Koreans in Iran: Missiles, Markets, and Myths PDF
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InCoMPatIble yet Inundated: dIPloMatIC, PolItICal, and MIlItary lInKs 11 The Classical Connections 11 Landing On Terra Nova: Modern Korea Discovers Iran 14 Switching Allegiance: The Post-Pahlavi Era 17 The War And Its Spoils For Both Koreas 19 Rekindling The Ties That Barely Bind 22 Vowing To Move Forward: Putting A Spotlight On Tehran–Pyongyang Ties 24 The Fictitious Axis: Iran And North Korea Team Up 28 In One Single Package: Muddling Through Sanctions 31 On The Coattails Of The Nuclear Deal: The East–West Rivalry In Iran Heats Up 34 The Tie-Up Trip: Park Visits Tehran 38 Contingent Upon: Political Perturbation And Bewildering Bafflegab 41 The Balancing Act: Attachment To Both Iranians And Arabs 44 New Dynamism In The Tehran–Pyongyang Partnership 46 The Sepulchral Sinking Of the Sanchi: The Plot Thickens In Iran’s Peculiar Ties To Two Koreas 51 ChaPter 2. a Gravy traIn never to Get off: eConoMIC and fInanCIal sPoIls 55 ix Koreans In Iran From the Ground Up 55 Balance of Trade — Aside from Oil 58 The Ssangyang Swag: Presage to a Precarious Partnership 60 The Era Of Reconstruction And Reforms: The “Look-East” Policy 62 The Crippling Sanctions: When Free Trade Becomes Forced Trade 65 One Stone Two Birds: The Blocked Funds 68 Mortgaged Markets: The Omnipresence Of Korean Brands 71 The Imports Mafia: The Tip of the Spear 77 The Role of Smuggling and the Black Market 80 A Less Visible Factor: From Being a Model To Being the Contrary 82 In Search of a Model: From a Second Secular Japan to an Islamic Korea in the Making 84 Table 1. Fertility rate (births/woman) in Iran, Japan, and South Korea, selected years 87 Vowing to Follow a New Course: Turning Trade Ties Into Strategic Economic Relations 87 Limits to Capital and Technology Transfer 90 Table 2. International ranking based on nominal gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016 93 Prospects for Iranian–North Korean Economic Ties 93 ChaPter 3. MesMerIzed by Myths: Cultural CoMMotIons 97 Culture and Modern Economy 97 Foreign Culture In Contemporary Iran 99 The Advent of East Asian Cultures 102 Iranian–Korean Cultural Exchanges in Contemporary History 104 Hallyu Makes Inroads Into Iran 107 Twisting Long-Lasting Realities For Instant Interests 110 The Ignorance Factor: When Knowing A Little Helps Hallyu 112 The “Imports Mafia” Hires the Media 115 Dreaming of A Deus Ex Machina 117 An Unsung Contribution of the Persian Language 120 Other Influential Elements 122 Prospects of Korean Culture In Iran 125 Table 3. Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film 127 North Korean Cultural Presence in Iran 128 ConClusIon 133 aPPendIx: rePort on the roK’s fIrst GoodwIll MIssIon to Iran 137 bIblIoGraPhy 157 Index 161 x
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