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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... Foreign relations—Korea (North). 4. Korea (North)— Foreign relations—Korea (South). I. Title. DS922.462.L95 2007 951.904'3 C2007-903402-0 Contents Acknowledgments | vi List of Acronyms | vii Notes.
... Foreign relations—Korea (North). 4. Korea (North)— Foreign relations—Korea (South). I. Title. DS922.462.L95 2007 951.904'3 C2007-903402-0 Contents Acknowledgments | vi List of Acronyms | vii Notes.
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... foreign direct investment Federation of Korean Trade Unions Free Trade Agreement gross national income Grand National Party gross national product Heavy and Chemical Industries initiative highly enriched uranium International Atomic ...
... foreign direct investment Federation of Korean Trade Unions Free Trade Agreement gross national income Grand National Party gross national product Heavy and Chemical Industries initiative highly enriched uranium International Atomic ...
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... foreign presses, Kim Jong-Il still maintains a firm grip on power. In foreign policy, since the spate of normalization agreements with several intermediary powers such as Italy, Canada, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, and the ...
... foreign presses, Kim Jong-Il still maintains a firm grip on power. In foreign policy, since the spate of normalization agreements with several intermediary powers such as Italy, Canada, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom, and the ...
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... foreign critics? Why has there been a counterintuitive improvement in relations between North and South? What roles, if any, do foreign powers such as the US and Japan have in inter-Korean relations? This book is a thematic analysis of ...
... foreign critics? Why has there been a counterintuitive improvement in relations between North and South? What roles, if any, do foreign powers such as the US and Japan have in inter-Korean relations? This book is a thematic analysis of ...
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... did a previously unified peninsula become separated into two nation-states in the first place?17 For most of its recorded history, despite repeated invasions by foreign powers, the Korean peninsula 14 | Bipolar Orders Background History.
... did a previously unified peninsula become separated into two nation-states in the first place?17 For most of its recorded history, despite repeated invasions by foreign powers, the Korean peninsula 14 | Bipolar Orders Background History.
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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