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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... 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 that had been agreed during the ...
... 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 that had been agreed during the ...
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... popular destination for an estimated 100,000 or more tourists per year. It also remains a frequently invoked visual symbol of the polarities that divide the peninsula, especially after some incident or other triggers a media competition ...
... popular destination for an estimated 100,000 or more tourists per year. It also remains a frequently invoked visual symbol of the polarities that divide the peninsula, especially after some incident or other triggers a media competition ...
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... popular in South Korea, the creation of a double eyelid fold (often called the Asian blepharoplasty), after becoming president. In contrast, during the same period, in 1994 to be precise, North Korea's political system witnessed the ...
... popular in South Korea, the creation of a double eyelid fold (often called the Asian blepharoplasty), after becoming president. In contrast, during the same period, in 1994 to be precise, North Korea's political system witnessed the ...
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... popular culture flows, more cultural exchanges, and higher levels of interest in modern Korean history in Japan than in English-speaking countries. There are often differences in the types of questions and issues individual scholars are ...
... popular culture flows, more cultural exchanges, and higher levels of interest in modern Korean history in Japan than in English-speaking countries. There are often differences in the types of questions and issues individual scholars are ...
Contents
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23 | |
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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