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

...of 2009, and Japan’s strong response to them. In the middle of this period of significant tension, in August 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won a landslide victory in the lower house elections, ending the dominance of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over the last half a century. This political sea change in Japan has not resulted in major improvements in the Japan–DPRK relations. Yet...

[학위논문] 북한에서의 선거적 연결에 관한 연구 : 김정은 시대 최고인민회의 대의원 선거(2014,2019) 분석을 중심으로

...재해석하는 데 기여할 수 있다. This thesis begins with the premise that even in closed authoritarian regimes such as North Korea, elections may serve not merely as political rituals but as tools of strategic communication. Focusing on the 13th (2014) and 14th (2019) Supreme People’s Assembly elections under Kim Jong Un, the study analyzes changes in the composition of front-page messages in Rodong Sinmun across three...

[학술논문] North Korea’s South Korea Policy: An Evaluation of Determining Variables and Prospects for 2012

...North’s negative strategies toward South Korea, North Korea will need to build tensions for internal consolidation,closing the door on the South’s North Korea policy. With upcoming presidential elections both in South Korea and the U.S. overlapping for the first time in 20 years, North Korea will also exert its utmost efforts to foment negative public sentiment in the South toward the existing policy...

[학술논문] 동북아 평화를 위한 한ㆍ중 전략적협력동반자관계 심화방안 연구

...replaced Hu Jintao’s. In Russia, Vladmir Putin is fostering his dream of constructing a powerful Russian empire. In Japan, the election of Shinzo Abe and a landslide victory of his party in the elections to the upper house have driven the nation to the far right. In South Korea, the new Park Geun-hye government has proclaimed and emphasized the fundamental national principle grounded upon trust....

[학술논문] A Comparative Study on the inter-Korean Relations and the Cross-Strait Exchanges after the 2000s

...‘rivals.’ Third, Domestic political conflicts that surround Cross-Strait policy in Taiwan and North-related policy in South Korea have been intensified as a result of changes in governments following elections. Fourth, while the United States remains a crucial partner of both South Korea and Taiwan, its influence in the region is less and less diminishing. On the other hand, the differences between the...

[해외] Post-Party Congress Elections

he first quarter of 2026 saw follow-on events to the Ninth Party Congress. North Korea held national elections for the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) on March 15, its first parliamentary elections in seven years and two years behind schedule. Following his replacement as director of Bureau 10, formerly the United Front Department (UFD), during the Party Congress, Ri Son Gwon took on leadership...

[해외] Implications of Chinese Influence Operations for South Korea and the US-ROK Alliance

China’s People’s Liberation Army employs a variety of strategies to influence ROK public opinion, interfere in ROK elections, and seek to weaken the US-ROK alliance. With a special focus on the potential impact of artificial intelligence on PLA influence operations targeting South Korea, Washington and Seoul should improve coordination to mitigate these efforts and their potential impacts.

[국내] 김정은 시대 당 중앙군사위원회의 역할 : 7기 회의 분석

...revised party convention. Now the 7th CMC, which has been held seven times so far, is executing reinforced authority over personnel affairs such as making decisions on summons and supplementary elections of the members and awarding the military ranks by the Chairman's sole order. In addition to that, rather than strengthening party control over the military, the 7th CMC tends to focus on military...

[국내] The 2024 U.S. Elections and Outlook for U.S. Allies

...defense policies this time could be unstoppable and unpredictable. What should U.S. allies make of the unprecedented 2024 U.S. elections? How might President Trump deal with friends and foes this time? This Asan Issue Brief provides an overview of the 2024 U.S. elections and the outlook for U.S. allies, with a focus on the view from Seoul. The Issue Brief proceeds as follows. First, it reviews the...

[국내] IFANS FORECAST 2017

...world will “Re-Assess” or “Re-Arrange” their original policy goals and priorities, which will result in a complex international environment. The election of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections in November 2016 will exert a profound influence on international politics, economy and diplomacy. While President-elect Trump is expected to carry out many of the Republican Party’s original policies...