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North Korea: Market Opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces

When assessing the impact of the mid-1990s famine on the North Korean population, experts have been working on an assumption: that North Koreans living in

Our Toys, Our Selves: Robot Taekwon V and South Korean Identity

    On February 7, 2008, Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Film, Television and Theatre at the University of

The Secret History of Capitalism

From 18th Century Britain to 20th Century South Korea Over the last two and half decades, most developing countries have experienced slowing growth, rising inequality

Evolution of the U.S.-ROK Military Alliance

The U.S.-ROK military alliance is strong, according to General B.B. Bell, commander of United States Forces Korea, and the time has come to make it

How and Why We Remember the Korean War

A Discussion of David Halberstam’s The Coldest Winter David Halberstam’s final book, The Coldest Winter, a new history of the Korean War, has been on

24 Hours After South Korea’s Presidential Election: An Assessment

The upcoming presidential election in South Korea on December 19 could mark a critical turning point in U.S.-ROK relations and the ongoing negotiations over North

Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea

In 1993, Cullen Thomas was a young man who wanted to see the world and South Korea was one of his first stops. Convicted of