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College of International Affairs Professor To-hai Liou（劉德海）

South Korea's Foreign Economic Relations (韓國對外經貿關係)
Thursdays: D56 Fall, 2013 Classroom:
Office hours: by appointment Phone #: 2939-3091-5 ext.50917 (O)
Office: 207903 e-mail: liu7249@nccu.edu.tw

Taught in English, this course is designed to introduce South Korea’s

foreign economic relations.

Sept 19: National Holiday

Sept 26: Introduction: Approaches to studying Korean Foreign economic
relations: a major characteristic of South Korean foreign policy
Oct 3: economic diplomacy: a major characteristic of South Korean
foreign policy
Oct 10: National Holiday
Oct 17: Korea’s FTA Policy and Strategy
Airiti Library 華藝線上圖書館: Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies
http://www.airitilibrary.com/IssueResult.aspx?PublicationID=18163092&Iss
ueID=201012140024&IssueName=15%u671F
Dukgeun Ahn, “FTA Policy and Strategy of Korea,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO
Studies, Vol. 15, 2010, pp. 39-66.
Paul J. Davidson, “The Legal Framework for Korea’s Regional Trading
Arrangements,” Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 15, 2010, pp.
1-38.
Oct 24: South Korea-US Economic Relations
To-hai Liou, 2008, “South Korea's FTA Strategy under Roh Moo-hyun ,”
Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 9, 2010, pp. 177-212.
http://www.wtostudy.nccu.edu.tw/publication/wtojn9/wtojn9%5B8%5D.html
Won-mog Choi, “Aggressive Regionalism in Korea-U.S. FTA: The Present and
Future of Korea's FTA Policy,” Journal of International Economic Law.
Oxford: Sep 2009. Vol. 12, Iss. 3; p. 595 (21 pages)
Mark E. Manyin, “South Korea-U.S. Economic Relations: Cooperation,
Friction, and Future Prospects”
http://www.nautilus.org/DPRKBriefingBook/southkorea/CRS_ROK-US_econo
mic_relations_2004-7.pdf
Chung-In Moon and Sang-Young Rhyu, “Rethinking alliance and the economy:
American hegemony, path dependence, and the South Korean political
economy” International Relations of Asia Pacific (2010) 10(3): 441-464
To-hai Liou, 2005. “U.S.-South Korea Relations under Kim Dae-jung and
Beyond,” Tamkang Journal of International Affairs（淡江國際研究期刊）, Vol.
9, No. 2, pp. 51-87 .
http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~ti/Journal/9-2/922.pdf#search=%22US-South%20Korean%20relation
s%20under%20Kim%20Dae-jung%2C%20Tamkang%20Journal%20of%20Intern
ational%20Affairs%22

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Oct 31: South Korea-China Economic Relations
Choo, Jaewoo, “Mirroring North Korea's Growing Economic Dependence on
China: Political Ramifications Asian Survey 48. 2 (Mar/Apr 2008):
343-372.
Han, Sukhee; Kim, Jangho. South Korea amid the United States and China
after the Global Financial Crisis Korea Observer 41. 3 (Autumn
2010): 415-438.
Denny Roy, “China-South Korea Relations: Elder Brother Wins Over Younger
Brother,” in Satup Limaye （ed.）Asia’s Bilateral Relations, Asia-Pacific
Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 2004
http://www.apcss.org/Publications/SAS/AsiaBilateralRelations/China-South%20Kore
a%20Relations%20Roy.pdf
Myung-koo Kang, “Korea in the New Asia: East Asian Integration and the
China Factor, Journal of East Asian Studies. Boulder: Jan-Apr 2008. Vol. 8,
Iss. 1; p. 163-167.
Eundak Kwon, Jae-Cheon Lim. Crossing the river that divides the Korean
Peninsula: an evaluation of the Sunshine Policy International
Relations of the Asia Pacific: Aug 2006. Vol. 6, Iss. 2; p. 129-156.
Nov 7: South Korea –ASEAN Economic Relations
Steinberg, David I., "`Sudpolitik in the Wake of Political Liberalization:
South Korea Pushes South," Asian Perspective, Vol. 17, No. 1,
Spring-Summer 1993, pp. 137-168.
Nov 14: South Korea –Japan Economic Relations
Kim Hosupk, “Evaluation of President Roh Moo-hyun's Policy Toward Japan,”
Korea Focus, November- December 2005, Vol. 13, No. 6,
http://www.koreafocus.or.kr/essays.asp?vol=43&no=1229&section=1
Nov 21: South Korea-Indian Economic Relations L. Singh, “The importance of
South Korea: a strategic perspective on India's engagement with
Northeast Asia,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol: 20 Issue: 3
2008, pp. 283 - 294
Il-young Kim & Lakhvinder Singh, “Asian Security and India-Korea Strategic
Cooperation,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Volume 14, Issue 1,
2002, pp. 175-196.
Nov 28: mid term
Dec 5: South Korea-Australia Economic Relations
To-hai Liou，2002. “A Comparative Study of Australia-Taiwan and
Australia-South Korean Relations, ” The Journal of East Asian
Affairs, Vol.16, Spring/Summer 2002, pp.172-191.
Kim, Renee B; Bureau, Simon. Canada-Korea Economic Relations:
Challenges and prospects International Journal 64. 4 (Autumn
2009): 941-952.
Dec 12: South Korea-Latin America Economic Relations
Won-Ho Kim, “Prospects of Korea-MERCOSUR FTA Negotiations:
Implications from MERCOSUR’s Structure and Past Negotiations,” Taiwanese
Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 13, 2009, pp. 27-53.

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Dec 19: South Korea-EU Economic Relations
Yoo-Duk Kang, “Korea’s FTA Policy and Negotiating Korea-EU FTA,”
Taiwanese Journal of WTO Studies, Vol. 15, 2010, pp. 67-96.
Dec 26: Oral Presentation
Jan 2: Oral Presentation
Jan 9: Oral Presentation
5/1 South Korea –Russia Relations
References
Periodicals:
Asian Survey; Korea Observer; Journal of East Asian Studies
(http://www.rienner.com/JEASabstracts)
; Korean Journal of International Studies; International Journal of Korean
Unification Studies（http://www.kinu.or.kr/）; Asian Perspective
(http://ifes.kyungnam.ac.kr/ifes/ifes/eng/references/view_notice.asp?noticeID=
57&page=1)

Newspaper
The Korea Times http://www.koreatimes.co.kr
The Korea Herald http://www.koreahearld.co.kr/
Chosun Daily News http://www.chosun.co.kr/
Donga Daily News http://english.donga.com/
Joong Ang Daily News http://english.joins.com/
The Hankyoreh http://www.hani.co.kr/kisa/section-008002000/home01.html

Government:
National Intelligence Service http://www.nis.go.kr/
KIDA (Korea Institute for Defense Analysis) http://home.kida.re.kr
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade http://www.mofat.go.kr/main/top.html
Ministry of Finance and Economy http://www.mofe.go.kr
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy http://www.mocie.go.kr/
Korea International Cooperation Agency http://www.koica.or.kr/