[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 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] 설립 초기 대한민국의 전사형 국민 생산과 조선민주주의인민공화국상(像)의 전용

...Lost Land and the D. P. R. K. as a National Other in terms of nationalism. Also, they fashioned the images of the D. P. R. K. as what was threatening to cost South Korean residents' lives and at the same time destroy all of their belongings. This imagination was geared to let South Korean people fear the North Korean polity and hereby develop their sense of crisis, viz. the sense of real and/or potential...

[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 crisis 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 crisis. 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that the Kim government (1993‐1998) was unsuccessful in influencing U.S. policy because it tried to take advantage of outdated realist policy tools in the post‐Cold War era.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-crisis 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 Crisis

...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 national 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...

[해외] The Impact of the US National Security Strategy’s Blind Spot on North Korea

... merely rhetorical, but seems to reflect a deeper reordering of US priorities and a growing willingness to shift the burdens of deterrence and crisis management onto regional allies. In the case of the Korean Peninsula, that burden increasingly falls on South Korea. The result is not a managed transition toward regional stability, but a security environment that is growing more volatile, less predictable...

[국내] Testing Allies: The Greenland Crisis and Implications for South Korea

...Brief examines what the 2026 Greenland crisis reveals about evolving U.S. alliance expectations and highlights that the episode reflects a broader shift in how Washington manages its alliances. The Greenland crisis was triggered in early 2026 with President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland, who framed the issue as vital to U.S. national security and Arctic strategy. While 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 crisis 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 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. 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 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...