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The new Korean Asiatism
Arnaud Leveau
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Abstract
July 2011According to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, South Korea was ranked 15th in the world’s economy in 2010 and was predicted to move up to 13th place in 2011, owing to a catch-up effect, its dynamism and South Korean economic and cultural diplomacy, which have yielded much success for some years now. Some of these aspects have been to the detriment of France, as was the case in Abu Dhabi in 2009, when a consortium, led by the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)...