It’s hard to imagine a film about the IMF Crisis being compelling viewing, but this one has been getting some really enthusiastic reviews. I’ve booked my ticket already. Default (국가부도의 날) Director: Choi Kook-hee (2018, 114 mins) Cast: Kim Hye-soo, Yoo Ah-in, Huh Joon-ho, Jo Woo-jin, Vincent Cassel Monday 20 May 2019 7:00 pm @Regent … [Read More]
Tag: IMF crisis
Selected publications
- Joseph Jonghyun Jeon: Vicious Circuits: Korea’s IMF Cinema and the End of the American Century, Stanford University Press 2019
- Jesook Song: South Koreans in the Debt Crisis: The Creation of a Neoliberal Welfare Society, Duke University Press 2009
- Iain Pirie: The Korean Developmental State: From dirigisme to neo-liberalism, Routledge 2007
- Edward M Graham: Reforming Korea’s Industrial Conglomerates, Columbia University Press 2003
- Donald Kirk: Korean Crisis: Unraveling of the Miracle in the IMF Era, Palgrave 2000
Donald Kirk on the late 90s financial crisis
Donald Kirk: Korean Crisis: Unraveling of the Miracle in the IMF Era Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (1999) The strength of this book is that is brings together in one place the reportage of one of the key foreign journalists based in Seoul during the 1990s. With access to politicians, press releases and Korean and foreign businessmen, … [Read More]
Sea-Jin Chang: Financial Crisis and Transformation of Korean Business Groups
The Rise and Fall of Chaebols (Cambridge, 2003) A welcome and very detailed examination of the history and structure of the Korean business conglomerates. The strengths of this book are manifold. First and foremost is the wealth of evidence sourced from the Korea Information Service which provides some raw data for some hard conclusions. And … [Read More]