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. North Korea has experienced severe economic deterioration and increasing international isolation, while South Korea has undergone democratization and witnessed the emergence of a vibrant consumer culture. Paradoxically, this growing gap in ideologies and material standards has led to improved relations between the two countries. Why has this counterintuitive development occurred? Is North Korea really a threat, and if so, for whom? This book provides a substantive, accessible, and timely examination of the complex and compelling histories of the two Koreas. |
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... in Canada, the USA, South Korea, and Japan. His current research projects range from economic history to contemporary popular culture, plastic surgery to epistemology. Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn.
... in Canada, the USA, South Korea, and Japan. His current research projects range from economic history to contemporary popular culture, plastic surgery to epistemology. Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989 Hyung Gu Lynn.
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... Japan, Canada, the US, the UK and other countries also directly or indirectly facilitated the completion of this book. And last but not least, thanks, S.F.T., for everything. The author is however, solely responsible for any errors in ...
... Japan, Canada, the US, the UK and other countries also directly or indirectly facilitated the completion of this book. And last but not least, thanks, S.F.T., for everything. The author is however, solely responsible for any errors in ...
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... for all Korean names in the text for consistency and clarity (even though I do not use a hyphen for my own given name). Chronology 1910 Japan colonizes Korea; ending the Choso ̆n dynasty 1945 Notes on Transliteration.
... for all Korean names in the text for consistency and clarity (even though I do not use a hyphen for my own given name). Chronology 1910 Japan colonizes Korea; ending the Choso ̆n dynasty 1945 Notes on Transliteration.
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... Japan 1948 South Korea and North Korea are established 1950–53 Korean War 1960 Syngman Rhee ousted in South Korea; Chang Myo ̆n takes over 1961 Park Chung-Hee overthrows the Chang government 1965 South Korea–Japan Normalization Treaty ...
... Japan 1948 South Korea and North Korea are established 1950–53 Korean War 1960 Syngman Rhee ousted in South Korea; Chang Myo ̆n takes over 1961 Park Chung-Hee overthrows the Chang government 1965 South Korea–Japan Normalization Treaty ...
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... Japan Normalization talks; Kim HakSun becomes the first “comfort women” survivor to testify publicly under her own name Kim Young-Sam is elected president of South Korea; South Korea–China Normalization North Korea nuclear crisis ...
... Japan Normalization talks; Kim HakSun becomes the first “comfort women” survivor to testify publicly under her own name Kim Young-Sam is elected president of South Korea; South Korea–China Normalization North Korea nuclear crisis ...
Contents
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2 Altered States | 56 |
3 Holy Trinity | 91 |
4 Economic Tetralogies | 124 |
5 Decussation Effects? | 154 |
6 Conclusion | 172 |
Notes | 177 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 195 |
Index | 200 |
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