Evaded states: security and control in the Sino–North Korean border region
Cathcart, A
(2018)
Evaded states: security and control in the Sino–North Korean border region.
In: Horstmann, A, Saxer, M and Rippa, A, (eds.)
Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands.
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ISBN 9781138917507
Abstract
Hyesan is on the physical periphery of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ryanggang province. But in the North Korean context, Hyesan is more powerful than its geography might indicate: it is the political, cultural, and economic centre of Ryanggang province (Kim Jong-il 1968). It is therefore the focal point of state security, trade relations, and is a hub of Korean People’s Army (KPA) activity. There may not be a great deal of trust in Chinese comrades across the Yalu River, and there is certainly ocial encouragement from Pyongyang to inculcate perceptions of the danger posed by China as a source of ideological and cultural contamination of North Korean youth (Korean Central News Agency 2017).
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(c) 2018 selection and editorial matter, Alexander Horstmann, Martin Saxer and Alessandro Rippa; individual chapters, the contributors. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands on 09 March 2018, available online: https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Asian-Borderlands/Horstmann-Saxer-Rippa/p/book/9781138917507
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