The Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is judged to be the last border of the Cold War. Although no peace treaty has been signed after the Korean War, astounding changes in the South-North relations could be observed...

After fife month the special economic zone Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea was reopened again on 16 September 2013. By this way, it is the last remaining centrepiece of North-South economic cooperation on the Korean peninsula. Established during the period of "Sunshine policy"...

The North Korean economy has been a statistical black hole for decades but is undergoing substantial transformations. Rapid post-war industrialisation was not sustained beyond the mid-1960s and South Korea’s economy far outpaced North Korea’s during the next three decades, during which trend...

Eine der Fronten des Kalten Krieges verlief mitten durch Nordostasien, so dass die ehemals vorhandenen Ansätze der regionalen Kooperation von militärischer Konfrontation abgelöst waren. Vor diesem Hintergrund entstand nach dem Zusammenbruch der bipolaren Weltordnung Anfang der 90er Jahre des...