[교육지원] [2021 통일나눔펀드 지원사업] Inter-Korean Business Cooperation

...Present of North Korea 2. Peace and Business on the Korean Peninsula Preface Currently, the Korean Peninsula is in an important economic and political transition period. The order around Northeast Asia calls for fundamental change. Considering the current North Korean nuclear issue and discus- sions on sanctions by the international...

[연구논문] Inter-Korean Business Cooperation

Currently, the Korean Peninsula is in an important economic and political transition period. The order around Northeast Asia calls for fundamental change. Considering the current North Korean nuclear issue and discussions on sanctions by the international community, political solutions are hard to see. If so, it is necessary to find a new way only in the economic field. The expansion of inter-Korean economic...

[해외자료] Should We Sign a Peace Treaty with North Korea?

In this episode, Dr. Victor Cha is joined by Ms. Jenny Town and Mr. Frank Aum to discuss the incentives versus pressure debate, rethink working theories around sanctions and China’s role in negotiations, and explore how North Korea is affected by its changing external security environment.

[해외자료] Do Sanctions Really Work on North Korea?

In this episode, Dr. Victor Cha is joined by Dr. Soo Kim and Mr. Anthony Ruggiero to discuss sanctions on North Korea, the history of sanctions, how to measure its effectiveness, China’s reaction to sanctions and ultimately answer the question of whether sanctions really works on North Korea.

[해외자료] Decrease in Trade After Nuclear Test

...and North Korea, where regular boat, railway, and road traffic is witnessed. In the wake of North Korea’s fourth nuclear test on January 6th, the international community responded on March 2, 2016, withUN Security Council Resolution 2270imposing additional sanctions on...

[해외자료] Arms for Energy: War Brings Together Russia and North Korea

In September, newly declassified U.S. intelligence revealed that Russia was buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea. As international sanctions restrict Russia’s weapons supply chains, the country has turned to sources such as Iran and North Korea.

[해외자료] Mining North Korea: Magnesite Production at the Taehung Youth Hero Mine

...international sanctions imposed during 2017, it remains both an important export and domestic commodity for North Korea.3Among the nations that have purchased magnesite from North Korea during the past...

[정치/군사] Nuclear North Korea

...They refute a number of misconceptions and challenge the faulty thinking that surrounds the discussion of North Korea, particularly the idea that North Korea is an irrational actor. Cha and Kang look at the implications of a nuclear North Korea, assess recent and current approaches to sanctions and engagement, and provide a functional framework for constructive policy. With a new chapter on the way...

[현안분석] 미국의 한반도 확장억제 평가

...strategic interests being shared with ROK if the ROK government demonstrated its preference for inter-Korean cooperation than for the ROK-US alliance despite continued UN sanctions being imposed on the recalcitrant North Korea. This kind of situation could make a negative impact on the U.S. extended deterrence for ROK. As a short-term measure, the ROK government might consider making a ROK-US joint...

[현안분석] 제2기 김정은 정권의 정책방향과 권력 조직의 구조: 최고인민회의 14기 1차 회의를 중심으로

...the constitution, among other means. Through this, North Korea considered the stability of its system by way of duel strategic structure—the dispatch of diplomatic officials and newly selected Premier of the Cabinet who hold apt ideological conviction of the Kim Jong-un regime—as a preemptive response at the time of DPRK-US diplomatic dialogue and ongoing sanctions against North Korea.

[현안분석] 대이란 경제제재 효과성 검토와 북한에의 함의

...Iran’s domestic environment. The effect of these sanctions played a major role in maintaining the momentum of Iranian nuclear negotiations and leading to the JCPOA(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). The Iranian case is meaningful in terms of suggesting major criteria to assess the current economic sanctions against North Korea and give implications for the nuclear negotiations with North Korea.

[현안분석] North Korea’s Nuclear Ambition: Is Nuclear Reversal Too Late?

North Korea continues to provoke nuclear crises despite international pressure. This study identifies North Korea’s motives and thereby a policy to induce North Korea to forgo existing nuclear weapons and programs. I synthesize the literature and theory of nuclear abstinence and proliferation, assess which policy drivers led Pyongyang to persist in seeking nuclear capability in the post-Cold...

[현안분석] Breakdown in China-North Korea Relations: Caused Not by the Third Nuclear Test but by Failed Economic Cooperation

...China’s depletion of patience against North Korea’s lackluster attitude at the negotiations was a factor. This article analyzes how it came to an end. It is significant and well worth study in the following meaningful ways. First, it explains the flexibility that gave China to not only adopt UN resolutions against North Korea but also its own individual sanctions in 2013. Second, it also allows us...