This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of the financial crisis in East Asia. We have examined which of the two alternatives--panic or fundamentals--was a crucial feature. While our empirical analysis is inconclusive on the relative importance of the two views, it suggests that the massive inflow of foreign capital into the region during the 1990s was at the center of the East Asian fin...

BACKGROUND Childhood immunization rates are at an all-time high globally, and national data for China suggests close to universal coverage. Refugees from North Korea and their children may have more limited health care access in China due to their legal status. However, there is no data on immunization rates or barriers to coverage in this population. METHODS This study was conducted to deter...

Very little information is available regarding psychiatry in North Korea, which is based on the legacy of Soviet psychiatry. This paper reviews the characteristics of psychiatry in former socialist countries and discusses its implications for North Korean psychiatry. Under socialism, psychiatric disorders were attributed primarily to neurophysiologic or neurobiological origins. Psychosocial or ...

Australia's interactions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), henceforth known as North Korea, have ebbed and flowed throughout their seventy-five-year history. In times détente on Korean Peninsula, Australia actively engaged sought to facilitate its integration into international system. However, during recent in 2018–2019, Canberra broke tradition watched Trump, Moon, Kim ne...