Economic Relations Between South and North Korea

The Place of Desecuritization in the Relations between South Korea and the Islamic World

Objective: South Korea’s relations with the countries of the Muslim world can be seen as having mutual and common interests for both sides. Relationships that are remarkable in the context of relations between a middle power and a great civilization, but in many cases have been challenged due to the considerations of great powers, especially the securitization of issues in the ...

North–north, North–south, and South–south Relations

Height and weight differences between North and South Korea.

This paper investigates height and weight differences between the two Koreas by comparing national anthropometric data published by the South Korean Research Institute of Standard and Science with United Nations survey data collected inside North Korea in 2002. For socioeconomic reasons, pre-school children raised in the developing country of North Korea are up to 13 cm shorter and up to 7 kg l...

Can Economic Theory Demystify North Korea?

The starting point of this paper is the assumption that North Korea is de facto a well defined nation-state with a national economy and inhabited by individuals that bear the same basic economic and social characteristics as individuals elsewhere. Despite the obvious specifics of the economic system and the institutional structure of that country, standard economic theory should be applicable t...

Economic burden of injuries in South Korea.

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND STUDIES: on the cost of injury are useful in setting research and policy priorities and it is valuable to observe differences in the economic burden of injuries across countries. OBJECTIVE To estimate the treated prevalence rate, economic burden and gender- and age-specific costs of injuries in Korea in 2006. DESIGN Annual direct healthcare costs associated with injuri...