Koreans In Iran Missiles, Markets and Myths

Iran and Korea are both at the top of the headlines these days. Do they have anything to do with each other?
As tensions rise again, few of us are aware that the two Koreas and Iran are engaging in many ways, and have been for more than fifty years. Despite the nations' seeming dissimilarities, Koreans have been quite active in Iran since the 1960s - under the Pahlavi Dynasty, President Ahmadinejad, and today. The author, an Iranian expert on Iranian-East Asian relations, looks into the reasons why significant political, cultural, and above all commercial ties came into being, and he provides facts and figures showing which industries and products are most involved.