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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... leadership led to rising discontent among the citizens and the military. On May 16, 1961, Major General Park ... leaders and student activists, who questioned the legitimacy of the elections, especially those of 1967 and 1971. a Park ...
... leadership led to rising discontent among the citizens and the military. On May 16, 1961, Major General Park ... leaders and student activists, who questioned the legitimacy of the elections, especially those of 1967 and 1971. a Park ...
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... leader Kim DaeJung, who had been a very vocal critic of Park after being defeated narrowly in the 1971 presidential election, was kidnapped from his Tokyo hotel room on August 8, 1973 by members of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency ...
... leader Kim DaeJung, who had been a very vocal critic of Park after being defeated narrowly in the 1971 presidential election, was kidnapped from his Tokyo hotel room on August 8, 1973 by members of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency ...
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... leader Kim Young-Sam's offices. Demonstrations calling for Park to resign erupted in the southeastern cities of Pusan and Masan, leading to an emergency meeting between Park and a handful of advisors on October 26, 1979. Kim Jae-Kyu ...
... leader Kim Young-Sam's offices. Demonstrations calling for Park to resign erupted in the southeastern cities of Pusan and Masan, leading to an emergency meeting between Park and a handful of advisors on October 26, 1979. Kim Jae-Kyu ...
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... as the president in February 1981. Among many steps to strengthen his hold on power, Chun arrested and tried opposition leader Kim Dae-Jung on trumped-up charges of sedition, and sentenced him to death. 32 | Bipolar Orders.
... as the president in February 1981. Among many steps to strengthen his hold on power, Chun arrested and tried opposition leader Kim Dae-Jung on trumped-up charges of sedition, and sentenced him to death. 32 | Bipolar Orders.
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... leaders to draw on, and its legacies informed Chun's own reluctance to use armed force to suppress the 1987 demonstrations.17 Perhaps most important, accounts of the Kwangju Massacre, along with other counternarratives, were transmitted ...
... leaders to draw on, and its legacies informed Chun's own reluctance to use armed force to suppress the 1987 demonstrations.17 Perhaps most important, accounts of the Kwangju Massacre, along with other counternarratives, were transmitted ...
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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