Revisiting health security governance: the korean biosurveillance regime from biopolitics to biocitizenship/ HyunJung Kim
Material type: TextSubject(s): In: Asian Perspective, Volume 48, Number 2, Spring 2024, pg. 277-299Summary: The South Korean COVID-19 pandemic response implemented a new biosurveillance regime actively utilizing new information and communication technology (ICT) and digital tools, centered on the testing, tracing, and treating (3T) strategy. However, Western media was praising it as a new pandemic response model for democratic countries. This article's case study illustrates how the post-MERS digital biosurveillance in Korea serves as a new model of biocitizenship establishing governmental discipline by social compromise.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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The South Korean COVID-19 pandemic response implemented a new biosurveillance regime actively utilizing new information and communication technology (ICT) and digital tools, centered on the testing, tracing, and treating (3T) strategy. However, Western media was praising it as a new pandemic response model for democratic countries. This article's case study illustrates how the post-MERS digital biosurveillance in Korea serves as a new model of biocitizenship establishing governmental discipline by social compromise.
BIOPOLITICS, BIOCITIZENSHIP, HEALTH SECURITY, BIODEFENSE, BIOSURVEILLANCE, ICT, NEWARTICLS
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