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official, Apr. 21, 1997. Hwang's letter written in the South Korean Consulate was released by the ROK Foreign Ministry, Feb. 13, 1997.

On "Red Banner philosophy," see "Red Banner Philosophy as Kim Jong Il's Ruling Tool," Vantage Point (Naewoe Press, Seoul), Mar. 1997. Hwang's views as expressed in the Moscow meeting of Feb. 1996 are from the Izumi interview, Mar. 8, 1997.

The Two Koreas in Time of Trouble: South Korean economic data from Korea Economic Institute of America. North Korea in eighth year of economic decline, Vantage Point, July 1998, quoting the Bank of Korea (Seoul). IMF report on North Korea, Confidential, prepared by Asia and Pacific Department, IMF, Nov 12, 1997. U.S. Census estimates from Nicholas Eberstadt.


CHAPTER 16: TURN TOWARD ENGAGEMENT

Into the Heavens, Under the Earth: Satellite launch data from KCNA, September 4, 1998. Sanger's article, "North Korea Site an A-Bomb Plant, U.S. Agencies Say," NYT, Aug. 17, 1998. Livingston quotes from the WP, Sept. 1, 1998.

Toward an Aid-Based State: The new DPRK cabinet, from Yoo Young-ku, Vantage Point (Seoul), Mar. 1999. Marcus Noland's data from his paper, "North Korea's External Economic Relations," Institute for International Economics, 2001.

Perry to the Rescue and Engaging the United States: These sections are based in part on interviews with William J. Perry, Madeleine Albright, Wendy Sherman, Charles Kartman, Robert Einhorn, and other U.S. officials. Vice Marshal Jo's bio is from Vantage Point (Seoul), Mar. 1999, and ROK press reports.

Summit in Pyongyang: Translated text of Joint Declaration from ROK embassy, Washington, Mar. 23, 2001. Kim Dae Jung quote on one people, Financial Times, July 16, 2000.

INDEX

Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

A NOTE ON KOREAN NAMES

1. Where the Wild Birds Sing

THE EMERGENCE OF Two KOREAS

WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH

THE ORIGINS OF NEGOTIATION

KIM IL SUNG

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SOUTH

2. The End of the Beginning

PARK CHUNG HEE

WASHINGTON BLINKS AT PARK'S Coup

THE IMPACT OF YUSHIN

3. The Trouble Deepens

THE STRUGGLE WITH JAPAN

THE UNDERGROUND WAR

CHALLENGE FROM THE NORTH

ECHOES OF SAIGON

THE SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM

MURDER IN THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE

4. The Carter Chill

CARTER'S WITHDRAWAL: ORIGINS AND IMPLEMENTATION

THE VIEW FROM PYONGYANG

END OF THE CARTER WITHDRAWAL

5. Assassination andAftermath

THE COMING OF CHUN Doo HWAN

THE KWANGJU UPRISING

THE FIGHT TO SAVE KIM DAE JUNG

6. Terror and Talk

THE NEGOTIATING TRACK

FLOODS AND FACE-TO-FACE TALKS

KIM IL SUNG AND THE SOVIET CONNECTION

7. The Battle for Democracy in Seoul

CHUN'S SUCCESSION STRUGGLE

THE ELECTION OF 1987

8. The Great Olympic Coming-Out Party

THE COMING OF THE OLYMPICS

THE BOMBING OF KAL FLIGHT 858

THE RISE OF NORDPOLITIK

WASHINGTON LAUNCHES A MODEST INITIATIVE

9. Moscow Switches Sides

THE ROOTS OF CHANGE

GORBACHEV MEETS ROH

THE SHEVARDNADZE MISSION

"HOW LONG WILL THE RED FLAG FLY?"

SOVIET-SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS

10. China Shifts Its Ground

A VISIT TO NORTH KOREA

CHINA CHANGES COURSE

11. Joining the Nuclear Issue

THE ORIGINS OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM

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