• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.16 no.3_1
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• pp.99-106
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• 2016

Violent action is prohibited in military, and onus to maintain discipline is on commander. To complete this duty, junior leaders who work on the first line is on situation that their human rights are unprotected. And it is linked to military violence. To eradicate this kind of violence, reformation of military organizational culture which assure junior military leaders' human rights is needed.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.7
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• pp.161-173
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• 2008

Silmido [실미도 2003] captures the covered historical reality and describes the spectacular training process of the special army stationed at Silmido in vivid detail. As a result, a fictional space is turned into a reality film. The film shows ideological inconsistency of the critical view about the fascism of government authority and at the same time the political aid about government authority. The film creates dramatic and friendly effect through melodramatic and emotional exaggeration called sinpa about historical events to produce the pleasure of assimilation based on the trust of the audience. Here, individual assimilation is subjectivity achieved through the general sympathy coming from the tragic national discourse. Silmido appeals to the imaginary community not in a logical but in an emotional way. The spectacular action and realistic images are supported by national tragedy divided into the South Korea and the North Korea, and integrated sentimentalism to amplify the tragedy. Silmido tries to strengthen the tragic situation caused by the division ideology through this sentimentalism called sinpa. In contrast to the brutality of the relentless military regime, the sacrifice of good-hearted Silmido force members is heroically portrayed.