[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’s Nuclear North Koreawas 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...

[현안분석] 포스트 코로나 시기 북.중 경제 관계 전망 및 한반도 정세에 미치는 영향

...as a result, North Korea’s trade with China plunged by more than 80%. In general, a decline in trade volume by more than 80% due to external shocks can be critical enough to cause a national financial crisis under normal circumstances. Although North Korea's economy suffered its biggest contraction in the pandemic situation, there has not been a surge in food or energy-related prices yet...

[현안분석] 우크라이나 사이버전 대응사례와 한국의 역량 제고 방안

...사이버분야 경쟁력 확보 지원, △기술적 특성을 반영한 대응 및 제재 방안 마련 등이 필요하다. Securing the safety and reliability of ICT network is an essential element for maintaining national functions and conducting daily life. At the same time, in times of crisis or war, its preemption can be an important turning point to win the war. When Russia invades neighboring countries, it precedes cyberattacks before physical attacks...

[현안분석] 코로나19 위기를 활용한 북한의 체제 강화 동향

.../ The global COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions of effectiveness of democracy in a national crisis and concerns about the possibility of a nationalist dictatorship. In fact, the leaders of authoritarian regime such as China, Russia, Hungary and Cambodia, are using the response to the COVID-19 at the national level as a justification to consolidate their regimes by enacting the legislations for...

[학술논문] The Types and Meanings of Maternal Heroes in the North Korean Songun (Military First) Era

...introduced an ideal mother model and have continuously emphasized the maternal role of women. This prolonged emphasis became the first background for the mother hero to come out when the nation was in crisis in the Songun era. The second reason for the appearance of maternal heroes in the Songun era was the severe food shortages in the 1990s, which caused a rapid decrease of population as the number of...

[현안분석] 2021년 김정은 연설 분석과 전망 및 정책 고려사항

...expected that it will be easy to make a breakthrough in improving relations between South Korea and North Korea for the time being. However, considering several factors, such as the prolonged Corona 19 crisis, the continued fixation of the denuclearization egotiations, and the launch of a new government in South Korea, it is expected that there will be a room for improvement in the situation. Therefore...