North Korea

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. North Korea
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. Acknowledgements
7. Introduction
8. 1 An overview of political and economic developments
   1. A brief history
   2. Relations between North and South Korea
   3. Relations between North Korea and the United States
   4. Relations between North Korea and Japan
   5. The economy
9. 2 Historical, political and demographic aspects
   1. Historical and political background
   2. Demographic comparisons between North and South Korea
   3. Family exchanges and visits between North and South Korea
   4. Political prisoners, kidnappings and refugees
   5. Military aspects
   6. A chronology of political developments since 12 March 1993
10. 3 The economy
    1. Economic background
    2. Natural resources
    3. National income and per capita income
    4. Economic planning and reforms prior to the summer of 2002
    5. Specific aspects of the reforms that began in the summer of 2002
    6. Foreign trade
    7. Foreign debt and aid
    8. Foreign direct investment
    9. Economic performance, famine and international aid
    10. The cost of reunification
    11. Economic performance
11. Appendix 1 The Soviet (Stalinist) economic system
12. Appendix 2 General issues in the transition from command to market economies
13. Postscript
14. Bibliography
15. Index