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Is Peaceful Unification Possible?

Pages 51-78 | Published online: 25 Mar 2009

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  • The economy contracted by 3.7%. 5.2%, 7.6%, 4.3%, 1.7% and 4.5% in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. See, Suk-Suh Choo, “North Korea's Political System: Its Current Status and Possibility of Change,” Vantage Point, Vol. 29, No. 8 (August 1996), p. 31.
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  • Ibid., p. 13.
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  • Ibid., p. 15
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