Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, Fourth Edition

by James E. Hoare

South Korea (Republic of Korea) is the more successful of the two Koreas in both economic and political terms. Even the Asian economic crisis of 1997-1998, which hit badly, was weathered successfully, and when the next crisis came along in 2007, South Korea coped better than many other countries. This economic strength, taken with the steady progress of democratization since 1987, indicates that when the peninsula is eventually reunified, as one day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538119757
• ISBN13: 9781538119754
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 872 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"