This country survey briefly outlines the defence and economic background of the two Koreas and the security environment in the Korean Peninsula. It shows how defence spending to deter a potential North Korean attack has crowded-out the South Korean civilian economy and considers the possibility...

In March 2005, riots erupted in South Korea against Japan for claiming sovereignty over some rocky uninhabited islets (0.23 km2). Five weeks earlier, riots did not erupt in South Korea when North Korea proved that it has nuclear weapons. How can we explain moral outrage in one case, when the...

Новый президент Южной Кореи обновила концепцию отношений страны с Северной Кореей в рамках «политики доверия», которая фокусируется на экономическом...

This study analyses an arms race between South and North Korea over the period 1963-2000. Despite the strategic importance of the Korean Peninsula, the arms race between South and North Korea has rarely been studied. In this study, the South-North arms race is empirically estimated using...

On April 13-15, 2000 South and North Korean leaders met in Pyongyang for a meeting of peace ending over fifty years of hostilities. According to this meeting, South and North Korea were believed to be among the economies most directly affected by the world peace process. This had a large effect...

Since the 1950s, agricultural growth in East Asia (China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan) has reduced rural poverty and created a strong base for economic development. To gain a better understanding of the nature of this growth, we examine the sources of change in agricultural...

Economic integration between North and South Korea occurs through three modalities: traditional arm's-length trade and investment, processing on commission (POC) trade, and operations within the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). In order, these three modalities are characterized by decreasing...

This paper argues that the South Korean government's policy during the entire post Cold War period, from Roh Tae-woo's administration to the current Lee Myung-bak administration, did little to resolve the issues pertaining to the conflictual North-South relationship. This is because the problems...

The role of India in the Korean War is relatively little known either in Korea or India. For a student of Indian Studies in Korea and a student of Korean Studies in India of our time, a study of the role of India in the Korean War might provide one more useful perspective to understand the...

Der Prozess der deutschen Vereinigung zeigt, wie ernsthaft und schwer die Probleme sind, wenn ein Land mit kommunistischer Planwirtschaft in ein Land mit Marktwirtschaft integriert werden soll. Korea kann aus der deutschen Erfahrung lernen, sollte aber sicher nicht den deutschen Weg gehen, da...