of consumers and non-consumers of Korean popular culture on the subject of their feelings towards South Korea and Korean society. This Study uses qualitative data obtained through interviews from the selected samples regarding their thoughts related to Hallyu, K-pop, Korean culture, wider issues related to society, culture, and attitude towards South Korea. This paper will attempt to answer whether Hallyu has been capable of influencing Sri Lankan audiences through dissemination of attractive images of Korea. The findings conclude that the constant consumption of Korean popular cultural products has indeed affected the image Sri Lankans have towards South Korea in a positive way, by improving their knowledge and perception of South Korea. It also has also urged the consumers to travel to South Korea, learn the language and build social networks with the Koreans. The importance of this study rests on the power of popular culture to influence an individual's attitudesItem US Strategic Partnership with Japan and South Korea: Its Challenges for China(2nd International Studies Students’ Research Symposium – 2018, Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Hettiarachchi, R.G.The world is an entity filled with various power behavior of states. Within that entity, the United States’ dominance is visible worldwide. In this unipolar world with the United States, the rise of China tries to embrace whole international attraction based on its foreign policy. In the East Asian region, the United States has already expanded its grand strategy based on its strategic partnership with Japan and South Korea. The situation of holding hands among these powers is being turned to another pathway based on the activities implemented by the rise of China. Hence, the East Asia has become a full of extra ordinaries with ongoing strategic partnerships among these states. The research is based on qualitative and quantitative research approach and secondary data indicates the U.S. strategic partnerships with Japan and South Korea and China’s responses to it. The research findings conclude that the United States has gained a powerful position in relations with Japan and South Korea and the attitudes of China’s use of power has made a different shadow towards Japan and South Korea in order to response to the United States’ threat. Finally, China’s response faced with challenges of the U.S. strategic partnership with Japan and South Korea is expected to be analyzed under descriptive analysisItem Soft Power of Korean Popular Culture in Sri Lanka(4th International Conference on Social Sciences 2018, Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Fernando, A.In recent years, there has been a surge in the international visibility of South Korean culture throughout the world. Korean popular culture, also known as the “Korean Wave” (Hallyu in Korean) ranges from Korean music (K-pop), dramas (K-drama), movies, video games, food, fashion, tourism, and language (Hangul). This cultural phenomenon has also resulted in multilayered transnational movement of people, information and capital flows to and from South Korea. The main focus of this paper is to examine the essence of the Korean Wave and its impact in Sri Lankan society through the concept of soft power. In particular, this paper explores the origin and spread of the Korean Wave in Sri Lanka, the relationship between the spread of the Korean culture and social changes in the country, and the changes in the public perception towards South Korea. Hallyu fan communities in Sri Lanka are a testimony to how contemporary Korean culture is received outside the geographically and culturally proximate markets of East Asia and outside the major economic and consumer-driven markets of North America and Europe. Furthermore, images and information about South Korea are not familiar to Sri Lankan life as Sri Lankans do not share any significant historical or cultural relations with South Korea. In such a background, the introduction and spread of Korean culture in a short span of time is remarkable. This experience helps to understand Korea’s influence in South Asia which is heavily influenced by Indian and colonial cultures. More broadly, the paper attempts to examine how diffusion of popular culture in a small state such as Sri Lanka increases the soft power of the origin nation. The findings conclude that the constant consumption of Korean popular cultural products has indeed affected the image Sri Lankans have towards South Korea in a positive way, by improving their knowledge and perception of South Korea. It also has also urged the consumers to travel to South Korea, learn the language and build social networks with the Koreans.Item A Study on Sri Lankan Labour Migration to South Korea.(1st International Studies Students’ Research Symposium-2017 (ISSRS 2017) ,Department of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Wijesooriya, W. A. I. C.For decades, the stereotypical Sri Lankan migrant worker has been a low-wage female domestic servant in Saudi Arabia or Lebanon. But the stereotype no longer represents the reality: since the late 1990’s nearly half of the migrant workforce has been male and many migrants are opting for new destinations in Europe and Asia rather than the Middle East. Even well developed countries such as USA and Italy own very less percentage from total migration. The special point is that there is a rapid increase of labour migration to South Korea. Especially people between twenties and thirties are trying to succeed their Korean dream more than migrating to other countries. In 2016, 6629 Sri Lankans have officially gone to work in South Korea, a country with a stable exchange rate and better monetary policy than Sri Lanka and about 26 000 Sri Lankans are in higher-paying jobs in South Korea. Sri Lankans are going to work in Korea in droves, despite labour shortages at home due to low wages and to overcome unemployment. The main question that this research seeks to address is even though there are a number of job opportunities in the Middle East, why most of people exceedingly try to migrate to South Korea. The main purposes of this study are to investigate main reasons and hidden factors for the massive flow of Sri Lankan labour migration to South Korea, to examine the trends, patterns and scales of labour migration to South Korea, to investigate different living conditions of migrant workers before departure and after migration and to examine experiences and difficulties faced by migrant workers in the destination country. This study relies on a mix method by using both primary data and secondary data. Information was collected by interviewing officials and migrants, distributing a questionnaire and referring various literature on labour migration. The research concludes that youth unemployment in Sri Lanka is clearly a pressing issue which pushes them towards other destinations. The majority of those seeking work in Korea were in the 25-30 and also the 20-24 age category. Low income/low wages in Sri Lanka and satisfactory salaries in South Korea are the main reasons cited by the youth for seeking foreign employment in South Korea.Item Safeguarding of Traditional Performing Arts as ICH Assets: With Special Reference to ICH Safeguarding Practices in South Korea .(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya,Sri Lanka., 2017) Ankumbura, A.V.M.t Performing arts is considered as one of the major domains of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). Each country has its own performing arts tradition such as folk song and poetry, folk dancing, folk drama, folk festivals and folk theater. As results of globalization and westernization many of cultural practices have become standardized and many traditional practices are abandoned. In this context many forms of performing arts are highly susceptible to becoming extinct in near future. South Korea is one of the few nations worldwide with a long history of institutions for cultural heritage safeguarding. Many institutions of South Korea have taken charge of transmission, promotion, education, documenting and archiving ICH elements in consideration of their domains and characteristics. Those organizations are working collaboratively with each and many other ICH stakeholders such as government and non-governmental organizations, education institutions, ICH holders, community people as well as foreign and International organizations in the safeguarding process of traditional performing arts. Study revealed that transmission, promotion and enhancement, education, training, research, and preservation and reproduction are most popular measures taken for the safeguarding of traditional performing arts of South Korea. Organizing of cultural exchange and experience program, conduct and support and monitoring for education and training program, organizing various performances and exhibitions, collecting and documentation of related information through research and publication, conservation and preservation of those information in specific museums, maintaining archives and online databases are the common activities performed to ensure the prevalence of traditional performing arts of South Korea as their ICH assets.