Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

South Korea (Republic of Korea) is the more successful of the two Koreas in both economic and political terms. Even the Asian economic crisis of 1997–1998, which hit badly, was weathered successfully, and when the next crisis came along in 2007, South Korea coped better than many other countries. This economic strength, taken with the steady progress of democratization since 1987, indicates that when the peninsula is eventually reunified, as one day it probably will be, a new unified Korea will follow the South Korea model rather than that of North Korea.

This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of Korea.

Editor’s Foreword

Preface

Reader’s Notes

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Maps

Chronology

Introduction

THE DICTIONARY

Appendix A: Government Structure of the Republic of Korea

Appendix B: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Prime Ministers

Appendix C: Presidential Elections

Appendix D: National Assembly Elections

Appendix E: Text of the December 1991 Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-aggression and Exchanges and Cooperation between the South and the North

Appendix F: North-South Joint Declaration of 15 June 2000

Appendix G: North-South Joint Declaration of 15 June 2000

Appendix H: Panmunjom Declaration

Bibliography

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