ABSTRACT
Policy tensions between the United States and Korea have grown over the past several years. They were temporarily exacerbated in 1996 by the North Korean submarine incursion incident of September and its aftermath. The pride is born of a dignity associated with the economic, and to a lesser degree, the institutional accomplishments of the nation, and with it the parallel rise in Korean nationalism. The growth of Korean nationalism is not a new phenomenon, although the intensity with which it has expanded, and the freedoms under which public expression of such views are now allowed, give its development much greater attention, and thus a self-perpetuating momentum. Koreans in the United States have exhibited a most modest degree of political influence, given their overall economic and educational achievements. Politics has had a less salutary history than economics in modem Korea. In a sense both Korea and the United States have given up a certain amount of sovereignty in their relationship.
