Acknowledgments = v Preface = 1 Part I. Introduction 1. North Korea : yesterday, today, and tomorrow = 7 Part II. North Korea at a Crossroads 2. The Korean war (1950-1953) : causes and consequences = 37 3. North Korea's continuing survival : the pathway of confucianism and self-reliance = 51 4. Roads to Korean unification 61 Part III. The North Korean Economy and Its Open Door Policy 5. The North Korean economy = 77 6. Inter-Korean economic relations = 99 7. Doing business with North Korea = 115 8. The North Korean famine and Korean NGOs / by Hyung Suk Kim and Thomas T. Park = 135 Part IV. Te Case for Reconciliation with North Korea 9. Eight compelling reasons for a policy of reconciliation with North Korea = 153 Appendix A: Chronologies = 179 Appendix B: Think Tanks for Korean Studies = 193 Index = 217.