The inter-Korean border region - 'meta-border' of the Cold War and metamorphic frontier of the peninsula

Valérie Gelézeau (1)

1 CRC-CCJ - Centre de Recherches sur la Corée

The chapter discusses the post-Korean war transformations of the inter-Korean border, and their relationship with the inter-Korean dialog. The development of a multilayered border region including several Northern or Southern enclaves expresses larger changing territorial dynamics within and around the peninsula, which characterized the Sunshine Policy era (1998-2007). The analysis of the geographic structure of the border region and its genesis gives way to a fresh interpretation of the closing of the inter-Korean border after 2008.

Mots clés: Korea; border; inter-Korean relations; frontier; enclaves; Sunshine Policy

Domaines: Géographie

Valérie Gelézeau. The inter-Korean border region - 'meta-border' of the Cold War and metamorphic frontier of the peninsula. Doris Wastle-Walter. The Ashgate Research Companion to Border Studies, Ashgate, pp.325-348, 2011. ⟨halshs-00629430⟩