Schreurs was shocked to learn that notwithstanding South Korea's relatively new democratic institutions, their non-governmental organizations (NGOs) "…had more voice in the environmental policy making than did their counterparts in either Japan or the U.S." (Schreurs)
MacArthur supervised the demilitarization of Japan and closing down the war-related manufacturing industries of Japan. The constitution of Japan was change after being occupied and an article (article 9) was inserted that barred Japan as a state to wage/declare war in future (Dower 2000)
North Korea and South Korea by the two major military powers of the allied bloc. Japanese occupation led to Korean occupation: The major occupation was that of Japan that resulted in occupation as well as division of Korea (Molasky 2001)
S. towards each other and each country established their preferred political and economic system in respectively governed countries (Oberdorfer 1997, 50-90)
Both the occupations occurred as a consequence of victory of allies over the axis. The allied powers included the United States of America, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, France, and China whereas axis included Germany, Empire of Japan, and Italy (Schaller 1985, 1-11)
And the U.K imposed an oil embargo on Japan (Takemae 2003, 15-33)
Soviet Union was interested in occupying Korea (Tsar of Russia lost Korea to Japan in 1905 and thus Soviets had not forgot this defeat); China was interested in occupying Taiwan and Penghu whereas U.K intended to occupy Hong Kong, Solomon Islands, and Nicobar Islands (Weinberg 1994, 630-645)
1% by March 1999. (Hahm, 2000) As a result, the underlying causes of the crisis would only be discovered once the effects have passed
Some analysts had believed that the Pentagon has inflated the North Korean threat in order to rationalize a missile defense system that would allow the U.S. To fight two wars simultaneously (Feffer, 1999)
Figure 1 - Satellite Image of a Possible Nuclear Enrichment Facility in North Korea (Snyder, 2012) There are also many concerns regarding North Korean proliferation activities with other partners such as Iran. One leaked WikiLeaks cable produced evidence that North Korea had passed ballistic missiles to Iran through China (Lewis, 2010)
North Korea just announced a series of economic reforms under its new leader Kim Jong-un. However, analyses are still speculating about the status of North Korea's nuclear program even though news of this has largely been dropped from the major headlines (Snyder, 2012)
North Korea and the United States have a long history of conflict that has stifled many diplomatic efforts. Furthermore, the United States has backed South Korea since the Second World War and recent military actions by North Korea have also heightened tensions (Yang, Hall, & Vanden, 2010)
Due to rapid economic growth and positive governmental behavior, South Korea has become an attractive target country for foreign corporations for their international business expansion strategies (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). However, these foreign corporations face huge differences in the cross-cultural values, marketing practices and ethical values when they enter into South Korean market (Ball, 2010)
It has made tremendous growth in all manufacturing, industrial, and services sectors to become economically and technologically strong. Due to rapid economic growth and positive governmental behavior, South Korea has become an attractive target country for foreign corporations for their international business expansion strategies (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013)
S. businesses will have to offer products that best match the eating habits, living styles, and cultural beliefs of the South Korean customers (Hill, 2013)
For example, they need to institute an organizational culture where employees should communicate with their local (South Korean) coworkers and customers in a voice tone and accent which is acceptable and understandable for them according to their local communication styles. The employees should also take care of fluency level and selection of technical terms while talking or writing to the South Korean stakeholders (Lee & Trim, 2008)
organizations as compared to South Korean firms. Decision making style is critical to be analyzed while expanding internationally due to its direct impact on the employee performance and organizational productivity (Wild, Han, & Wild, 2011)
S.-sponsored regimes, if not the United States itself" (Katzenstein, and Keohane)
South Koreans were greatly influenced by the events (the financial crisis and the nuclear condition in North Korea) taking place in Asia at the time and started to express an open disagreement regarding American policies in their country. People did not appreciate the previous president's (Kim Young Sam) obvious tendency to rely on American assistance
S. was most probably more worried about North Korea's potential to be a dangerous enemy than in South Korea's security (Larson, Levin, Baik, and Savych 26)