The Search For A Unified Korea

Author : Eui-Gak Hwang
Publisher : Springer
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781441915627

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The Search for a Unified Korea by Eui-Gak Hwang Pdf

North Korea’s brinkmanship diplomacy has continued to disturb the world with its seemingly reckless missile testing, as the country’s leader, Kim Jong-Il, is rumored to be terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. North Korea appears to be in a state of serious internal crisis not only because its dictatorial system, albeit skillful and ruthless leadership, is inherently unstable, if not skillful and ruthless leadership, but also because the main pillar of Kim Jong-Il’s legitimacy is rapidly eroding due to both mass starvations and the exodus of grassroots and mass exodus of the North Korean people into nearby regions. The main objective of this book is to explore the probability of North Korea’s implosion, and second to search for a feasible way for Korean reuni?cation as a possible consequence of a big bang event on the peninsula. The geopolitics of the Korean Peninsula is historically very complicated as Korea is bordered and s- rounded by four big powers; namely, China, Russia, Japan, and the United States. Each country has its own varying degrees of political, economic, and military stakes with respect to the Korean Peninsula. Thus, the Land of the Morning Calm has remained divided since 1945 mainly as a result of the domain war among these super powers. As the North nears a turning point, however, there is a new possibility for the two Koreas to reunite if the international environments work in their favor, and if both countries are well prepared to assume reuni?cation.

Author : Eui-Gak Hwang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1441915672

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The Search for a Unified Korea by Eui-Gak Hwang Pdf

Author : Ruti G. Teitel,Baek Buhm-Suk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137534545

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Transitional Justice in Unified Korea by Ruti G. Teitel,Baek Buhm-Suk Pdf

How will a unified Korea respond to the Kim regime's crimes against humanity? Will North and South Korea be able to reconcile their differences after being divided for so long? Will China, the US, Japan, Russia, and U.N. drive the process? This book examines the challenges associated with Korean unification and human rights accountability.

Author : Hyun Jin Preston Moon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1642799807

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Korean Dream by Hyun Jin Preston Moon Pdf

"An aspirational treatise on nationhood that illustrates why reunification that is led by Korean civil society is the ultimate answer to security, economic, and social problems created through 70 years of division."--page 4 of cover.

Author : Yun Kim,Eui Hang Shin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Korea
ISBN : UOM:39015037436568

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Toward a Unified Korea by Yun Kim,Eui Hang Shin Pdf

Author : Mahavir Prasad Srivastava
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130837490

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The Korean Conflict by Mahavir Prasad Srivastava Pdf

Author : Chin-uk Chʻoe,Sun-sŏng Pak
Publisher : 민족통일연구원
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073061215

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The Making of a Unified Korea by Chin-uk Chʻoe,Sun-sŏng Pak Pdf

Author : Tae-Hwan Kwak,Seung-Ho Joo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317085669

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One Korea by Tae-Hwan Kwak,Seung-Ho Joo Pdf

On the Korean peninsula, there exist two sovereign states—the Republic of Korea (ROK or South Korea) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea)—both of whom hold separate membership at the United Nations. This book discusses the construction of "one Korea" and highlights the potential benefits of unification for the Koreans and the international community. Arguing that Korean unification is intrinsically international in nature, the authors outline how the process and outcome would impact upon the policies of the four major powers—the U.S., China, Russia, and Japan. In addition, the authors highlight the possible far-reaching repercussions of unification on the political and economic dynamics of Northeast Asia. Making a case for the two Koreas and interested powers to plan and orchestrate their acts for sustained peace and gradual unification on the Korean peninsula, this book examines the Korean question and the related issue of peace building in Northeast Asia from a global perspective. It will be of interest to students and scholars researching politics and international relations.

Author : Hyun Ok Park
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231540513

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The Capitalist Unconscious by Hyun Ok Park Pdf

The unification of North and South Korea is widely considered an unresolved and volatile matter for the global order, but this book argues capital has already unified Korea in a transnational form. As Hyun Ok Park demonstrates, rather than territorial integration and family union, the capitalist unconscious drives the current unification, imagining the capitalist integration of the Korean peninsula and the Korean diaspora as a new democratic moment. Based on extensive archival and ethnographic research in South Korea and China, The Capitalist Unconscious shows how the hegemonic democratic politics of the post-Cold War era (reparation, peace, and human rights) have consigned the rights of migrant laborers—protagonists of transnational Korea—to identity politics, constitutionalism, and cosmopolitanism. Park reveals the riveting capitalist logic of these politics, which underpins legal and policy debates, social activism, and media spectacle. While rethinking the historical trajectory of Cold War industrialism and its subsequent liberal path, this book also probes memories of such key events as the North Korean and Chinese revolutions, which are integral to migrants' reckoning with capitalist allures and communal possibilities. Casting capitalist democracy within an innovative framework of historical repetition, Park elucidates the form and content of the capitalist unconscious at different historical moments and dissolves the modern opposition among socialism, democracy, and dictatorship. The Capitalist Unconscious astutely explores the neoliberal present's past and introduces a compelling approach to the question of history and contemporaneity.

