The purpose of this paper is to compare how the South and North Korean press used the terms of address and honorifics for the leaders of the two Koreas. We analyze the press reports related to the three inter-Korean summits in 2018 and the Panmunjeom meeting among the leaders of two Koreas and USA in 2019. We focused on the data of address terms and honorifics for President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un used by the South Korean and North Korean newspapers. Specifically, we looked at the difference in usages between the South Korean newspapers and North Korea's newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the difference in usages between the Hankyoreh and Chosun Ilbo in South Korea, and the difference in usages between the 2000 and 2018 inter-Korean summits. Through this analysis and discussion, we can clearly see that many factors affect the use of language in the media, such as the political system of the two Koreas, the political attitude of the two South Korean media toward North Korea, and the age of the top leaders of North Korea.

Bang, Minhee. 2016. “A Corpus Analysis of Representation of Mothers in the South Korean Press: collocates of 엄마 (mom)”. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 24(3). 157~189. This study analyses the main lexical collocates of 엄마 (eomma: mom) in the corpus of the South Korean newspapers from 1990 to 2015. The collocates are grouped to see what semantic themes can be found in constructing discourse on motherhood, Firstly, 엄마 collocates most frequently with 아이 (ai: child) accounting for average 10.44% of all occurrences of eomma, while only 1.38% of the instances of the English counterpart mom(s) occurs with the English equivalents of 아이 in the COCA (Corpus of Contemporary American English). Secondly, there is a host of collocates referring to body parts and denoting physical closeness, conveying a sense of emotional intimacy and bond between a mother and a child. Thirdly, there are collocates denoting motherly love and care, juxtaposed with collocates denoting absence and suffering of mothers. Portraying mothers as a sacrificing caregiver while problematising their absence as a threat to children’s welfare positions women as having sole responsibility for child care. Lastly, there is a group of collocates related to education, reflecting the Korean zeal for education. The analysis of the collocate 엄마표 (eommapyo: mom-made) reveals how the responsibility of childcare and education is reduced to the personal and individual issue, with mothers being construed as a main agent of facilitating children’s academic success.

한국언론의 전쟁취재 역사는 50년 이상 되었지만, 취재 과정의 노하우 축적이나 취재활 동에 필요한 제반여건의 개선은 아직 많이 부족한 상태다. 따라서 이 연구는 제반 여건이 좋지 않은 환경에서도 전쟁취재를 다녀온 실무 기자들을 직접 만나 전쟁취재과정과 환경 등을 듣고 그 개선점과 개선방안은 어떠한 점들이 있는가를 살펴보았다. 연구결과 전쟁취재를 직접 경험한 기자들은 아직 한국언론이 전쟁취재에 있어 취재 노 하우의 축적이나 활동지원이 많이 부족하다는데 의견을 모았다. 특히, 전쟁 취재의 한계와 문제점을 극복하기 위해서는 우선적으로 국제전문가와 분쟁전문기자 또는 특파원을 둘 필 요가 있고, 기자들도 적극 가담해 평소에도 꾸준히 이 분야에 대한 정보를 습득하고 준비 해 시청자나 독자의 관심을 유발할 필요가 있다고 밝혔다.