Korean crisis
Subtitle: unraveling of the miracle in the IMF era
By: Donald Kirk.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Financial crises -- Korea (South); Conglomerate corporations -- Korea (South); Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1960-1988
Description: "Donald Kirk explores the reasons for Korea's economic crisis, its aftermath, and its impact on the system that brought it about. He traces a variety of events that constituted the crisis, including a series of scandals at the height of the Korean miracle; the efforts of the one-time dissident Kim Dae Jung as president to curb the overweening power of the chaebol, or conglomerates; the outside intervention by the IMF; and the country's desperate efforts to obtain foreign investment.

At the same time, the book explores another overwhelming problem, that of coming to terms with North Korea, which is suffering from famine but still a threat."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-370) and index.