[학술논문] The UN’s Human Rights Policy towards North Korea: The Limit of the Neoliberal Approach

...that North Korea needs an outside “Two-track engagement” to enhance Human Rights for its people because the regime has a systemic limit. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) takes advantage of repression and violence as an instrument to secure the regime’s stability. Major North Korea’s Human Rights issues which are reflected in the UN Human Rights Resolutions...

[학술논문] Who Takes North Korea Seriously? U.S. Congress and Policy toward Pyongyang, 2009–2012

... threats and atrocious human rights records. Empirical analyses show that a group of congressional members use bill cosponsorship strategies and call on the Obama administration to revamp its policy concerning North Korea. The findings shed light on why lawmakers would bother to introduce such specialized foreign policy bills even if their prospects for becoming law are uncertain.

[학술논문] Beyond Silence and Blaming: Revisiting South Korea’s Role in North Korean Human Rights

...international community, the North Korean human rights issue remains prevalent and pervasive. I propose “Korean human rights” as an alternative concept and approach for South Korea to constructively contribute to improving the human rights situation in North Korea. The notion of Korean human rights can be used as a method to overcome the limitations that both South Korea and the international...

[학술논문] The Roh Tae-woo Administration’s Nordpolitik and Its Diplomatic Intervention in North Korea-Japan Relations

...Japanese public opinion against North Korea. These efforts included the dissemination of negative narratives concerning North Korean human rights abuses and the regime’s nuclear ambitions. Although limitations remain due to the restricted availability of diplomatic archives, the analysis demonstrates that South Korea played a critical third-party role in the North Korea–Japan normalization talks...

[학술논문] Mongolia’s Political Change and Human Rights in Five-Phase Spiral Model: Implications for North Korea

...When Mongolian human rights policy moved from the second phase, “denial,” to the third phase, transnational human rights networks were not dominant actors. Yet, clear changes in human rights occurred in the aftermath of the regime change, suggesting that this transition was, indeed, a prerequisite. As to whether the change in the Mongolian government’s human rights policy was also...