As tensions remain on the Korean peninsula‎,‎ this book looks back on the decade of improved inter‎-Korean relations and engagement between 1998 and 2008‎,‎ now known as the ‎'‎Sunshine Policy‎'‎ era‎.‎ Moving beyond traditional economic and political perspectives‎,‎ it explores how this decade of intensified cooperation both affected and reshaped existing physical‎,‎ social and mental boundaries between the two Koreas‎,‎ and how this ‎'‎de‎-bordering‎'‎ and ‎'‎re‎-bordering‎'‎ has changed the respective attitudes towards the other‎.‎ Based around three key themes‎,‎ ‎'‎Space‎'‎‎,‎ ‎'‎People‎'‎‎,‎ and ‎'‎Representations‎'‎‎,‎ this book looks at the tangible and intangible areas of contact created by North‎-South engagement during the years of the Sunshine Policy‎.‎ ‎'‎Space‎'‎ focuses on the border regions and discusses how the border reflects the dynamics of multiple types of exchanges and connections between the two Koreas‎,‎ as well as the new territorial structures these have created‎.‎ ‎'‎People‎'‎ addresses issues in human interactions and social organizations‎,‎ looking at North Korean defectors in the South‎,‎ shifting patterns of North‎-South competition in the ‎'‎Korean‎'‎ diaspora of post‎-Soviet Central Asia‎,‎ and the actual and physical presence of the Other in various social settings‎.‎ Finally‎,‎ ‎'‎Representations‎'‎ analyses the image of the other Korea as it is produced‎,‎ circulated‎,‎ altered/falsified and received ‎(‎or not‎)‎ on either side of the Korean border‎.‎ The contributors to this volume draw on a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from geography‎,‎ anthropology and archaeology‎,‎ to media studies‎,‎ history and sociology‎,‎ in order to show how the division between North and South Korea functions as an essential matrix for geographical‎,‎ social and psychological structures on both sides of the border‎.‎ As such‎,‎ this book will appeal to students and scholars from numerous fields of study‎,‎ including Korean studies‎,‎ Korean culture and society‎,‎ and international relations more broadly‎.‎