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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... chaebol ( founded in 1967 ) , grew an astonishing 54 percent annually during this period ( E.M. Kim 1997 ) .27 At the time of Daewoo's collapse in 1999 , it alone reportedly accounted for 5 percent of South Korean GDP . Economic ...
... chaebol growth was political in a broad sense . The tight relationship between business and the state contributed to the perception that political connections ( if not outright corruption ) were the key to business success - not ...
... chaebol having risen from 44.5 percent to 50.5 percent , and the average for the top ten chaebol having increased from 27.2 percent to 34.6 percent . " The chaebol families use the mechanism of cross - shareholding to maintain manage ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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