HYUNJUNG Kin

Revisiting health security governance: the korean biosurveillance regime from biopolitics to biocitizenship/ HyunJung Kim

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