[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.

[학술논문] Japan’s Power Shift and Its DPRK Policy

...has not resulted in major improvements in the Japan–DPRK relations. Yet, the DPJ’s stance toward the DPRK’s military threat and the Japan–US alliance is different from that of the LDP. So far, the DPJ has opted to avoid following in the LDP’s footsteps of strengthening the alliance and expanding Japan’s military operations in response to the DPRK’s military threat. Instead, it intends to increase Japan’s...

[학술논문] Barak Obama and North Korea: A Study in Presidential Transition

...framed the talks on the DPRK nuclear question in the broader contexts of promoting international law, strengthening the nuclear nonproliferation regime, and pursuing broad multilateral diplomacy. Furthermore, he laid out simple but clear policy guidelines. The United States would engage the DPRK and remain open to positive incentives for denuclearization. On the other hand, the DPRK would receive no material...

[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)...

[국내] 트럼프 2기 행정부 하에서의 김정은의 전략적 선택

...트럼프 2기 행정부의 북한 핵문제 해법의 목표와 원칙은 매우 선명하다. 뮌헨 안보회의에서 트럼프 2기 행정부 첫 한미 외교장관회담에서도 미 국무장관은 북핵 문제와 관련해 한국과의 협력을 약속했고, '북한의 완전한 비핵화 목표'를 재확인했다. 한미일 외교장관회의에서는 본 목표를 미일 정상회담과 동일히 적시하며("the complete denuclearization of the DPRK") 공동성명으로 공식화하였다(U.S. Department of State 2025). 나아가 뮌헨안보회의 G-7 외교장관 공동성명에는 "북한은 유엔의 모든 대북제재결의안에 따라 모든 핵무기, 현존 핵 프로그램, 대량살상무기(WMD) 및 탄도 미사일 프로그램을 완전하고 검증 가능하며 불가역적인 방식으로 포기해야 한다"고 밝혔다(Munich...

[국내] 김정은 시대 북한의 국가전략 변화와 군사분야 동향

...force, and the strengthening of the military's economic role as a labor source. In light of this, the military of DPRK is expected to respond swiftly to changes in its national strategy. In particular, as the military continues to concentrate on eco nomic construction, the denuclearization agreement between North Korea and the U.S. is highly likely to be the most important factor driving changes of the...

[해외] North Korea Leaving Maneuvering Room with the US While Preparing for Long-Term Confrontation

... (NWI) in September 2024 and in January 2025. The nuclear signaling aligns with Pyongyang’s renunciation of its three-decade policy centered on normalizing bilateral diplomatic ties with the United States by working toward denuclearization.

[국내] 한반도 평화협정과 한반도 영구평화: 평화협정 전문과 목표·이론·내용·과제의 축조해설

...consents of the direct Parties, ―South Korea, North Korea, the USA, and China, ultimately it will pave the way of achieving the three-folded goal,― North Korea’s denuclearization, establishment of the Korean peace regime, and the U.S.-DPRK diplomatic normalization simultaneously. The key point is the mutual recognition of the two Koreas as a complete sovereign state. Then, the building of stable peace...