Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987

This article deals with the initiation and development of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Republic of Korea. Both countries started relations in 1962, but in a rather idiosyncratic way. While South Korea immediately opened an embassy and appointed a resident ambassador, Mexico made a del...

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Autor: José Luis León-Manríquez
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Fecha de publicación:2010
País:México
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
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spelling Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987José Luis León-ManríquezRelaciones InternacionalesrokdprkSouth KoreaNorth KoreaequidistanceThis article deals with the initiation and development of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Republic of Korea. Both countries started relations in 1962, but in a rather idiosyncratic way. While South Korea immediately opened an embassy and appointed a resident ambassador, Mexico made a deliberate effort to keep bilateral contacts to a bare minimum. Thus, Mexico only opened its embassy in Seoul in 1978 and posted a resident ambassador until 1987. The text addresses the explanation of this asymmetric relation, positing as main hypothesis that, given the anti-imperialist lineages of its revolution, Mexico sought to establish a distance from the international positions of the United States. This position did not entail, however, a preference for the dprk. The situation would change over time. The successive détentes between the great powers in the 1970s and 1980s, the tensions between Mexico and North Korea due to Pyongyang’s support of a Mexican guerrilla group, and the increased social, cultural and economic links between the two countries were the main factors for overcoming such distrust.Universidad de Guadalajara2010info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf1665-0174https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=433747496002México y la Cuenca del Pacífico (México) Num.38 Vol.13reponame:Redalyc-UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma Metropolitanainstacron:UAMenhttp://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4337México y la Cuenca del Pacíficoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:redalyc.org:4337474960022025-03-05T19:11:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
title Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
spellingShingle Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
José Luis León-Manríquez
Relaciones Internacionales
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dprk
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North Korea
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title_short Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
title_full Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
title_fullStr Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
title_full_unstemmed Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
title_sort Formal Friendship, Real Suspicions: Diplomatic Relations between Mexico and South Korea, 1962-1987
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv José Luis León-Manríquez
author José Luis León-Manríquez
author_facet José Luis León-Manríquez
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Relaciones Internacionales
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topic Relaciones Internacionales
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description This article deals with the initiation and development of diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Republic of Korea. Both countries started relations in 1962, but in a rather idiosyncratic way. While South Korea immediately opened an embassy and appointed a resident ambassador, Mexico made a deliberate effort to keep bilateral contacts to a bare minimum. Thus, Mexico only opened its embassy in Seoul in 1978 and posted a resident ambassador until 1987. The text addresses the explanation of this asymmetric relation, positing as main hypothesis that, given the anti-imperialist lineages of its revolution, Mexico sought to establish a distance from the international positions of the United States. This position did not entail, however, a preference for the dprk. The situation would change over time. The successive détentes between the great powers in the 1970s and 1980s, the tensions between Mexico and North Korea due to Pyongyang’s support of a Mexican guerrilla group, and the increased social, cultural and economic links between the two countries were the main factors for overcoming such distrust.
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