Full Description
Divided Korea: Understanding Unification Narratives examines how different visions of Korean unification have been formed and contested across history, politics, and culture. From Cold War propaganda to digital diplomacy, or from South Korea's democratic reforms to North Korea's Juche ideology, the volume illustrates how unification is regarded as both hope and threat, promise and peril. By comparing Korea with other divided societies such as Germany and Cyprus, the book shows how narratives shape diplomacy, identity, and the prospects for reconciliation.
Timely and distinctive, this volume offers new insights into persistent geopolitical divides and is helpful for scholars, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in the future of the Korean peninsula.
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Framing Unification: South Korea's Public Diplomacy and Global Engagement.- Chapter 3: North Korean Public Diplomacy: How Pyongyang Discusses Unification for International Audiences.- Chapter 4: The Institutionalisation of South Korean Unification Policy: From State Centrism to Nation-Centrism.- Chapter 5: Understanding North Korea's Unification Policies: History, Challenges, and the Future.- Chapter 6: Unification Discourse in 2000s South Korea and 1980s West Germany: Parallels, Differences, and Historical Lessons.- Chapter 7: Peacebuilding Tourism in the Context of Unification Narratives: A Case Study of Cyprus.
