Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasInstitute for International Economics, 2000 - 431 pagine On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden-and possibly nuclear-armed-totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation. |
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... given in the normal Korean sequence , with surname first . The surname is then followed by the generational and given names with a hyphen between them for ease in distinguishing the components . When citing a name only with surname and ...
... Given the state dominance over the banking system , credit was in part allocated on the basis of personal and political connec- tions , as well as outright bribery . This delegitimated the accomplishments of the chaebol ( especially given ...
... Given the highly questionable nature of the GDP statistics discussed in the previous section , the falling volume of trade is probably the best indicator of the deterioration of the North Korean economy . Historically , North Korea ...
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Introduction 1347 | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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