1st Edition

Towards Korean Reconciliation Socio-Cultural Exchanges and Cooperation

By Gabriel Jonsson Copyright 2006
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Despite historic summits and spectacular acts of reconciliation between the rival neighbours, promises of improved cross-border relations between North and South Korea have been slow to materialize. In this insightful book, Gabriel Jonsson examines the impact that increased levels of socio-cultural contact has had on inter-Korean relations, the concrete results that have been achieved and how such... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Lessons from German and Yemeni unification; Inter-Korean relations; Inter-Korean socio-cultural exchanges and cooperation; Case studies of inter-Korean socio-cultural exchanges and cooperation; Views of North Korea, unification and the Great Powers; General conclusions; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Gabriel Jonsson is lecture in Korean Studies at the Department of Oriental Languages, Stockholm University, Sweden. He has a PhD in Korean Studies, and a degree from the East Asian Studies Program at Stockholm University.