Source materials
- Institute for East Asian Studies, Foreign policy for peace and unification
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- Kim, Dae-Jung (Translated by Rhee Tong-Chin), Kim Dae-Jung’s three stage approach to Korean unification: focusing on the North-South confederal stage, Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1997
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- Kim, Il-Sung, Selected Works Vol V
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- Kim, Il-Sung, With the century: reminiscences, Foreign Language Publishing House, Pyongyang, 1992-1995.
- Kim, Se-jin (ed.), Korean unification: Source materials with an introduction
, Research Center for Peace and Unification, Seoul, 1976.
- Park, Chung-Hee, Toward peaceful unification : selected speeches
, Kwangmyong Publishing, Seoul, 1976.
- Son, Key-Young, South Korean Engagement Policies And North Korea: Identities, Norms And The Sunshine Policy (Politics in Asia Series)
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- Suh, Dae-Sook, Documents of Korean communism, 1918-1948 (Studies of the East Asian Institute, Columbia University)
, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1970.
North-South unification studies
- Kamil Akramov and Charles Wolf, North Korean Paradoxes: Circumstances, Costs, And Consequences of Korean Unification
, Rand, Santa Monica, 2005.
- Choi, Jinwook and Park Sun-Song, The making of a unified Korea: policies, positions, and proposals, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), Seoul, 1997.
- Eberstadt, Nicholas, Korea Approaches Reunification
, M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, 1995.
- Flassbeck, H and Horn, GH (eds), German Unification - An Example for Korea?
, Dathmouth Publishing, Brookfield, 1996.
- Gordenker, Leon The United Nations and the Peaceful Unification of Korea. The Politics of Field Operations, 1947-1950
, Martimus Nighoff, the Hague, 1959.
- Grinker, R, Korea and Its Futures: Unification and the Unfinished War
, MacMillam, Basingstroke, 2000.
- Kang, Young Hoon and Yim Yong-soon (eds.), Politics of Korean unification, Research Center for Peace and Unification, Seoul, 1977.
- Kim Hak-Joon, Wither path for the two Koreas in the 21st century: war, peace or unification, Jimoondang Publishing, Seoul, 1998.
- Kim, Se-jin, Problems of Korean unification, Research Center for Peace and Unification, Seoul, 1976.
- Kim, Young C. and Halpern, Abraham M.(eds.), Future of the Korean Peninsula (Praeger special studies in international politics and government)
, Praeger Publishing, New York, 1977.
- Kim, Yun and Eui Hang Shin (eds.), Toward unified Korea: social, economic, political, and cultural impacts of the reunification of North and South Korea, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1995.
- Levin, N. D., The shape of South Korea’s future: South Korean attitudes towards unification and long-term security issues, Rand, Santa Monica, 1999.
- Moon Chung-In and Steinberg, DI (eds), Kim Dae-jung Government and Sunshine Policy: Promises and Challenges
, Yonsei University Press, Seoul, 1999.
- Pfennig, Werner (ed), United we stand, divided we are: Comparative views on Germany and Korea in the 1990s
, Abera Academic Press, Hamburg, 1997.
- Rhee Yong-Pil (Ed), Complexity of Korean unification process: systems approach, Seoul National University Press, Seoul, 1998.
- Yang Un-Chul, The political economy of Korean unification: agenda preparation, Sejong Institute, Seoul, 1998.
Comparative studies of North and South Korea
- Gills, Barry, Korea versus Korea: A Case of Contested Legitimacy (Politics in Asia Series)
, Rutledge Publishing, New York, 1996.
- Hwang, Eui-gak, The Korean Economies: A Comparison of North and South
, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1994.
- Kim, Ilpyong (ed.), Two Koreas in Transition: Implications for U.S. Policy
, Washington Institute Press, Washington, DC, 1998.
- Koh, Byung Chul, Foreign Policy Systems of North and South Korea
, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 1984.
- Lee, Suck-Ho, Party-military relations in North Korea: A comparative analysis, Research Center for Peace and Unification, Seoul, 1989.
