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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... Kim Dae - jung's ruling coalition trailed in the polls , is consistent with all of these hypothe- ses . It could signal that , having consolidated political power , a newly confident Kim Jong - il is ready to begin responding ...
... Kim Dae - jung's first acts was to visit the Ministry of Finance and Economy ( MOFE ) . On 22 December , after meeting with MOFE officials , Kim announced to the assembled press corps that the situation was worse than he had been led to ...
... ( Kim Dae - jung would not take office until 25 February 1998 ) gave the country a window of roughly eight weeks to stabilize before the new National Assembly would reconvene and markets would begin expecting serious reform . In the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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