He recounts a history of American imperialism and North Korean resistance, angrily stabbing a stick at a map of Korea to prove a point.

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It allows him to tackle head-on some of the practices that have long hobbled Korean society the collusive relations between politicians and big business, resistance to direct foreign investment and the rigidities of the labour market.

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SERE an acronym for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape was created at the end of the Korean War.

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