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151727
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South Korea has traditionally maintained close ties with the United States, especially for external security, while more recently it has become closer to China, mainly for economic reasons. In this article we examine whether growing economic ties between South Korea and China promote their cooperation and common policy preferences and simultaneously weaken Korea-US relations. We examine the voting congruence of South Korea and China in the United Nations General Assembly between 1991 and 2012 and find no clear evidence that economic integration promotes congruence. Rather, South Korea's policy preferences are usually determined by independent consideration of issues.
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151725
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This article deepens our understanding of the South Korean economic miracle in three ways. First, using the most recent economic data, I demonstrate that the South Korean economy continues to impress when evaluated in comparative perspective. Second, I argue that geopolitics, such as the country's unique relationships with the United States and China, heavily shaped South Korean economic success during the Cold War years. Third, geopolitics and economic growth continue to intersect in South Korea's current strategy regarding free trade agreements.
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143337
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A very interesting observation in recent South Korea–China relations is the sharp contrast between their “hot” economic and “cold” political ties. This article proposes to understand the “trade–conflict” relations from the perspective of the two states’ grand strategy of foreign policy. At the bilateral level, Vector Autoregression models are employed to test the Granger causality between Sino-South Korean bilateral trade and political relations. At the regional level, the two states’ economic and political ties with other regional powers in Northeast Asia are examined. The findings reveal different patterns in South Korea and China’s grand strategies to balance their economic and political goals.
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