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Suhong Chae

Seoul National University · Social Sciences

About the Lab

Professor Suhong Chae's research lab focuses on the political economy of labor and industrial transformation in contemporary Vietnam, with a particular emphasis on the interplay between globalization, state policy, and transnational labor migration. The lab explores how industrialization and capitalist reforms since the Đổi Mới era have reshaped class identities, regional affiliations, and transnational labor relations—especially in relation to South Korea and China. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the lab investigates workers' agency, resistance, and identity formation in export-oriented manufacturing zones and among Vietnamese migrant workers in foreign labor markets.

labor studiesVietnamtransnational laborindustrializationregional identity

Research Overview

Papers
32
Total Citations
36
Papers (5y)
10
Primary Field
Social Sciences

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
10total
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Citations per year (5y)
4total
20182019202020212022

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|11 citations·2010
The Candlelight Protest and the Politics of the Baby Stroller Brigades
Suhong Chae, Sujin Kim
SJR Q1Korea JournalOA
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
2
book|8 citations·2003
Spinning work and weaving life : the politics of production in a capitalistic multinational textile factory in Vietnam
Suhong Chae
UMI Dissertation Services eBooks
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
4
Article|2 citations·2017
The Political Processes of the Distinctive Multinational Factory Regime and Recent Strikes in Vietnam
Suhong Chae
SJR Q2Global Economic Review

The period from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s is noteworthy in the history of industrial relations in Vietnam. On the one hand, the number of strikes increased, reaching its peak in 2011. On the other hand, there were much stronger signs that both the management and the workers were not satisfied with their “factory regime”, as a stable and predictable process to resolve labor disputes was yet to emerge. In addition to the previous economic and political explanations focused on macroeconomic

Public AdministrationSocial Sciences
5
Article|1 citations·2018
Vietnam in 2017: The Situations and Prospects of Economics, Politics, and International Relations
Suhong Chae, 이한우
The Southeast Asian ReviewOA

이 글은 최근 베트남 사회에서 일어난 변화를 몇 가지로 나누어 설명하고자 한다. 첫째, 베트남의 세계경제로의 통합과 자본주의 화를 이상적인 것으로 상정하고 작성된 각종 보고서와 논문을 활 용하여 2017년 베트남 경제의 특징적 변화를 소개한다. 둘째, 베트 남의 자본주의로의 이행을 보는 서로 다른 시각을 포괄하면서 베 트남 경제의 최근 변화와 위기를 중장기적으로 평가하고, 전망하 고, 진단하고자 한다. 셋째, 최근 대두된 정치적, 사회적 이슈를 놓고 공산당 내부에서 벌이고 있는 정치과정의 양상과 이로 인한 권력관계의 변화를 추적한다. 넷째, 이상에서 논의한 베트남의 정 치경제적 변화에 영향을 미치고 있는 대외관계의 환경과 이에 대 한 베트남 정부의 대응을 설명한다. 이 과정에서 25주년을 맞이한 한국-베트남 관계의 의미에 대한 평가도 간략하게나마 시도해보고자 한다. 마지막으로, 최근 베트남의 사회문화적 변화를 염두에 두면서 대중이 개혁개방정책 이후 일어나고 있는 체제의 변화에 어떻게

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
6
Article|1 citations·2019
South Korean Factory Managers Transnational Life in Ho Chi Minh City
Suhong Chae
Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University)

This article was originally published in 『비교문화연구』 [Cross-cultural studies] 20(2): 47-94; Translated into English by Hwang Heesun.

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
7
Article|1 citations·2013
The Phases and Causes of the Wildcat Strikes in Vietnam:The Case of Binh Duong Province
Suhong Chae
The Southeast Asian ReviewOA
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
8
Book Chapter|1 citations·2011
8. The Dynamics of a Multinational Factory Regime and Recent Strikes in Vietnam
Suhong Chae
ISEAS Publishing eBooks
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
9
Article|1 citations·2008
Vietnamese Historical Perspectives on Neighboring Countries and East Asian Regional Cooperation
Suhong Chae
The Southeast Asian ReviewOA
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
10
Article|1 citations·2017
The Formation, Differentiation and Future in the Korean Society in Hanoi
Suhong Chae
Korean Cultural Anthropology
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
11
Article|0 citations·2013
Reflection on the Fieldwork of Vietnamese Factory Workers' Resistance
Suhong Chae
The Southeast Asian ReviewOA
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
12
Article|0 citations·2016
The Transnational Life and Cultural Politics of Korean Chinese Factory Managers in Vietnam
Suhong Chae
The Southeast Asian ReviewOA
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
13
Book Chapter|0 citations·2020
Contemporary Ho Chi Minh City in Numerous Contradictions: Reform Policy, Foreign Capital and the Working Class 1
Suhong Chae

This chapter outlines the contradictions that the rapidly transforming Ho Chi Minh (H.C.M) City has faced in the process of socialist reform since the mid-1980s. It explains the historical background of the reform policy, and describes the change of H.C.M. City and a specific industrial area. The chapter discusses how the working class both deals with and resists the capitalist transition and foreign capital. Among the Viet Kieu, the ethnic Chinese have been expanding their business territories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
14
Article|0 citations·2004
A Declining Mining Town and Its Future: A Case Study of Chul-am Community
Suhong Chae
Cross-cultural studies
Urban StudiesSocial Sciences

Research Areas

Sociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsPublic AdministrationStrategy and ManagementUrban Studies

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