[해외자료] Decrease in Trade After Nuclear Test

...2270imposing additional sanctions on North Korea to complement those already in place. These sanctions are designed to shape North Korean calculations in an effort to curb their nuclear weapon activities and abide by their international commitments. The burning question for analysts remains: How well will UN members implement and enforce these sanctions, especially China, North Korea’s...

[북한] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech

...Koreaon Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear warhead. Kim Jong Un’s regime successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle that was fired aloft using solid-fueled engines on Sunday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...

[해외자료] Nuclearization Debates: What Can South Korea Learn from South Asia?

...Voicesand38 North, authors examine critical issues regarding nuclear dynamics and security challenges facing the Korean Peninsula, drawing from South Asia’s experiences. As public support for nuclear weapons in South Korea grows significantly, utilizing the nuclearization of South Asia as a comparative case can provide South Korea with lessons for its own possible nuclear future.

[북한] North Korea claims to test underwater nuclear-capable drone after US, South Korea and Japan show off naval might

Seoul, South KoreaCNN—North Koreaon Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons systemearlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan.

[해외자료] Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center: Expansion Work Continues

...Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center indicates that expansion and refurbishment work continues throughout the site, reinforcing the notion that Kim Jong Un’scall“to expand the production of weapon-grade materials...

[정치/군사] The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea

...to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea’s extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the creators and rulers of a de-facto nuclear weapon state. Not a reassuring story’ – Sir John Scarlett, former Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) Written by Dr Sung-Yoon Lee,a scholar and specialist on...

[현안분석] 북한 ‘새로운 전략무기’의 가능성과 한계 : MIRV, SLBM, SLV를 중심으로

...“New Strategic Weapon.” Duringthe 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Korean Worker’s Party, heldin Pyongyang from December 28 to 31, 2019, Kim Jong Un warned the threat of “NewStrategic Weapon.” However, there has been a lot of speculation as North Korea has yet tospecify what the new strategic weapon is. So far, what is deducible...

[학술논문] An Uneasy Status Quo: Muddling through Nuclear Negotiations

...the help of President Donald Trump. Yet two years and three Trump-Kim meetings later, we are still at the pre-summitry status quo, with Kim this month reaffirming North Korea’s position as a nuclear weapons power. The past 19 months of summits have not moved North Korea closer to denuclearization, rather, they have enabled North Korea to make their weapons more diverse, more mobile, more accurate...

[학위논문] 김정은 시대 북한의 ‘핵 강압외교’에 관한 연구

...of nuclear coercive diplomacy by period are as follows. First, nuclear coercive diplomacy of the development period of nuclear force was the "rest" of nuclear negotiations with the U.S. and North Korea attempted nuclear negotiations with the U.S. after the February 29 agreement, but failed to meet the changes inbehavior demanded by the U.S. Second, Kim Jong-un attempted nuclear coercive...

[현안분석] Extended Deterrent Effect of China and Its Implications on the U.S.-N. Korean Nuclear Negotiation

...credibility, China is unlikely to facilitate N. Korea to undergo complete denuclearization, even more clarifying N. Korea’s motivation to develop nuclear weapons and missile capabilities as a deterrent purpose for national security. Accordingly, the U.S. can find itself a primary determinant for the successful nuclear bargain with N. Korea, at least not in conclusive support of China.

[현안분석] 미국의 한반도 확장억제 평가

...plan for extended deterrence and relying on the state of the art conventional weapon system of the United States. For mid- to long-term measures, deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and nuclear sharing might be discussed between the two allies particularly when North Korea conducts strategic provocations such as nuclear and/or ICBM/SLBM tests. It is thus important for ROK to have the United States...