[학술논문] Survivability of North Korea’s Military-First Policy and Prospects for the ROK-US Security Alliance Format
This inquiry proposes South Korea’s policy alternatives for the “soft-landing” of North Korea through the analysis of its military-first policy and the ROK-US security alliance format. The alternatives must be effective altering the North’s behaviors, since it follows the procedures that India, Pakistan and Israel have traced for the nuclear possession. It is absolute that...
[학술논문] 농촌에서 도시로: 재중동포 기업가 형성과정
... process of Korean-Chinese enterprises suggest an alternative to the analysis of the formation of a free-market system and corporate model in North Korea. China and North Korea are geographically close, and their economic cooperation is also close. Thus, the development of Korean-Chinese enterprises has significant implications on the formation of a market economy in North Korea.
[학술논문] The Structural Elements of North Korea’s Insecurity Applying the “Regional Security Complex Theory”
... the influence of the Regional Security Complex (RSC) and the world. Indeed, due to the long-term military-first policy, the North Korean economy can hardly breathe by itself. Also, the regime must consider the trend of the RSC and the world in terms of human rights. On April 13, 2012, North Korea’s new constitution proclaimed its status as a nuclear-armed nation. However, the aftermath would...
[학술논문] 북한의 개혁개방과 노동법제 -개성공업지구 노동규정을 중심으로-
North Korea has not yet to show the tangible outcome of reform and open policy like China or Vietnam, but the possibilities of change are hinted recently by the introduction of the open-door policy and capitalistic market economy. Accordingly, the possibility of changes in the North Korean labor law systems may occur when the environment is forged in the future. The conventional North Korean labor-related...
[학술논문] Sino-ROK Relations at a Crossroads: From Qiutong cunyi (求同存異) to Yizhong qiutong (異中求同)
...necessary to transform the working principle from qiutong cunyi to yizhong qiutong (異中求同), acknowledging the differences first before seeking common ground. In fact, the 20-year ties have shown mixed results: a) uneven growth in different issue-areas—the so-called “hot economy, cold politics”; b) rapid expansion in the number of actors and in the scope of their ties; c) the effect of the...