This paper explores the significance of legacy Buddhism in North Korea. Our primary concerns Korean context are twofold: presence culture and role Korea cultural propaganda policy. We argue that religious revival seen from 1970s onwards was part a project created by Workers’ Party had certain political goals. Fieldwork analysis sources revealed state has used to repair country’s international i...

M. D. Goldflam, T. Driscoll, B. Chapler, O. Khatib, N. Marie Jokerst, S. Palit, D. R. Smith, Bong-Jun Kim, Giwan Seo, Hyun-Tak Kim, M. Di Ventra, and D. N. Basov Physics Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA Center for Metamaterials and Integrated Plasmonics, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA Metal-Insulato...

The Paridris nephta group is revised (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae). Fifteen species are described, 14 of which are new: Paridris atroxTalamas, sp. n.(Yunnan Province, China), Paridris bununTalamas, sp. n.(Taiwan), Paridris ferusTalamas, sp. n.(Thailand), Paridris kagemonoTalamas, sp. n.(Japan), Paridris minatorTalamas, sp. n.(Laos, Thailand), Paridris mystaxTalamas, sp. n.(Laos, Thailand), Pari...

Peninsula. In this essay, we compare notes on German and Korean unification by looking at entry, tipping and endpoints of strategic diplomacy. We argue that political integration needs to drive the strategic diplomacy of Korean unification. German unification was not preordained, but was the product of strategic choices made at critical junctures of the process. While long-term developments pos...