... rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Charles Armstrong North Korea South Korea Park Geun-hye Kim Jong-un Lee Myung-bak Park Chung-hee Kim Il-sung Kim Jong-il Kim Dae-jung dialogue 242 PERSPECTIVE History looms large in Northeast Asia today...

... Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-il Kim Il-sung monarchy succession communism Marx Hegel 216 The North s philosophy of rule bears close resemblance to what Koreans tradition- ally said about their kings or what Hegel said about the German monarch. . . . The Kims Three Bodies: Communism...

... of the University of California Charles Armstrong North Korea Kim Jong-il South Korea Six-Party Talks Kim Il-Sung ASEAN Roh Moo-hyun United States Grand National Party 229 It has become apparent that a policy of isolation, sanctions, lack of dialogue, and strategic patience has not worked...

..., the geopolitical situation was somewhat more complex than for South Korea because Kim Il-sung (who led the North from 1948 until his death in 1994) did not accept Soviet dominance, such as was exercised in parts of Eastern Europe. Instead, he pursued a policy of equidistance between China and the Soviet Union...

... History. All rights reserved. 2004 The Regents of the University of California North Korea United States Kim Il-sung Kim Jong-il Japan KPA South Korea Demilitarized Zone IAEA Non-Proliferation Treaty 273 The Kims, father and son, have not managed torule North Korea for more than 50...