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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... trade is probably the best indicator of the deterioration of the North Korean economy . Historically , North Korea oriented its trade relations in a highly political ( as distinct from economic ) manner . The Soviet Union and its East ...
... trade deficits have been implicitly financed by China , which has permitted North Korea to accumulate large arrears in its trade account . A final possibility is that these deficits have been financed with remittances from Japan , which ...
... trade counted as international trade ; GDP in current dollars from Bank of Korea . reorientation of international trade away from socialist allies and toward natural trading partners . One way to get a sense of how North Korea might ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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