The Potential Role of South-East Asia in North Korea’s Economic Reforms: The Cases of ASEAN, Vietnam and Singapore

The process of engaging the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea stands at a crossroads that presents challenges as well as opportunities. We believe that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can indirectly help to facilitate North Korean reforms in three ways: (i) Political: via ASEA...

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Published inJournal of Asian and African studies (Leiden) Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 172 - 187
Main Authors Tan, Er-Win, Govindasamy, Geetha, Park, Chang Kyoo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2017
Sage Publications Ltd. (UK)
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Analysis
Economic models
Economic reform
Economics
Facilities
Foreign students
Opportunity cost
Opportunity costs
Political aspects
Politics
Reforms
Social change
Asia
Vietnam
Singapore
North Korea
Vietnam
ASEAN
Singapore
Kim Jong Un
North Korea
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Summary:The process of engaging the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea stands at a crossroads that presents challenges as well as opportunities. We believe that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can indirectly help to facilitate North Korean reforms in three ways: (i) Political: via ASEAN’s ability to function as a neutral facilitator of dialogue; (ii) Economic: as models of economic reform for North Korea (particularly based on the experiences of Singapore and Vietnam); (iii) Social: the Choson Exchange based in Singapore is an ideal location for enabling North Koreans to study abroad and thus gain a greater understanding of other countries.
ISSN:0021-9096
1745-2538
DOI:10.1177/0021909615570952