[학술논문] The Economic Rehabilitation of North Korea: Prospects after Kim Jong-il

Despite having signed or agreed to four formal weapon denuclearization agreements, the Kim Jong-il family regime in Pyongyang shows no fundamental willingness to give up its nuclear weapons. Therefore this article looks past the denuclearization issue, and examines the potential for a future rehabilitation of North Korea’s economy in a post -Kim era. Four economic sectors or challenges are analyzed...

[학술논문] Building Conditions for Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Prioritizing Countervalue over Counterforce

This article asks how a stable peace can be built on the Korean Peninsula amid persistent DPRK nuclear expansion, an escalatory doctrine, and explicit rejection of denuclearization. First, I assess North Korea’s current and near-term capabilities and plans, and the implications of a dual-capable, increasingly diversified nuclear force for crisis stability. Second, I weigh the assured-retaliation (countervalue)...

[학술논문] Rebuilding Inter-Korean Relations: Prospects for an Inter-Korean Summit in the post-Chonan Incident Era

...result of an inter‐Korean summit, that would also significantly contribute to DPRK denuclearization. Such actions do not have to be agreed upon within the Six‐Party Talks because they could be unilateral decisions made by Pyongyang. Another minimum achievement would be to secure North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization in Kim Jong‐Il's own words and then to insert those comments into a joint statement...

[학술논문] The Six-Party Talks and North Korea’s Denuclearization: An Evaluation and Prospects

...first part of this article examines DPRK’s denuclearization process up to the point when the SPT failed to adopt a written verification protocol in December 2008. Since then, the six-party process has been stalled. The second part discusses the impact of DPRK’s rocket launch in April 2009 and its second nuclear test in May on the SPT. The third part evaluates DPRK’s new proposal for peace treaty talks...

[학술논문] The Relations between the Republic of Poland and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

...Western countries questioned the neutrality of Poland and Czechoslovakia. Now Polish–North Korean relations are based on realism. The Polish foreign policy toward North Korea is within the EU framework, which supports an evolutionary change in character of the North Korean regime. Poland supports the peaceful reunification of Korea and the goals of the Six-Party Talks on North Korean denuclearization.

[해외] China is confronting new realities on the Korean Peninsula

China’s view of the Korean Peninsula in 2026 can no longer be understood through the narrow lens of U.S.-North Korea diplomacy alone. It must be situated within a broader strategic framework shaped by systemic stability, risk management, and the need to prevent further regional deterioration. From Beijing’s perspective, the peninsula is not merely a nuclear issue or a bilateral diplomatic problem between

[해외] North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs

...space, nuclear, and missile-applicable technology, expertise, and materials to the DPRK." A trilateral statement of the United States, South Korea, and Japan reiterates their "steadfast commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea." North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has repeatedly rejected denuclearization negotiations since the most recent talks in 2019 between President Donald J. Trump...

[해외] Should Japan change its approach to North Korean denuclearization?

...Shinzo Abe era, the Takaichi administration places greater emphasis on strengthening Japan-South Korea relations as a central piece of regional security cooperation. Nevertheless, as Japan has expanded its deterrence capabilities and cooperation with Seoul and Washington, the denuclearization of North Korea remains at an impasse. This issue constitutes the most critical security concern for Japan.

[해외] Rethinking North Korea diplomacy

...from both Trump and Kim indicate openness to a meeting, pointing to a potential pathway to renewed diplomatic engagement. Paradoxically, however, such signals may also complicate the long-standing objective of North Korean denuclearization. The central question, then, is whether a resumption of diplomacy can meaningfully advance stability and peace on the Korean Peninsula and across Northeast Asia.

[국내] Prospects for North Korea-U.S. Relations and Nuclear Talks

...to urge denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the resumption of dialogue with the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK or North Korea). Specifically, the statement employs the phrase “complete denuclearization (CD) of the Korean Peninsula,” standing in contrast with the pattern of the preceding three years’ usage of “complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization (CVID)...