“People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic.” PeopleStatesFactsLostEconomyLateSouthRepublicQuestioningKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanLegitimacyLost Faith Author:Brian Reynolds Myers
“That's a mistake I think that a lot of Western observers make is to assume that Korean nationalism is hundreds if not thousands of years old. When in fact nationalism is incompatible with Korean Confucian tradition.” IfsThinkingYearsFactsMistakeTraditionAssumingWesternNationalismObserversKoreanConfucian Author:Brian Reynolds Myers