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Asia in Focus Issue no. 10 is out now!

front cover of Asia in Focus, issue no 10

The second issue since the Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies overtook publication, features another round of thought-provoking articles written by early career scholars.

Asia in Focus is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal published yearly online. It aims to support and give early career scholars affiliated or recently affiliated with a Nordic institution of higher education an opportunity to publish their work.

Issue 10 features seven articles:

 “Evolving Military Service and Social Inclusion in South Korea” by Thomas Artaiz

“Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Rural Thailand 1997-2017” by Suphalak Bumroongkit

“Beyond Coolness: Unravelling Euro-American Perceptions of Contemporary Japan” by Luke Farrelly-Spain

“Perception of Hierarchy Among Student Activists in the Thai Youth Movement 2020-2022” by Lara Aina Franken

“Human Rights Expectations for an EU-Thailand Free Trade Agreement” by Simon Kaack

“Hong Kong Students’ Perspective on Educational Inequalities in the Context of the New Educational Reforms” by Giovanni Mauri

“The Akiya Phenomenon, Revitalisation, and Resistance: Investigating Vacant Houses as a Tool for Repopulation in Rural Japan” by Julia Olsson

 

The journal is available here