[학술논문] Analysis of the Causes of South Korea’s Foreign Policy Change -Analysis Based on the Foreign Policy Change Theory-
Trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan will significantly impact the security order of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. The final obstacle to the realization of trilateral security cooperation between the three countries has been the historically strained relations between South Korea and Japan. The Yoon Suk-Yeol government strove to improve relations
[학술논문] The Right Approach to Change North Korea: Consistent Pressure as Learned from Chicken Game Theory
The 10 years' application of the Sunshine Policy was not reciprocated by North Korea and proved to have failed to change North Korea as clearly demonstrated by the torpedo attack against the South Korean Navy corvette, the Cheonam, on the 26th of March 2010. North Korean leaders did not give up their aggressive policy toward South Korea and do not show any sincerity on dialogues with South Korea
[학술논문] 냉전시대 캐롤 몬시뇰의 구호 활동과 그 의의
...on the issues of the Busan political scandal, the return of POW’s in Geoje island [巨濟島] POW camp, and the aid for those wounded in action. Carroll Monsignor also was quite close with minister Chang, Myeon (張勉, 1899. 8. 28~1966. 6. 4.), a political rival of Seung man Lee. However, in the course of his humanitarian work, Carroll Monsignor did not divulge his political beliefs nor did he help only...
[학술논문] Why Did North Korea's Kim Jong-un Send Trash Balloons?: An Analysis of North Korea's Changes in the Kim Jong-un Era
북한의 김정은은 왜 오물풍선을 보냈을까? 북한은 최근 들어서 법을 고치면서 북한 주민에 대한 통제를 강화하고 있다. 북한은 2020년 12월 반동사상문화배격법을 제정하였고 외부로부터 도입되는 문화나 한국의 사상과 말 등을 사용하게 되면 처벌을 한다는 점을 명시하였다. 그러나 이는 반대로 해석하면 북한 사회가 그만큼 많이 동요되고 있음을 반증하는 법이라고 할 수 있다. 장마당이 생기면서 자본주의의 씨앗이 북한 내에서도 자라기 시작하였다. 돈주라고 불리는 자본가가 일부 생기게 된 것이다. 북한의 세대가 교체되면서 사회적인 변화도 존재하였다. 젊은이답게 한국식 문화나 새로운 변화에 대해서 보다 받아들이는 모습이 나타난 것이다. 북한은 체제에 새로운 문화가 유입되는 것과 자본주의나 서구식 사상에 물드는 것을 가장 두려워하고
[학술논문] Changes in North Korea’s Elite Structure: A Comparison with the Soviet Union
This paper has a purpose to examine the nature of the North Korean ruling class and to discuss its relevance to maintenance of regime drawing up the Korean peninsula's future. In soviet communism nepotism and patron-client relations undermined the political criteria of elite recruitment in the Nomenklatura system. The political elite began to degenerate into a social class, perhaps one of the most