Sung Chull Kim is Professor of Northeast Asian Studies at Hiroshima Peace Institute, Japan. He is author of North Korea under Kim Jong Il: From Consolidation to Systemic Dissonance, also published by SUNY Press, and coeditor (with Edward Friedman) of Regional Cooperation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: The Impact of Domestic Forces. David C. Kang is Professor of International Relations and Business and Director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. He is author of Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines; Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (with Victor D. Cha); and China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia.

"…the authors have succeeded in making an important contribution to our understanding of engagement with North Korea." — Pacific Affairs"…the reader is encouraged to appreciate the real challenges and complexity of trying to manage the issue of North Korea … Sung Chull Kim and David Kang are correct in noting that if there is to be any further progress regarding North Korea and its nuclear disarmament, there must be better multi-lateral coordination among those countries involved in promoting stability within the region." — International Affairs"Engagement with North Korea reminds us why diplomacy is the preferred strategy in dealing with Pyongyang." — Washington Times

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Engagement as a Viable Alternative to CoercionSung Chull Kim and David C. KangPART 1: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 2. Waiting to Reap the Final Harvest: U.S. Engagement Policy to Denuclearize North KoreaYoungshik D. Bong3. Looking East: China’s Policy toward the Korean PeninsulaFeiLing Wang4. Japan’s North Korea Policy: The Dilemma of CoercionJung Ho Bae and Sung Chull Kim5. Russia and North Korea: The Dilemma of EngagementLeszek Buszynski6. The Political Economy of North Korea’s External Economic RelationsStephan Haggard and Marcus NolandPART 2: INTERKOREAN DIMENSION 7. The StateBusiness Coalition for South Korea’s Engagement with North KoreaSung Chull Kim8. Business Advances to North Korea as Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentEun Mee Kim and Yooyeon Noh9. From Charity to Partnership: South Korean NGO Engagement with North KoreaEdward P. Reed10 North Korea’s South Korea Policy: Tactical Change, Strategic ConsistencyCharles K. Armstrong11. Conclusion: Engagement in 2007 and BeyondDavid C. KangEditors and ContributorsIndex

Sung Chull Kim is Professor of Northeast Asian Studies at Hiroshima Peace Institute, Japan. He is author of North Korea under Kim Jong Il: From Consolidation to Systemic Dissonance, also published by SUNY Press, and coeditor (with Edward Friedman) of Regional Cooperation and Its Enemies in Northeast Asia: The Impact of Domestic Forces. David C. Kang is Professor of International Relations and Business and Director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. He is author of Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines; Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (with Victor D. Cha); and China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia.

"…the authors have succeeded in making an important contribution to our understanding of engagement with North Korea." — Pacific Affairs"…the reader is encouraged to appreciate the real challenges and complexity of trying to manage the issue of North Korea … Sung Chull Kim and David Kang are correct in noting that if there is to be any further progress regarding North Korea and its nuclear disarmament, there must be better multi-lateral coordination among those countries involved in promoting stability within the region." — International Affairs"Engagement with North Korea reminds us why diplomacy is the preferred strategy in dealing with Pyongyang." — Washington Times

• List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Engagement as a Viable Alternative to CoercionSung Chull Kim and David C. KangPART 1: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 2. Waiting to Reap the Final Harvest: U.S. Engagement Policy to Denuclearize North KoreaYoungshik D. Bong3. Looking East: China’s Policy toward the Korean PeninsulaFeiLing Wang4. Japan’s North Korea Policy: The Dilemma of CoercionJung Ho Bae and Sung Chull Kim5. Russia and North Korea: The Dilemma of EngagementLeszek Buszynski6. The Political Economy of North Korea’s External Economic RelationsStephan Haggard and Marcus NolandPART 2: INTERKOREAN DIMENSION 7. The StateBusiness Coalition for South Korea’s Engagement with North KoreaSung Chull Kim8. Business Advances to North Korea as Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentEun Mee Kim and Yooyeon Noh9. From Charity to Partnership: South Korean NGO Engagement with North KoreaEdward P. Reed10 North Korea’s South Korea Policy: Tactical Change, Strategic ConsistencyCharles K. Armstrong11. Conclusion: Engagement in 2007 and BeyondDavid C. KangEditors and ContributorsIndex