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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... uprising; Kim DaeJung arrested 1981 Seoul is awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics 1983 Assassination attempt on Chun Doo-Hwan in Rangoon: 17 South Korean and 3 Burmese officials die 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 North Korea ...
... uprising; Kim DaeJung arrested 1981 Seoul is awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics 1983 Assassination attempt on Chun Doo-Hwan in Rangoon: 17 South Korean and 3 Burmese officials die 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 North Korea ...
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... (officially known as the Republic of Korea) appears to be a developmentalist dream brought to life, a capitalist success story polished to a poster-like sheen. The other Korea is the “evil” doppelganger, an anachronism in the post ...
... (officially known as the Republic of Korea) appears to be a developmentalist dream brought to life, a capitalist success story polished to a poster-like sheen. The other Korea is the “evil” doppelganger, an anachronism in the post ...
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... (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) remains a bête noire de jour, constant fodder for headline tickers and journalistic sensationalism around the world. In between the polar opposite worlds, a four-kilometer ...
... (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) remains a bête noire de jour, constant fodder for headline tickers and journalistic sensationalism around the world. In between the polar opposite worlds, a four-kilometer ...
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... official Canadian government ceremonies dripping with colonial implications, might conclude that Canada suffers from a far more incomplete state formation than do the two Koreas. Yet there are no major scholarly subfields or political ...
... official Canadian government ceremonies dripping with colonial implications, might conclude that Canada suffers from a far more incomplete state formation than do the two Koreas. Yet there are no major scholarly subfields or political ...
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... officially colonized Korea in 1910; it ruled over Korea until its defeat in World War Two on August 15, 1945. The thirty-five years of colonial rule created the foundations for the division of the peninsula in 1945. To simplify, the ...
... officially colonized Korea in 1910; it ruled over Korea until its defeat in World War Two on August 15, 1945. The thirty-five years of colonial rule created the foundations for the division of the peninsula in 1945. To simplify, 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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