[해외자료] The Devil’s Weapons: What Ordinary North Koreans Think about their Nuclear Program

Despite efforts at high-level diplomacy during the XXIII Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the United States and its allies emerge from these Games with the specter of more North Korea nuclear and intercontinental missile tests in the offing. Experts believe that Pyongyang maybe months away from demonstrating a credible threat to the U.S. homeland.

[현안분석] 한미일 안보협력 확대에 대한 각국의 인식과 주요 쟁점 및 과제

...end, the three countries need to first secure common awareness of the North Korean nuclear issue and take measures to deter the threat, while attempting to find out the field of cooperation among South Korea, the United States and Japan within the Indo-Pacific strategy. Also, coordinating the threat perceptionagainst China and to expand the foundation of trust of the trilateral cooperation in the...

[현안분석] 북한의 전술핵무기 개발과 안보적 함의

...Since Kim Jong Un admitted to developing tactical nuclear weapons at the 8th Congress of the Korean Worker’s Party in January 2021, the threat of tactical nuclear weapons from North Korea has become existential. North Korea is expected to convert and operate various weapon systems including solid-fueled short-range missiles such as KN-23, KN-24, and KN25, which have been intensively test-fired since...

[현안분석] 북한 핵전략 변화의 쟁점과 과제: 파키스탄의 전범위억제와 비교

... heightened the nuclear threat on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea hascontinued to test a variety of short-range ballistic missiles, claiming that the developmentof tactical nuclear weapons is intended to counter military pressure from South Korea andthe United States, including joint military exercises. Pyongyang’s strategy of using tactical nuclear weapons to deter threats...

[현안분석] 주변국 및 북한의 핵전력 강화 추세와 시사점

...regional blocs and security tensions. Fourth, North Korea is also pursuing a strategy of deterrence by denial centered on tactical nuclear weapons and a strategy retaliation by assured using ICBMs and SLBMs. In response to the growing regional nuclear threat, South Korea needs to proactively respond to North Korea’s nuclear threat by developing the K-A2/AD ( Korean model) and strengthening...

[현안분석] 북한 ‘새로운 전략무기’의 가능성과 한계 : MIRV, SLBM, SLV를 중심으로

...report aims to reveal the implications and limitations of MIRV, SLBM and SLV, whichare considered as strong candidates for North Korea’s “New Strategic Weapon.” Duringthe 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Korean Worker’s Party, heldin Pyongyang from December 28 to 31, 2019, Kim Jong Un warned the threat of “NewStrategic Weapon...