Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989North Korea and South Korea are never far from the news headlines - one for the alleged danger it poses to the world, the other for its apparent capitalist success story. In Bipolar Orders, Hyung Gu Lynn analyzes the processes driving both countries since the 1980s. |
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... Problems of planned economies Among the more long - term factors , first , North Korea suffered from a problem common to centrally planned socialist economies : constant shortages of consumer goods , inefficient distribution , and ...
... problem was that North Korean rice types have growing times that average between 160 and 180 days . This is longer than most types used in Japan , which require 140 to 150 days . The longer growing time rendered the North Korean ...
... problem.24 The Public Distribution System ( PDS ) was discriminatory , and , despite monitoring efforts by the WFP , it was difficult to assure that those in most need received the food aid.25 The resultant violation of food rights ...
Contents
Consolidation | 23 |
Economic and Social Change | 56 |
North Korean Politics after 1989 | 91 |
Copyright | |
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