Vietnam's economic reforms have generated much praise for the country's rapid “opening” of
its markets, as if the Vietnamese nation had previously existed in a state of isolation, closed …

The post-Korean War reconstruction of North Korea was the most ambitious multilateral
development project ever undertaken by the socialist countries during the Cold War. It was …

From the establishment of the World Health Organization in 1948, the question of technical
assistance was hotly debated by Eastern European countries. Recuperating from the war …

In the 1950s, the Soviet Union and other communist countries developed a unique method
for allowing socialist ideology to manifest in urban spaces. The theory of the microdistrict …

Scholars have long been interested in architecture and urban planning as a cultural
battleground during the Cold War. What is less known, however, is how the ideological …

The year 2010 saw a large number of commemorative activities in Vietnam, including the
millennial anniversary of the founding of the capital city of Hanoi. It also marked the Year of …

Abstract In the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or North Korea), after Pyongyang,
Hamhung is the second-largest city, with a population of 769,000. It has shown a unique …

Architecture and Armed Conflict is the first multi-authored scholarly book to address this
theme from a comparative, interdisciplinary perspective. By bringing together specialists …

Society, Democracy, and the State (Routledge, second edition 2006), as well as numerous
journal articles and book chapters. His current book projects include a study of North Korean …

North Korea is currently a receiver of substantial international economic support, but not for
the first time in its history. This article seeks to shed some light on a largely unknown …