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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Page xiii
... Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); first visits between families separated by the North–South division Seoul hosts the Asian Games Democratization Declaration in South Korea; Roh TaeWoo is elected president of South Korea; KAL ...
... Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); first visits between families separated by the North–South division Seoul hosts the Asian Games Democratization Declaration in South Korea; Roh TaeWoo is elected president of South Korea; KAL ...
Page xiv
... nuclear test; Roh Moo-Hyun's popularity at record low in South Korea 2007 US and South Korea agree to an FTA; first test run of passenger trains cross the DMZ; IAEA inspectors verify shutdown of the main North Korean nuclear reactor ...
... nuclear test; Roh Moo-Hyun's popularity at record low in South Korea 2007 US and South Korea agree to an FTA; first test run of passenger trains cross the DMZ; IAEA inspectors verify shutdown of the main North Korean nuclear reactor ...
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... nuclear test of 2006 tend to attract as much analysis as the economic impact of the post-1989 changes in North Korea's relations with Russia and China. 1989 matters, but it is hardly the watershed we might have expected on this alleged ...
... nuclear test of 2006 tend to attract as much analysis as the economic impact of the post-1989 changes in North Korea's relations with Russia and China. 1989 matters, but it is hardly the watershed we might have expected on this alleged ...
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... Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in early 2003 and after its nuclear weapons test in fall 2006. The economy experienced a steady decline from the early 1980s, and massive floods and famine in the early and mid-1990s exacerbated the ...
... Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in early 2003 and after its nuclear weapons test in fall 2006. The economy experienced a steady decline from the early 1980s, and massive floods and famine in the early and mid-1990s exacerbated the ...
Page 12
... nuclear capacity. Unification, at least as encapsulated in the 1 race = 1 system formula, is not actually high on the list of priorities for either government. Objectives. The above discussion triggers a cascade of questions. How did the ...
... nuclear capacity. Unification, at least as encapsulated in the 1 race = 1 system formula, is not actually high on the list of priorities for either government. Objectives. The above discussion triggers a cascade of questions. How did the ...
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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