The Han River flows about 514 kilometers through Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), rising from a spring in Odae Mountain in Kangwon Province and emptying into the Yellow Sea. Several prehistoric human settlements have been...

The Han River in South Korea is the confluence of the Namhan River (South Han River), which originates in Mount Daedeok, and the Bukhan River (North Han River), which originates on the slopes of Mount Geumgang in North Korea. The River flows through...

Lie, John Han Unbound: The Political Economy of South Korea Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press 255 pp., $39.50, ISBN 0-8047-3055-5 Publication Date: March 1998 Author John Lie has succeeded in presenting a "political economy" of South Korean development, that is,...

By John Lie. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1998. 255p. $39.50. Aie-Rie Lee, Texas Tech University This book is a sophisticated interdisciplinary analysis of the political economy of South Korea from the 1950s to the late 1980s, focusing on rapid industrialization...

South Korea plans to dismantle parts of a wire fence built in the 1950s to prevent infiltration by North Korean agents, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday, a sign that perceptions about Seoul's communist neighbor are softening.The decision to take down sections of the fence that...

They came from all over the world, poles in hand, and feet ready to inch more than half a mile across a high wire strung over the Han River in a spine-tingling battle of balance, speed and high anxiety.As part of its annual city festival,...