Understanding Global Issues

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North and South Korea: The last ideological frontier

For over 50 years, two separate states on the previously-united Korean peninsula have glowered at each other, the one espousing raw capitalism and international trade, the other a secretive, isolationist form of communism. Both regimes have been highly authoritarian, both are facing dramatic change and economic pain.

As democracy finally comes to South Korea and North Korea struggles with famine and industrial decline, what are the prospects for this divided nation?

Published: June 1998 ISBN: 0850487072

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