[학술논문] Interpretations of the Social Meaning of Mobile Phone to North Korea

The hybrid network of the Economically Dependent Network(EDN) at the Sino-Korean border area which results from the aggregation of human actors and non-human actors has made each actor promote their own goals. The emerging configurations regarding the exchange of information through the EDN might revolutionize the consciousness of North Koreans. However, the EDN plays the role of an actor’s expanding

[현안분석] Eight Changes in North Korean Economy and Society under the Kim Jong Un Regime

...society is changing fairly quickly. This positive image of the DPRK is backed by foreign visitors’ testimonies on the economic development; new high-rise apartment buildings; over 4 million mobile phone subscribers; and North Korean products available in large-city department stores and other retail channels. How can two such conflicting opinions coexist? One reason is a lack of...