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
... president of South Korea; KAL bombing incident “Anti-communist” education is replaced by “Unification Education” in South Korea; Seoul Olympics South Korea–Russia Normalization First North Korea–Japan Normalization talks; Kim HakSun ...
... president of South Korea; KAL bombing incident “Anti-communist” education is replaced by “Unification Education” in South Korea; Seoul Olympics South Korea–Russia Normalization First North Korea–Japan Normalization talks; Kim HakSun ...
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... president of South Korea 2004 Impeachment of Roh fails; second Japan–North Korea summit 2006 North Korea conducts nuclear test; Roh Moo-Hyun's popularity at record low in South Korea 2007 US and South Korea agree to an FTA; first test ...
... president of South Korea 2004 Impeachment of Roh fails; second Japan–North Korea summit 2006 North Korea conducts nuclear test; Roh Moo-Hyun's popularity at record low in South Korea 2007 US and South Korea agree to an FTA; first test ...
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... president Bill Clinton, who during a 2003 visit stated that the DMZ was “the scariest place on Earth.” Near the west coast of the DMZ lies a roughly circular area of land about 800 meters in diameter called the Joint Security Area ...
... president Bill Clinton, who during a 2003 visit stated that the DMZ was “the scariest place on Earth.” Near the west coast of the DMZ lies a roughly circular area of land about 800 meters in diameter called the Joint Security Area ...
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... president, Roh Moo-Hyun (No Mu-Hyôn), apparently concerned with his modest mien, underwent a surgical procedure that is the most popular in South Korea, the creation of a double eyelid fold (often called the Asian blepharoplasty), after ...
... president, Roh Moo-Hyun (No Mu-Hyôn), apparently concerned with his modest mien, underwent a surgical procedure that is the most popular in South Korea, the creation of a double eyelid fold (often called the Asian blepharoplasty), after ...
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... president, George W. Bush, especially among South Koreans under fifty. As is the case in most industrialized countries, South Korea is frequently probed via public opinion polls, and these often portray a morass of contradictory and ...
... president, George W. Bush, especially among South Koreans under fifty. As is the case in most industrialized countries, South Korea is frequently probed via public opinion polls, and these often portray a morass of contradictory and ...
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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