title: Korea and its Futures: Unification and the Unfinished War
author: Roy Grinker
description: In a provocative sociocultural study, Grinker (anthropology and international affairs, George Washington Univ.) unmasks traditional rhetoric, demonstrating that South Korea's "sacred" unification goal is clouded by a Korean homogeneity myth and met today with apprehension. Ostensibly desired, unification is risky, threatening South Koreans' known world. To them, unification means conquest, not acceptance of North Korea's impoverished and less modern culture. Divergent cultures, divided families, cultural symbols, and post-Cold War German unification are related issues all deftly explored by Grinker. This significant work on the "unfinished" war joins Bruce Cummings's Korea's Place in the Sun (LJ 2/15/97) to illuminate readers' understanding of today's Korea. Highly recommended for academic libraries.AMargaret W. Norton, IMH H.S., Westchester, IL<br />Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: The Republic of Korea’s 
  Public Diplomacy Strategy:
  History and Current Status
   
    
  Paper 1, 2019
  Perspectives
  By Kwang-jin Choi
  
  The Republic of Korea’s  
  Public Diplomacy Strategy:  
  History and Current Status
  Kwang-jin Choi
   
  January 2019
  Figueroa Press
  Los Angeles
  
  THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA’S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STRATEGY: 
  HISTORY AND CURRENT STATUS
  by Kwang-jin Choi
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  Vivian S. Walker
  Faculty Fellow, USC Center on Public Diplomacy
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