Dr Yikyung Kim is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University. Her primary research focuses on the history of the East Asian cooperative movement and the culture of reciprocity and solidarity, with a long-term historical perspective. Her research includes “The Formation and Development of the Korean Cooperative Movement under the Japanese Colonial Rule: Focus on Concepts, Participants, and Solidarity” (2022, Ph.D. thesis), “Characteristics of the Development of Korean Co-operatives under Japanese Colonial Rule”, “The Establishment and Spread of Hamchang Cooperative in Gyeongsangbuk-do under Japanese Colonial Rule”, etc. She also published several books with fellow researchers including “100 years of the Korean Co-operative Movement” and “Conversation of Cooperation”.

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