... 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...

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... Clinton China Hyundai Kim Dae-jung Kim Jong-il Korea Seoul Sunshine Policy United States Although Kim Dae-jung s sunshine policy has been buffeted by political tur- bulence, it is not dead; his successor can only modify his policy, not abandon it altogether. Sunset for Kim Dae-jung s...