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A Geo-Economic Object or an Object of Geo-Political Absorption? Competing Visions of North Korea in South Korean Politics.
A Geo-Economic Object or an Object of Geo-Political Absorption? Competing Visions of North Korea in South Korean Politics.
- Source :
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Journal of Contemporary Asia . Nov2015, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p693-714. 22p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The so-called Sunshine Policy launched by the liberal regime of South Korea brought about a significant transformation in its visions of North Korea. Through it, North Korea became an “object of development.” This was something different from the previous idea of North Korea as a politico-military target. However, to conservatives, North Korea remains within the politico-military realm as an object of territorial and ideological absorption. As a result, political conflicts in South Korea in the conception of North Korea – between a geo-economic object and an object of geo-political absorption – entail competitive appropriation of the discourse of “China’s colonisation of North Korea” and affect the way North Korean territory is produced. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *GEOPOLITICS & economics
*NEOLIBERALISM
*ECONOMIC geography
CHINA-Korea relations
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00472336
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Contemporary Asia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 108394899
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2015.1023333