This edited volume unveils diverse issues and factors related to health disparities in contemporary Korean Society. It illustrates how economic and social changes unequally impact different subpopulations, including employees, the elderly, children, and immigrants and describes why health policy and intervention is needed now.

Sou Hyun Jang is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan University.

Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York (CUNY).