Author : Mason Richey,Jagannath P. Panda,David A. Tizzard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000414110

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The Future of the Korean Peninsula by Mason Richey,Jagannath P. Panda,David A. Tizzard Pdf

This book considers both Koreas - North Korea and South Korea - to examine possible pathways for the years leading up to 2032 and beyond, thus offering a composite picture of Korea and its strategic relevance in Asia and the world at large. Through a combined South-North Olympic team and an effort of jointly hosting the Games, Republic of Korea president Moon Jae-in has marked the year 2032 as special in the future of the Korean Peninsula. Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed scepticism about a combined hosting of the Games, the expectation in Korea is that this event will underline the shared destiny of the people inhabiting the peninsula and realign two states still caught in an ideologically fraught civil conflict that is one of the last vestiges of the Cold War. Chapters begin with a brief historical review and analysis of the present, before moving to consider how these will shape the next decade, drawing comparative and complementary analyses. No matter how contrasting the contemporary trajectories of both North and South Korea might appear, ‘Korea’ as a singular entity is an old concept still containing great possibilities. As the ongoing inter-Korean reconciliation process underscores, the futures of North and South Korea can be found in a complementary singular Korea, which would again represent an important political, strategic, cultural, and social space in Asia. An evaluation of the future trajectory, social awareness and perception of the Koreas, this book offers a valuable contribution to the study of North and South Korea and Asian Politics.

Author : Roy Grinker
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0312210914

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Korea and its Futures by Roy Grinker Pdf

Despite the passage of over forty years since the official end of the civil war in Korea, the north and the south sections of the country remain technically at war. In Korea and its Futures , Roy Grinker argues that the continued conflict between North and South Korea, and the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula, must be understood within the broader social and cultural contexts in which Koreans live. Grinker suggests that a fundamental obstacle to peace on the peninsula is that South Korea has become a nation in which nearly all aspects of economic, political, and cultural identity are defined in opposition to North Korea. He further demonstrates that in spite of its status as a sacred goal for all Koreans, the idea of unification threatens the world in which almost every South Korean has been born and raised. In chapters on defectors, divided families, student protests, and early education, Grinker reveals how South Korean conceptions of unification prevent either side from recognizing that a unified Korea must also be a diverse Korea. In other words, Grinker points out, unification is largely perceived by South Koreans not as the integration of different identities but as the southern conquest and assimilation of the north - in short, as winning the war.

Author : Andrei Lankov
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199390038

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The Real North Korea by Andrei Lankov Pdf

In The Real North Korea, Lankov substitutes cold, clear analysis for the overheated rhetoric surrounding this opaque police state. Based on vast expertise, this book reveals how average North Koreans live, how their leaders rule, and how both survive

Author : Michael Haas
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014313897

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Korean Reunification by Michael Haas Pdf

A collection of original papers by distinguished scholars, this volume explores a variety of strategies for the reunification of North and South Korea, based on alternative theoretical approaches. Although many policymakers and academics have been pessimistic about reunification, each of the contributors here argue that reunification could be achieved through a realistic, long-term strategy. In presenting their individual approaches to the problem, the authors first adapt a scenario for the future and then sketch a step-by-step program aimed at bringing about developments that would invariably lead to some form of reunification. Students of Asian studies, international relations, and political science will find this an illuminating treatment of the issues involved in one of the world's longest protracted conflicts. The volume begins with a history of negotiations between North and South Korea on the question of reunification and identifies the political alternatives. The contributors then evaluate various proposals for reducing tensions on the peninsula, using both academic and practical approaches. John Galtung, recent winner of the alternate Nobel Prize for Peace, argues the case for neutralization, while volume editor Michael Haas explicates a functionalist approach that stresses cooperative activities. Oran Young presents a plan for graduated, reciprocated unilateral moves for tension reduction. Subsequent papers discuss the nonviolence, mediation, and domestic political feasibility approaches in turn. The book concludes with appendixes containing the latest plans for reunification proclaimed by both governments. With world attention once again focused on Korea because of the recent Olympic Games, the issue of reunification has achieved new prominence. This volume is a timely and important contribution to the reconciliation process.

Author : Il-sŏng Kim
Publisher : Institute for Independent Social Journalism
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015022205580

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For the Independent Peaceful Reunification of Korea by Il-sŏng Kim Pdf

Author : Shepherd Iverson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786476831

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One Korea by Shepherd Iverson Pdf

Peaceful Korean reunification would end a growing nuclear threat, ease regional and geopolitical tensions, and bring about significant economic growth and cooperation in resource-rich Northeast Asia. The central assumption of this book is that peace and reunification can be achieved by changing the underlying incentive structure for all North Koreans, and by offering its leaders a safe, honorable and profitable way out of a deteriorating situation. Economic stagnation and increased awareness of the better life beyond their borders has led to growing dissent inside North Korea, while dynastic transition and the rise of a new generation of leaders may have opened a new opportunity for political acquiescence. The book outlines a Korean Peace Fund strategy that provides for global elites, corporations and governments to raise $300 billion to give to North Korean power elites, military officers and common people if they agree to reunify under South Korean political leadership. Kim Jong-un would likely be hailed worldwide for participating in a win-win, face-saving resolution.