Доклады Международного конгресса ИИСАА. Т. 1

Доклады Международного конгресса по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки. Т. 1. 2020 391 Marina P. Kukla, Valentin I. Voloshchak (FEFU, Vladivostok, Russia) Political Discourse in the Republic of Korea: Analyzing Presidents’ Budget Addresses 1 Summary: The paper presents a practical application of the discourse analysis approach in examining contemporary political and economic processes of the Republic of Korea (ROK). The methodological framework for the research is based on key provisions of the communication theory, discourse studies and functional stylistics. Using this approach, along with historical and comparative methods of the text analysis, the authors explore the transformation process of South Korean presidents’ discursive practices in the light of the South Korean shift to the welfare state model. The purpose of the study is to outline lexical and stylistic devices used for political and economic discourse in the speeches of ROK’s presidents. In order to assess the characteristics of presidents’ discursive practices, an attempt is made to examine the structural organization and expressive elements of presidents’ speeches. The authors provided the selected quotes with translations and comments, as well as identified changes in the political discourse and their relation to the transformation of state policy. The primary sources for the paper are 2003–2019 Republic of Korea’s pres- idents’ budget addresses, in which the speakers assess the South Korean economic situation and try to formulate the vision of the future economic development policy. It is argued that the concise style of Roh Moo-hyun 2003–2008 budget addresses has gradually changed to the sophisticated and metaphorical discourse of Moon Jae-in, which is intended to persuade the Korean people to believe that the interests of the population are the Government’s priority. The authors conclude that the transformation of the presidents’ discourse reveals the complexity of the economic climate in ROK and a dual task of country’s leadership — to reassure the public through empathy (to convince people that the protection of their interests is a national priority) without making any clear state- ments regarding the methods to build welfare economics. Another element of the presidential discourse is the persistence of export-oriented model of economy. In spite of the attempts to present the domestic demand as a basis of economic growth 1 This work was supported by the Core University Program for Korean Studies through the Ministry of Education of the Republic of the Korea and Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2015-OLU-2250003).