KOREA OBSERVER is a peer-reviewed social science quarterly journal, providing comprehensive analyses of contemporary Korean affairs since 1968. The journal is circulated among academic institutions, research centers, governmental libraries, and individuals throughout the world. The contents of KOREA OBSERVER are abstracted and/or indexed in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Elsevier Bibliographic Databases (SCOPUS), CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, EBSCOhost Databases, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, and PAIS International.