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

...sectors or challenges are analyzed within the context of badly needed North Korean macro economic reform: Energy utilization and the potential for a new natural gas arrangement with Russia; personal income growth tied to major labor reorientations focused on manufacturing for export; expanding capitalist projects like the Kaesong Industrial Complex; and expanding DPRK foreign trade with South Korea,...

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

Merchants have been recognized to be dishonest persons. Drastic criticisms against them have been continuing up to this day. Of course essence of commerce that can make a large income with only circulation of goods rather than production is focus of criticism against merchants. Those criticisms came to the climax at the same time with the ascent of socialistic movement. A view of merchants in North...

[학술논문] 남북한 이문화 부부의 적응에 관한 연구 -남한주민과 결혼한 북한출신 배우자의 부부 적응에 대한 인식을 중심으로-

...these variables was analysed. Result indicated that perceived predictors from the North spouse for marriage adjustment were affected with age, sex, living period in the South, chronic disease, family income, marriage experience in the North or the China, acculturative stress, marriage satisfaction by hierarchic regression solution. Finally, characteristic s of marriage adjustment program and mental health...

[학위논문] 북한체제의 지탱력에 관한 분석

...I appraised political spehere by classifying one party ruling system, legitimacy, political leadership, foreign relation, etc. In chapter four I assessed economic spehere by dividing the national income & people's economic life, the efficiency of economic policy, the ability of production and the quantity of supply in the industrial sector, labor force, foreign trade. In chapter five I assessed social...

[학술논문] 북한이탈주민의 남한에서의 삶의 질：3년 추적 조사

...Other instruments included a questionnaire for discerning demographic data, life experiences, and physical health. Results: For last 3 years, more defectors had higher education, married, and higher income. However, their unemployment numbers did not decrease, while their number of believers in a religion did decrease. QoL scores remained low in the areas of negative feelings, financial resources, ependence...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 4월

북한경제를 연구하는 데 있어 가장 활발하게 사용되는 데이터는 북한시장의 상품 가격 자료다. 북한경제에 대한 데이터가 극히 부족한 상황에서 그나마 꾸준하게 축적되는 자료 중 하나이며, 일반적으로 1년에 한 번 추정되는 북한 국내총소득(Gross National Income, GNI)이나 곡물 생산량 등의 통계와는 달리 1~2주에 한 번 조사되어 공개되기 때문에 북한경제 현황을 분석하는 데 비교적 신속하게 활용할 수 있는 자료라는 장점이 있다. 예를 들어, 가장 널리 이용되는 북한시장 쌀 가격과 달러 및 위안 환율 동향을 통해 전반적인 북한시장 물가와 경제 안정성을 평가하는 것이다. 최근 조사되는 북한시장 상품 가격 자료의 출처는 Daily NK, Asia Press, SPN 서울평양뉴스와 같은 북한전문매체가 현지...

[국내] 북한의 주요 불법거래 수입 추정: 2017~2021년의 시기를 중심으로

...불법거래, 특히 해킹을 통한 외화 획득에 집중할 것으로 예상된다. 또한 WMD 부품이나 생산재 밀수는 줄일 수 없으므로, 소비재 수입을 줄이는 방식으로 부족한 외화를 절약하려고 할 것이다. 이 경우 가뜩이나 어려운 북한 주민의 삶은 더욱 피폐해질 것으로 보인다. This article estimates North Korea’s illegal trade income from 2017 to 2021 after sanctions against North Korea were in full swing. During this period, North Korea's commodity balance recorded a deficit of about $6 billion, while it earned $2.13 billion from...

[국내] 북한의 관광 활성화 정책 재추진 전망과 파급영향

...foreigners resumes, the results will not be significant for the next few years, but the number of foreign tourists and North Korea's foreign currency income will increase in the mid to long term. It is feared that the increased foreign currency income will not only be used as Kim Jong-un's ruling fund, but also be diverted to strengthening nuclear and missile capabilities. As the number of foreign...

[해외] Why and How Estimates of North Korean GDP by the Bank of Korea Are Deceptive

...(GDP). GDP is defined as “the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period.” It measures the flow of money based on transactions in a market economy, where income and expenditure should be equal. In the case of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) estimates are the most widely cited metrics by international...

[국내] Prospects and Challenges for Economic Development in North Korea: Applying the Country Diagnostic Approach

...circumstances of recipient countries, with a focus on identifying critical constraints to development and deriving policy priorities to overcome them. When studying the economic situations of low income countries, a lot of challenges typically emerge across almost all factors influencing development. However, the most binding constraints vary significantly by country. Moreover, as the purpose of a...