The course examines influences on the political, economic, and social development of the two Koreas. It will consider cultural and political legacies; the Japanese colonial experience; liberation and the emergence of separate regimes; the origins and significance of the Korean War; the Student Revolution; Kim Il Sung‘s Juche system and Park Chung Hee‘s neo-authoritarian development model; South Korea’s democratization; inter-Korean dynamics; the nuclear crisis and Six-Party Talks; Pyongyang‘s halting efforts at economic reform; North Korean food and human rights issues; and Kim Jong Un’s succession. Also considered will be questions of methodology—including how to “readâ€ù developments in North Korea and think about political change more generally.