[뉴스] Can America Live with a Nuclear North Korea?
If the United States has decided to live with North Korean nuclear weapons, it should take some actions to reduce the risks of those weapons.
[뉴스] North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests
North Korea appears to have demolished a large monument in Pyongyang symbolizing hope for unification with South Korea, according to NK News analysis of satellite imagery, after leader Kim Jong Un ordered it be removed earlier this month.
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본서는 북한체제와 북한의 국가전략을 분석한 제1부와 북한체제를 시나리오별로 전망하고 북한의 연착륙 방안에 초점을 맞춰 경제, 외교, 군사 세 측면에서 해법을 모색한 제2부로 구성되어 있다. 제1부는 북한 문제를 해결하기 위해 북한의 국가 총역량(National Power)을 평가하였다. 북한의 국가 총역량에 대해 DIME 모델에 따라 정보, 경제, 외교, 군사의 4개 장으로 나누어 분석하였다. 제2부는 북한체제를 연착륙, 경착륙, 난비행의 3가지 시나리오로 전망하고 삼벌 구상에 맞춰 위협 대비 및 리스크 관리, 평화적 협상 방안을 제시하였다. 북한이라는 국가의 힘과 영향력, 전략을 평가하는데 사용하는 분석도구로서 DIME 모델이 있다. DIME이란 외교(Diplomacy), 정보(Information), 군사(Military)...
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...정도가 높다고 하기는 어렵다. 농민, 노동자, 어민, 여성, 군인을 막론하고 삶의 질이 크게 개선되었다고 보기는 어렵다고 하겠다. 실증 자료를 활용한 생생한 연구 저자는 북한 민중의 삶을 살피기 위해 많은 자료를 활용했다. 북한 체제 형성기인 1940년대와 1950년대 민중 생활의 실제를 파악하기 위해 미국 현지조사를 실시했는데, 미국 문서기록보관청(National Archives and Records Administration)과 미국 의회도서관(Library of Congress)에서 많은 자료를 확보할 수 있었다. 특히 미국 문서기록보관청이 소장하고 있는 자료는 한국전쟁 당시 미군이 북한 지역에서 수집한 것으로, 통상 ‘노획문서’라고 부르는 것이다. 저자는 상자로 1,200여 개에 이르고 목록도 제대로 만들어져...
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Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’s Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting crisis over the North Korean nuclear program. It promptly became a landmark of an ongoing debate in academic and policy circles about whether to engage or contain North Korea. Fifteen years later, as North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missiles and the U.S. president angrily refers
[학술논문] People’s Exit in North Korea: New Threat to Regime Stability?
As suggested in a growing literature that securitizes the phenomenon of refugee migration and analyzes it as a national as well as a regional security issue, the growing number of North Korean border-crossers has far-reaching political implications for both North Korea and the international community. Studies have argued that refugees could contribute significantly to democratic change in their home...
[학위논문] 북한이탈주민 진로전환 경험에 관한 내러티브 탐구
...third countries such as China. In particular, to examine the meaning of career transition, three individuals were selected who had worked for more than two years at the same workplace covered by national insurance and had either changed roles within the organization or transferred to a new workplace where they remained for more than one year. Data collection was conducted from October 2023 to March...
[학술논문] 북한과 러시아의 국경체제에 관한 연구
...Demarcation of the Soviet-Korean National Border’ which is the first agreement relating to borders in 1985, so it couldn't be able to grasp definite substance for border lines on the Tumen river. After that, the exact coordinates of the boundary point of three countries on the Tumen river has been released in ‘Supplementary Description Protocol to the Eastern End of National Border Line between the People's...
[학술논문] 북한의 창극 변화 양상 연구 ― 조령출의 월북이후 작품을 중심으로
...five revolutionary operas created by singing ‘bangchang’ and ‘jeolga’ based on the Korean classical opera in the 1970’s, and by ‘Chunhyangjun’ so called ‘national opera’ consists of North Korean first policy. In other words, Chunhyangjun the national opera reflects achievements of cultural arts of North Korea comprehensively. Meanwhile it is an artistic work which is worthy of positive actions for new...
[학위논문] 북한의 광장정치 : 통치 기획과 주민 실천
...existing research often treats squares as symbolic sites for authoritarian display and emotional mobilization, this study reconceptualizes them as interactive political spaces where the repetition of national anniversaries, sensory-affective dispositifs, and embodied norms intersect with everyday practices such as emotional distancing, formal compliance, and spatial appropriation. The analysis is based...