[학술논문] The PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Engagement with North Korea: Implications for the Peace Process and the Promotion of Human Rights
The South Korean President, Moon Jae-In, sent special delegations to Pyongyang. The visit resulted in a surprising agreement that included Kim Jong-un’s remarks that he is willing to take the road forward for denuclearization and reconciliation with South Korea. As tensions on the peninsula have been at maximum levels for more than fifteen years, this can be considered as a dramatic shift from
[학술논문] Vulnerability Assessment of a Potential COVID-19 Outbreak in the DPRK: The Transnational Advocacy Networks and Their Roles
The 2019’s Global Health Security (GHS) Index has identified the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as the ‘least prepared’ nation in terms of its overall level of health related security preparedness (GHS 2019). The country had much greater level of vulnerability to health problems and a minimum level of preparedness. In the wake of the year 2020, the overall health
[학술논문] The DPRK’s Triple Disaster: Failure of Governance, Flooding, and Drought
The citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), already enduring many human rights violations, further suffer because of recurrent natural disasters, which have often led to humanitarian crises. Vulnerability to these disasters has increased as the DPRK regime has continually failed to manage post-disaster situations adequately. This paper examines humanitarian crises in the