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 Korea Yearbook (2009): Politics, Economy and Society

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-xii)   (120K)
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    • Contents
    • Preface
  • Chronology Of Events In The Korean Peninsula 2008 (1-16)   (77K)
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    • South Korea
    • North Korea
    • Inter-Korean Relations And Six Party Talks
  • South Korea In 2008: Domestic Developments And The Economy (17-34) by Patrick Köllner   (92K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Triumph Turns Into Disaster: Lee Myung-Bak Hits A Wall Of Protests
    • 3 The Buddhists Also Take To The Streets
    • 4 Government-Media Relations And Other Trouble Spots
    • 5 The Economy
    • 6 Convicting (And Pardoning) Captains Of Industry Or, The Fall Of Chairman Lee
  • North Korea In 2008: Domestic Developments And Economy (35-56) by Rüdiger Frank   (124K)
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    • 1 The 2008 New Year Joint Editorial: Additional Remarks
    • 2 The Annual Parliamentary Session
    • 3 Leadership—Succession By The Party?
    • 4 The Great Revolutionary Upsurge: Chollima 2
    • 5 Other Ideological And Political Developments
    • 6 Other Economic Developments
    • 7 Administrative And Personnel Changes
  • Relations Between The Two Koreas In 2008 (57-68) by Sabine Burghart and James E. Hoare   (74K)
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    • Introduction
    • 1 A New South Korean Policy And A Hostile Northern Response
    • 2 Kŭmgang and Kaesǒng Under Siege
    • 3 A New DPRK Line, Or Reaction To Events?
    • 4 Other Developments
    • 5 Outlook
  • Foreign Relations Of The Two Koreas In 2008 (69-86) by James E. Hoare   (90K)
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    • Introduction
    • 1 Republic Of Korea
    • 2 Democratic People's Republic Of Korea
  • The South Korean Left's 'Northern Question' (87-116) by Joonbum Bae   (152K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 The Democratic Labor Party
    • 3 From The Nuclear Test To The Split
    • 4 Conclusion
  • 'Atoms For Sale': From 'Atoms For Peace' (South Korea) To 'Weaponized' Plutonium (North Korea), 1955-2009 (117-142) by John P. DiMoia   (1M)
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    • 1 Nuclear Nationalism And The Two Koreas (2009)
    • 2 Creating A Cold War Problem: Electricity And South Korea (1945-1948)
    • 3 Creating New South Korean Institutions: Atomic Energy Research Institute (AERI) And 'Atoms For Peace'
    • 4 Making Choices: The Phoenix Project-South Korea Negotiations: 1958-1959
    • 5 Forming The Basis For A Scientific Community (1959-1965)
    • 6 'Give A Little': The Six Party Negotiations And Recent History
    • 7 'Atoms For Peace' And Its Ongoing Legacy In East Asia
  • Dynamics Of Korean Industrial Relations: Challenges For Foreign Invested Companies In The Metal Sector (143-176) by Peter Kloepping   (157K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Developments And Condition Of Social Partners Up To 2008
    • 3 Collective Bargaining Structure And Contents
    • 4 Conditions And Challenges For Foreign Invested Companies
    • 5 Outlook For The Development Of Korean Industrial Relations
  • Cheju Island As A Medical Tourism Hub In Northeast Asia (177-204) by Jürgen Mühl   (160K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Cheju's Tourism Industry: The Current Situation
    • 3 Cheju As A Free International City
    • 4 Medical Tourism On Cheju Island
    • 5 Target Groups For Cheju's Medical Tourism
    • 6 Three-Step Plan To Become A Medical Tourism Hub In Northeast Asia
    • 7 Conclusion
  • Scapegoat, Beggar And President For The Economy: The Image Of Lee Myung-Bak As Seen Through Political Cartoons In Chosun Ilbo And Hankyoreh (205-226) by Katharina Polley   (1M)
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    • 1 The Political Cartoon And Its Function
    • 2 Newspapers And Their Attitudes Towards Lee Myung-Bak
    • 3 The Presidential Election 2007
    • 4 The Parliamentary Elections
    • 5 The US Beef Imports Controversy
    • 6 One Year Under Lee Myung-Bak
    • 7 Conclusions
  • The Korean Comfort Women Movement And The Formation Of A Public Sphere In East Asia (227-256) by Thomas Kern and Sang-Hui Nam   (153K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Intellectual Discourse And Activism In The Movement
    • 3 Rise Of A Transnational Advocacy Network
    • 4 A Contentious Regional Public Sphere
    • 5 Discussion
  • The Social Construction Of North Korean Women's Identity In South Korea: Romanticisation, Victimisation And Vilification (257-276) by Mikyoung Kim   (106K)
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    • 1 Introduction: Women Refugees In The South-South Divide
    • 2 Northern Women
    • 3 Identity And Representation
    • 4 Romanticisation, Victimisation And Vilification
    • 5 Conclusion
  • Statistical Explorations In Terra Incognita: How Reliable Are North Korean Survey Data? (277-300) by Daniel Schwekendiek   (132K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Methods
    • 3 The 2002 UN-Assisted Survey And 2008 UN-Assisted Census In North Korea
    • 4 The Manipulation Hypothesis
    • 5 The Self-Censorship Hypothesis
    • 6 Conclusion
  • Migration Experiences Of North Korean Refugees: Survey Evidence From China (301-328) by Yoonok Chang, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland   (156K)
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    • Introduction
    • 1 Who Are The Refugees? A Demographic Profile
    • 2 Motivation And Political And Legal Sources Of Risk
    • 3 Leaving North Korea, Coming To China
    • 4 Psychological Conditions Of Refugees: The Prevalence Of Distress
    • 5 Modelling Psychological Distress
    • 6 Experiences In China And Future Aspirations
    • 7 Conclusion
  • Playing The Game? Sport And The Two Koreas (329-348) by Brian Bridges   (104K)
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    • 1 Introduction
    • 2 Sport, Nationalism And International Relations
    • 3 The Two Koreas And Sport
    • 4 The Road To Beijing
    • 5 Football Fall-Out
    • 6 The Way Forward
  • About The Authors And Editors (349-354)   (49K)
  • Map Of The Korean Peninsula (355-356)   (229K)