[학술논문] Sub-regional Cooperation and Unbalanced Municipal Development in the Northern East Sea Rim: A Comparative Study of Triangle Cities on Tumen River Delta*

...institutional arrangement has influenced trade, human resource exchange, maritime environment and so forth. The internal dynamics of sub-regional cooperation have not been significantly explored in the border cities of Hunchun, Vladivostok, and Rasun. For this sub-regional cooperation, the external factors cannot be neglected by and large. In addition to the prerequisite concerns, the constraints such as...

[학술논문] 러시아 연해주 두만강 하구의 한인마을 크라스노예 셀로(鹿屯島)의 형성과 변화

...villages had increased to eleven. Some Korean scholars contend that Koreans moved to ‘Noktundo’ before 1860 and had lived there thereafter pointing to the geographical proximity of ‘Noktundo’ from the border area of North Korea. However, there is no evidence supporting that hypothesis. They failed to give consideration to the relatively unfavorable natural environment of the region such as strong wind from...

[학술논문] People’s Exit in North Korea: New Threat to Regime Stability?

As suggested in a growing literature that securitizes the phenomenon of refugee migration and analyzes it as a national as well as a regional security issue, the growing number of North Korean border-crossers has far-reaching political implications for both North Korea and the international community. Studies have argued that refugees could contribute significantly to democratic change in their home...

[학술논문] 북한과 러시아의 국경체제에 관한 연구

...China relating to border lines of DPRK and Russia has not been solved for a long time. China keeps making efforts in private sector to resolve this problem called ‘going our of East Sea’ which is obstructed by DPRK and Russia. Recently, the State Council of China passed ‘the Plan of Collaborative Development for Tumen River Area’ aiming at economic development of northeast area, and it indicates that...

[학술논문] 남북한 군사적 신뢰구축방안 모색:국제적 사례와 역사적 교훈을 중심으로

For over half a century after the korean war on the Korean Peninsula a place ‘boundary area’ or ‘forward area’ has physically separated North and South Korea, standing as a constant reminder of the wretchedness of modern Korean history. and yet, the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ), the border area that cuts across the center of the Korean Peninsula continues to bear the arms of confrontation under faded ideological...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 7월

...comprehensive strategies have been presented to revitalize border regions that endured exceptional sacrifices as division frontlines and realize an inter-Korean economic community. Gyeonggi (province), Incheon (city), and Gangwon (province) border regions remain underdeveloped due to overlapping regulations including the Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act and Military Installations Protection...

[국내] DMZ 및 접경지역 남북협력의 쟁점과 과제

...border area and has recently proposed the DMZ International Peace Zone initiative. The core content of this initiative follows the context of past proposals. However, we can find differences in two aspects: the initiative is based on agreements between two Korean leaders in 2018 and is being pursued in parallel with military confidence building between two Koreas. For peaceful use of the border area...

[해외] Quick Take: China Marks Up New Customs Area

Commercial satellite imagery indicates China continues to take steps towards completion of a new, modern customs post on its border with North Korea across the New Yalu River Bridge. Work at the facility near Dandong has been ongoing despite no observable preparation on the North Korean side that might signal an imminent opening of the new border crossing.