[정치/군사] The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea

...Jong Un, and the most powerful woman in North Korea. In 2022, in a particularly fiery speech, Kim Yo Jong threatened to nuke South Korea, reminding the world of the dangers posed by her state. But how did the youngest daughter of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, his ‘sweet princess’, become the ruthless chief propagandist, internal administrator and foreign policymaker for her brother’s totalitarian regime?...

[학술논문] From Scarcity to Style: Sartorial Hierarchy and Hybridity in Marketizing North Korea

...to explain this outcome: first, the lack of China’s cultural appeal; and second, the ambivalent consequences of marketization. While recognizing the quantity of Chinese economic clout, North Koreans did not regard China as a yardstick of quality. Struggling to achieve basic subsistence, the North Korean population held de-politicized and pragmatic outlooks, adopting means of self-expression in compliance...

[학술논문] German Philosophy in East Asia and Beyond

...become philosophical. 3. Philosophy in Our Time It seems that the philosophical pursuit of rigorous objectivity in knowledge no longer stimulates the intellectual curiosity of philosophers as it once did. Owing —perhaps both thanks and no thanks—to the rapid developments in cognitive science, neuroscience, and neurophysiology, philosophers have increasingly shifted their focus from theoretical philosophy...

[학술논문] 북한의 민간상업 통제정책과 상인층의 대응(1945∼1950)

...increase. Those phenomena display a dynamic side in North Korea regarded as uniform and oppressive system since liberation. In spite of suppression policies of private commerce by state, merchants did not shrink away. They disturbed commerce policies of state with seeking after exit for living. Diverse illegal behaviors by merchants promoted growth of private commerce through outflow of enormous...

[학술논문] 김규동 시의 역사 인식과 네오리얼리즘 시 세계

이 글은 김규동 시의 역사 인식과 네오리얼리즘 시 세계를 탐구하고 있다. 김규동이 참여했던 <후반기> 동인들은 도시 문명과 인간 존재 탐구, 불안과 소외 등 인간의 내면의식을 심도 깊게 다루었다. 김규동은 <후반기> 동인의 모더니즘 시학 운동을 주도하면서 전쟁, 불안, 혼란 등에 연관되는 시 언어를 주로사용하였다. 생애사적으로 그의 청년기까지의 삶은 역사적인 관점에서 전쟁과폭력, 파괴와 살육, 침략과 저항으로 표상화되는 ‘절규’의 시공간이었다. 김규동의 시에는 분단의 아픔과 이산이라는 개인적 체험이 반영되어 있으며 그는 분단 없는 민족의 내일을 표현하고자 하였다. 울분에 찬 희망가라 할 수있는 그의 시는 민족 공동체의 대상을 “싸웠던 임들”로 폭넓게 어우르면서, 비록 분단된 국가이지만 영원성과

[학술논문] 북한이탈주민의 세대별 체력 수준과 건강 관련 삶의 질: 장마당 세대 및 고난의 행군 세대를 중심으로

...averaged 40.8±4.4 kg (JMD) and 40.0±8.6 kg (AMG) in males, and 24.4±4.3 kg (JMD) and 26.8±3.5 kg (AMG) in females (Z = –0.9 ~ +0.2). Cross sit-ups were lower in both sexes (Z = –0.9 ~ –0.6). Overall, 84% did not meet the 3rd-grade criteria of the national fitness standards. Despite these deficits, mean HINT-8 indices remained relatively high (0.82–0.87). JMD males reported fewer problems with stair climbing...

[국내] Asian NATO Versus Pragmatic Multi-Alignment: Assessing Middle-Power Realignment Pathways in Trump 2.0

...because there is no obligation for mutual defense. Under these circumstances, the creation of an Asian version of NATO is essential to deter China by its Western allies.” Although Ishiba’s proposal did not take off, it attracted attention among security establishments in several Indo-Pacific countries. For instance, in August 2025, Ju Hyung Kim, president of the Security Management Institute, a think...

[해외] North Korea Touts Kim’s Decade of Leadership, Charts Course for Ninth Party Congress

...This vision effectively continues the “spirit of Kangwon Province” that North Korea has been promoting since late November to drive increased economic production. While the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Committee (CC) did not provide a time frame for the Ninth Party Congress, it offered hints about potential policies and Politburo personnel changes that may emerge at that event.

[해외] Pyongyang Treads Gingerly on Iran War

...Korean propaganda, however, such silence can be as meaningful as speech, sometimes more so. North Korea has sharpened its anti-US rhetoric and focused on criticism of US and Israeli actions, but it did not voice explicit support for Iran. Pyongyang’s silence on the Iran war following the two Foreign Ministry responses seems to reflect both the political sensitivity of the issue and its preference...

[해외] South Korea Can Stand Up to China

...nuclear submarine deal. China, in response to other geopolitical slights, has sanctioned at one point or another almost every Korean product, from music to cosmetics to television shows to kimchi. Xi did not seem convinced by Lee’s explanation that Seoul needed the new military capability to counter the expanding North Korean nuclear threat. Instead, during Lee’s visit to Beijing, Xi warned the South...

[국내] Politico-Military;Repercussions of North Korean Crisis

...North Korean collapse will necessarily be accompanied by an extensive disturbance among the people or a violent, bloody struggle of a small group of officers in the military. If a North Korean collapse did not occur in a vacuum, one needs to think about how Kim Jong-il's monolithic system or Kim Jong-un's succession system collapsed. The reason is, the hereditary succession from Kim Il-sung to Kim Jong-il...