- Williams, Phil et al. (eds.), Security in Korea: War, Stalemate, and Negotiation (Ridgway Series in International Security Studies)
, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1994.
- Yang, Sung Cul, The North and South Korean Political Systems: A Comparative Analysis
, Westview Press, Boulder, CO, 1994.
Role of third countries in Korean unification
- Dujarric, Robert, Korean unification and after: the challenge for US strategy, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, 2000.
- Dujarric, Robert (Ed.), Korea: security pivot in Northeast Asia, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, 1998.
- Eberstadt, Nicholas, The End of North Korea
, American Enterprise Institute Press, Washington, 1999.
- Hart-Landsberg, M, Division, reunification and US foreign policy, Monthly Review Press, 1998.
- Kim Il-Pyong (ed), The two Koreas in transition: implications for US policy, In-Depth Books, Rockville, 1998.
- Kwak, Tae-Hwan (ed), The four powers and Korean unification strategies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University, Seoul, 1997.
- Lee Chae-Jin, A Troubled Peace: U.S. Policy and the Two Koreas
, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2006.
- Pollack, Jonathan and Lee, Chung-Min, Preparing for Korean Unification: Scenarios and Implications
, RAND, Santa Monica, 2000.
Diplomatic processes and Korean unification
- Chun Yung-Woo, North Korea’s negotiating behavior: The case of nuclear weapons development (Institute reports)
, Columbia University Press, Columbia, 1994.
- Downs, Chuck, Over the Line : North Korea’s Negotiating Strategy
, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 1999.
- Koh, Byung-Chul, Korea: Dynamics of Diplomacy and Unification (Monograph Series (Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies), No. 14.)
, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont, 2001.
- Lewis, James B., Frontier contact between Choson Korea and Tokugawa Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, New York, 2003.
- Kim, Eun-Young, A Cross-Cultural Reference of Business Practices in a New Korea
, Quorum Books, Westport, 1996.
- Korea Herald, Pyongyang pingpong diplomacy: what achieved and not achieved, Korea Herald, Seoul, 1979.
- Saccone, Richard, Negotiating Your Way Through Korea
, Hollym, Seoul, 2001.
- Saccone, Richard, To the brink and back: negotiating with North Korea, Hollym, Seoul, 2003.
- Snyder, Scott, Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior
, United States Institute of Peace, Washington, 1999.
- Uden, Martin, Times past in Korea: an illustrated collection of encounters, customs and daily life recorded by visitors, Korea Library (Taylor and Francis Group), London, 2003.
- Xia, Yafeng, Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks During the Cold War, 1949-1972
, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 2006.
Economic costs of unification
- Cheong Young-Rok (Ed.), International economic implications of Korean unification
, (Korea Institute of International Economic Policy (KIEP), Seoul, 1997.
- Noland, Marcus, Economic integration of the Korean peninsula, Special Report 10, Institute for International Economics (IIE), Washington, 1998.
- Noland, Marcus, The economics of Korean unification (Working paper series / Institute for International Economics)
, Institute for International Economics, Washington, 1997.



4 responses so far ↓
1 Fabio // Nov 23, 2007 at 1:53 am
I need some help for my work on the north Korea. I’m italian and I don’t find this books in my country. If you know some books publicated in Italy about the unification, please send my a mail.
FABIO
2 dilworth // Nov 24, 2007 at 10:08 am
Hi Fabio,
I’m in Opole, Poland, at the moment and there are no books on Korean unification here either. I use Amazon as they deliver here, and there are lots of second hand books which are much cheaper than anything available here.
I am not sure about any books published in Italy, but will ask a colleague.
3 Vladimir (Alex) Procrassen // Feb 17, 2008 at 4:13 am
I’ve read everything on this list. Much to learn but still is more. I bought all from amazon (the great and respected bookstore of world). Please add more books so I can buy more. Just living life. Thanks for your kind helping, Vladimir (Alex) Procrassen
4 BC // Feb 17, 2008 at 9:46 am
hi alex,
yeah man, great books man. i love to read them while i am eating a szechuan.
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