[학술논문] Selective Reopening at the China-DPRK Border: Trade Recovery and the New Yalu River Bridge

...recovered from the collapse caused by the COVID-19 border closure. The New Yalu River Bridge, however, remained a revealing exception: a completed cross-border corridor whose port-of-entry functions still lagged behind the trade rebound. This article uses that disjuncture to examine reopening after the COVID-19 border closure along the China-DPRK border. Drawing on Chinese customs statistics through April...

[학술논문] North Korean Refugee Women in China: Causes of Flows and Current Situation

...factors, as well, such as the demand of the sex industry market in boosting Chinese economy and demographical change in Chinese rural society. There is another parameter, like a newly established illegal smuggling ring between Chinese and North Korean border guards after the collapse of North Korean state-run economy. The essential solution to the North Korean refugee women issue in China might be related...

[학술논문] 북한과 러시아의 국경체제에 관한 연구

...National Border Line between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation’ concluded in 2002. Direction of border line between DPRK and Russia which is progressing along the main waterway of Tumen river from the boundary point of three countries on the Tumen river has been noted in Description of the Treaty on the Demarcation of the Soviet-Korean National Border in 1985. This border line...

[학술논문] Rethinking Engagement on the Korean Peninsula: Confidence to Trust to Peace

...Korean naval vessel Cheonan, inter-Korean relations are at possibly the lowest point in decades. With rising tensions, increasing propaganda and threatening military posturing on both sides of the border, the prospect of peace on the Korean peninsula in the near future is dim. In particular, the cessation of most inter-Korean economic cooperation threatens stability, and could have long-term implications...

[학위논문] 서울-평양 네트워크 경제권 구축을 통한 한반도 성장전략 구상

...cooperative industry may be realized. As ‘trans-border economic region’ strategies expand globally, new possibilities for even closer economic cooperation between the North and the South may emerge, despite their two different political systems. In addition, innovative methods for economic cooperation may be explored via the emergence of ‘new economy’ paradigm headed by technological revolution. Consequently...

[국내] Dependencia, North Korea Style

...been the main external buttress helping to prop up the North Korean regime. Beijing has long provided its treaty allies in Pyongyang with economic sustenance and international support in exchange for border stability (and possibly other benefits as well). It is therefore striking that Pyongyang has recently taken to disparaging its partner in this vital relationship. Amidst the pageantry surrounding the...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 7월

...추진과 중앙정부와 지방자치단체 간 긴밀한 협력체계 구축이 요구된다. Following the 2023 Peace Economy Special Zone Act, 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...

[국내] 포스트 코로나 시기 북.중 경제 관계 전망 및 한반도 정세에 미치는 영향

...원화 강세 현상이 나타나고 있다. The COVID pandemic has significantly heightened the economic problems facing the North Korean economy as there is a saying that “COVID is the real sanction.” This is a global phenomenon, not limited to North Korea. North Korea responded to COVID-19 through a border blockade, but as a result, North Korea’s trade with China plunged by more than 80%. In general, a decline in trade...

[국내] 김정은 정권의 ‘새 세기 산업혁명’ 추진 동향과 전망

...'introduction of CNC technology throughout the economy' is limited in the 'exemple factories', and mechanical breakdowns are frequent due to lack of electricity and rated voltage. The prospect of technology catchup is uncertain without fundamental solution of the energy problem. Moreover, the prolonged high-intensity sanctions and the COVID-19 quarantine border blockade are continuing, and the development...

[국내] Freedom of Movement in North Korea

...rapid social changes in North Korea through the growth of the jangmadang economy, rampant corruption, the regime’s control of its people, among other aspects. In particular, the Kim Jong-un regime adopts strong social control by reinforcing control over outside information and culture, and interdicting defection attempts by border control. Yet, as state control increases, the people’s way of life adapts...