[연구논문] Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 2021 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

...provide an update on the process of achieving each of the 17 SDGs. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (hereafter DPRK or North Korea) were scheduled to present their VNR at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) in 2020, but postponed until July 2021 in the wake of the COVID- 19 pandemic. As North Korea’s first VNR, the review will provide a much-needed look into how one of the world’s most reclusive...

[해외자료] Prospects for Health Cooperation: Changing Health Priorities for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Four years after the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID- 19 a pandemic, humanitarian engagement in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) has yet to fully return to pre-pandemic normalcy.

[해외자료] Imagery Analysis of Rail and Road Traffic Between Dandong and Sinuiju and the Effects of Covid-19

...impacts on the North Korean economy. In 2020 alone, North Korea’s economy is estimated to have contracted by up to 10 percent, marking North Korea’s largest annual slide since the famine in 1992, when the economy shrank by 7.1 percent.

[해외자료] What to Make of North Korea’s Forward-looking Economic Strategy and Prospects

Kim Jong Un ended 2023 sounding confident, both about his positioning of North Korea’s military security and the prospects for economic recovery after extended border closure period due to the COVID- 19 pandemic.

[해외자료] North Korea Begins Dismantling Quarantine Import Facility

Commercial satellite imagery indicates North Korea has begun dismantling warehouses at Uiju Airfield, the country’s largest quarantine import center for goods. The work at the airfield began almost four years to the day since the country shut its borders in response to growing cases of COVID- 19.

[해외자료] Cargo Trucks Lined Up at Sinuiju

Commercial satellite imagery shows that truck traffic at North Korea’s most important international trade border with China is beginning to return to normal. For the first time since the end of the COVID- 19 pandemic, imagery shows multiple trucks queued, waiting to enter a customs yard in Sinuiju—the final stop before crossing into China.

[현안분석] 북한의 '간부혁명' 추진 동향 및 시사점

...will be extreme resistance from cadres. North Korea’s advocacy of the Cadre Revolution appears to have been intended to strengthen human capacity to overcome economic difficulties by strengthening cadre discipline and reorganizing the cadre staff amid the worsening policy implementation environment due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. From June 2024, North Korea seems to be emphasizing the Cadre Revolution...

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

... 반대로 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...

[현안분석] 대북 인도적 지원의 전략적 포지셔닝

...concept of humanitarian aid to North Korea from South Korea is expanded to include “development relief” and “development aid.” The strained inter-Korean relationship most likely prevents Pyeongyang from accepting humanitarian assistance from Seoul while raising the possibility of South Korea’s suspension of aid to North Korea. The ongoing COVID- 19 pandemic, food shortages,...

[현안분석] 코로나19 위기를 활용한 북한의 체제 강화 동향

...cooperating emergency medical aid assistance. North Korea's COVID- 19 politics are similar to that of authoritarian countries including where the regime has built a strong leadership image, strengthened internal cohesion by presenting external enemies, and promoting medical chievements to its citizens. It is expected that North Korea will continue to use COVID- 19 prevention as a means to strengthen its...

[현안분석] 북한의 SDG 빈곤 목표 수용성 및 시사점

.../ Although sanctions, the COVID- 19 pandemic, and the military provocation have further isolated North Korea, South Korea still needs to come up with strategies that can keep the north close to the global community for talks and support. Among other things, this report highlights the importance of inter-Korean statistical cooperation that can help facilitate North Korea’s internalization of...