National Defense University National War College North Korea: A Strategic Challenge

By Webb, Steven G.

Book Id: WPLBN0000704425
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	National Defense University National War College North Korea: A Strategic Challenge
Author:	Webb, Steven G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Business Strategy, Recreation, Geography
Collections:	e-Asia Digital Library Collection
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Publisher:	University of Oregon Libraries; e-Asia Digital Library


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Excerpt: The 2002 Asian Games marked several historical firsts for Koreans: during the opening ceremonies the North and South Korean teams strode into the Seoul stadium side-by-side wearing the same uniform and carrying a special ?Unification? flag (depicting a powder blue outline of the Korean Peninsula on a white background); hundreds of North Korean supporters waved North Korean flags--the first time the flags were permitted to be displayed in South Korea; North Korea?s 300-member cheering squad arrived by ship, the first time a North Korean passenger ship has entered South Korean waters; and the Asian games marked the first time North Korea participated in an international sports event hosted in South Korea. These firsts, coupled with other recent landmark events--family visits between North and South Koreans, North Korea?s admission to kidnapping Japanese citizens, rail, road and tourism projects spanning the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), to name a few--indicate North Korea?s willingness to pursue more open relations with the world and, in particular, South Korea.