[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

Victor D. Cha and David C. Kang’s Nuclear North Korea was first published in 2003 amid the outbreak of a lasting <em>crisis</em> 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] 동북아 주요 국가의 탈북자 정책 : 재외 탈북자문제와 대량탈북 가능성을 중심으로

An external refugee dilemma is one of the most serious North Korean humanitarian problems together with long-standing food <em>crisis</em> and gross human rights violations. Since the mid-1990s, hunger-stricken North Koreans have tried to escape from their country, mostly to China, but political barriers and tight border control have made the process dangerous and often unsuccessful. Even after a successful...

[학술논문] The Limited Influence of the Kim Young-sam Government on U.S. Policy: Causes and Factors

This article examines the Kim Young‐sam government’s policies in terms of the North Korea‐U.S. talks on the first North Korean nuclear <em>crisis</em>. This paper argues that the Kim government (1993‐1998) was unsuccessful in influencing U.S. policy because it tried to take advantage of outdated realist policy tools in the post‐Cold War era. The world order in the post‐Cold War era is different from that of...

[학술논문] 조중연합사(朝中聯合司)가 '조선인민군' 재편성에 미친 영향

...guideline of Chinese Communist Forces(CCF)) during the reorganization of North Korean People's Army(NKPA), even though the CCF's military intervention contributed to save North Korea from collapse-<em>crisis</em> in the war?". This phenomenon is contrary to the common belief that a military alliance between two nations normally binds and consolidates its relationship strong together, and will have a positive...

[학술논문] China’s Role in the Second North Korean Nuclear <em>Crisis</em>

...China still a viable mediator to solve the North Korean nuclear problem? China has been central as facilitator, mediator, and host of the six‐party talks since 2003. China has pursued three vital <em>national</em> interests on the North Korean nuclear issue: first, peace and stability on the Korean peninsula; second, North Korea’s denuclearization; third, keeping a continued strategic relationship with North...

[학위논문] Trilateral Security Model in The ROK’s Engagement with ASEAN

...Agreement, but could not extend beyond trade to broader diplomatic partnerships. The low engagement occurred under Kim Young-sam, whose focus shifted to regional security due to the Korean nuclear <em>crisis</em>, leaving ASEAN engagement minimal as his priority was U.S.-DPRK relations. Lee Myung-bak emphasized economic ties, with limited ASEAN engagement despite favorable conditions. Meanwhile rising tensions...

[국내] ROK's Response Options in a North Korean Contingency

...fully prepared to prevent outside intervention, promote international cooperation to preserve peace, manage WMD, and deal with a flood of refugees in case of a North Korean contingency. Above all, it should formulate an ROK-US <em>crisis</em> management plan to prepare for a North Korean contingency. A lack of such plan would only increase the chances of colliding interests during a North Korean contingency.

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

...but 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 <em>national</em> financial <em>crisis</em> 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. In...

[국내] 우크라이나 사이버전 대응사례와 한국의 역량 제고 방안

...활용기반 구축, △민간의 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 <em>national</em> functions and conducting daily life. At the same time, in times of <em>crisis</em> 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...

[국내] 코로나19 위기를 활용한 북한의 체제 강화 동향

... The global COVID-19 pandemic has raised questions of effectiveness of democracy in a <em>national</em> <em>crisis</em> 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 <em>national</em> level as a justification to consolidate their regimes by enacting the legislations for...

[국내] 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 <em>crisis</em>, 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...