ABSTRACT

The Routledge Handbook of Europe–Korea Relations provides a comprehensive overview of the changing dynamics in relations between Europe and Korea, provided by leading experts in the field.

Informed by high-quality academic research and key trilateral data and statistics, this book brings scope, balance, and depth, with wide-ranging coverage examining the history of Europe-Korea relations, the Cold War, contemporary Europe-Korea and Europe-North Korea relations, Europe and inter-Korea relations within the regional context, and relations between European countries and the Korea. Through this approach, it increases awareness of the extent and intensity of the multi-faceted and multi-layered connections between the Europe and Korea. Finally, it proposes a way forward for a future relationship between Europe and the Koreas. As a key reference point, for advanced-level students, researchers, policy-makers and journalists producing, and consuming, new material in the area and beyond, it provides an essential understanding of both the historical backdrop to, and the current crisis in, this troubled peninsula.

This Handbook will be an essential reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners interested and working in the fields of Asian Politics/ Studies, EU Politics/Studies, European Politics/Studies, Korean Politics/Studies and International Relations.

The Routledge Handbook of Europe–Korea Relations is part of the mini-series Europe in the World Handbooks examining EU-regional relations.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

A multi-faceted and multi-layered relationship

part 1|38 pages

Historical evolution

part 2|77 pages

Social and cultural relations

chapter 5|14 pages

New perspectives on the Korean wave

Digital media and global fandom

chapter 6|13 pages

EU-Korea education cooperation

chapter 7|11 pages

Immigration as personal and cultural interchange

South Koreans in Germany, the United Kingdom, and France 1

chapter 8|18 pages

Is the EU an ever-closer partner?

Reflecting EU representations in South Korea

part 3|79 pages

Economic relations

chapter 9|18 pages

EU-North Korea economic ties

Old legacies and future prospects

chapter 10|11 pages

Dynamics of the Korea-EU FTA

From the early stage to the entry-into-force

chapter 11|13 pages

EU-Korea FTA (2011–2020)

First experience of implementing the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter under the FTA

chapter 12|13 pages

Korea-EU direct investment links

The neglected facet of a tight partnership

chapter 13|11 pages

Development cooperation

South Korea's transition from new to established donor

part 4|28 pages

Science and technology, energy, and the environment

chapter 15|16 pages

EU-Korea partnership on energy and climate change

Common paths toward low-carbon transition

chapter 16|10 pages

Scientific innovation

The 4th Industrial Revolution and R&D cooperation

part 5|94 pages

Politics and global governance

chapter 18|12 pages

EU-Korea and the international community

The United Nations, the G20, and the Asia-Europe meeting

chapter 19|12 pages

Human security

Emerging area for cooperation in Korea and the EU

part 6|39 pages

Bilateral relations

chapter 24|12 pages

Continued ambivalence

The history and present of Germany-Korea relations

chapter 25|13 pages

France-Korea

chapter 26|12 pages

Korea-Italy relations

Consolidating strategic partnership

part 7|77 pages

Security and the regional context

chapter 28|14 pages

EU sanctions against North Korea

Making a stringent UN sanctions regime even tougher 1

chapter 29|12 pages

EU-Korea and the Six Party Talks

chapter 30|15 pages

EU-Korea in crisis management

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

Future challenges in Korea-the EU relations