The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula.
<h4>Background</h4>The division of the Korean peninsula involved many neighbouring countries in the Korean War. The relations with those countries have since been reorganised due to active exchange. This study examined how the quantity and quality of contact with traditional alliance (US...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>The division of the Korean peninsula involved many neighbouring countries in the Korean War. The relations with those countries have since been reorganised due to active exchange. This study examined how the quantity and quality of contact with traditional alliance (US and Japan) and strategic partner (China and Russia) countries affected their national images.<h4>Methods</h4>To this end, this study analyzed the relation with the national image by measuring the quantity and quality of contact of an individual with each country. The quantity of contact included an evaluation of the individual's subjective amount of contact, contact path, and contact status, and the quality of contact was measured as an evaluation for the pleasure, competitiveness, intimacy, spontaneity, and necessity when contacting each country's culture. A total of 387 participants were divided into two groups based on the presence of direct contact and the quantity and quality of their contact and national images were examined. The participants were followed by a completion of the self-questionnaires including the Culture Experience Questionnaire, National Image Questionnaire, and demographic information questionnaire.<h4>Results</h4>The results of this study are as follow: first, regardless of the type of country, the national image was highly correlated with the degree of subjective contact evaluated by individuals, but there was a weak tendency with contact quality. Second, there was no significant interaction between the country type and contact status for national image, however, different national images for each country were detected. In other word, for contact quantity, contact groups showed more positive national images compared to non-contact groups in Russia, but not Japan, China, and the US. For contact quality, the positive contact experience group showed more positive national images compared to the negative contact experience group, but only in traditional alliance countries.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study highlights the importance of implementing different strategies for countries to maintain peaceful international relations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b87666d0bff044e2a766bce04281326b2023-12-12T05:33:33ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-011811e028766610.1371/journal.pone.0287666The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula.Hye Cho ShinGi-Eun LeeSeo-Yun ChoiJang-Han Lee<h4>Background</h4>The division of the Korean peninsula involved many neighbouring countries in the Korean War. The relations with those countries have since been reorganised due to active exchange. This study examined how the quantity and quality of contact with traditional alliance (US and Japan) and strategic partner (China and Russia) countries affected their national images.<h4>Methods</h4>To this end, this study analyzed the relation with the national image by measuring the quantity and quality of contact of an individual with each country. The quantity of contact included an evaluation of the individual's subjective amount of contact, contact path, and contact status, and the quality of contact was measured as an evaluation for the pleasure, competitiveness, intimacy, spontaneity, and necessity when contacting each country's culture. A total of 387 participants were divided into two groups based on the presence of direct contact and the quantity and quality of their contact and national images were examined. The participants were followed by a completion of the self-questionnaires including the Culture Experience Questionnaire, National Image Questionnaire, and demographic information questionnaire.<h4>Results</h4>The results of this study are as follow: first, regardless of the type of country, the national image was highly correlated with the degree of subjective contact evaluated by individuals, but there was a weak tendency with contact quality. Second, there was no significant interaction between the country type and contact status for national image, however, different national images for each country were detected. In other word, for contact quantity, contact groups showed more positive national images compared to non-contact groups in Russia, but not Japan, China, and the US. For contact quality, the positive contact experience group showed more positive national images compared to the negative contact experience group, but only in traditional alliance countries.<h4>Conclusion</h4>This study highlights the importance of implementing different strategies for countries to maintain peaceful international relations.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287666&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Hye Cho Shin Gi-Eun Lee Seo-Yun Choi Jang-Han Lee The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. PLoS ONE |
| title | The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. |
| title_full | The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. |
| title_fullStr | The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. |
| title_short | The role of direct contact in forming peace-oriented international relations of a divided country: Focusing on the division of the Korean Peninsula. |
| title_sort | role of direct contact in forming peace oriented international relations of a divided country focusing on the division of the korean peninsula |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287666&type=printable |
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