[학술논문] From Scarcity to Style: Sartorial Hierarchy and Hybridity in Marketizing North Korea

The present research explores North Korea’s sartorial consumption during the post-crisis period in the 2000s to evaluate the impact of transnational/ transsystemic cultural influence in a state socialist context. Based on interviews with North Korean refugees, we examine how the increasing desire for foreign consumer goods such as clothing, including those from capitalist countries, affected the practice...

[학술논문] Economic Experimentation under Authoritarian Closure: Urban and Social Transformation in North Korea’s Rason SEZ

This study examines how the Rason Special Economic Zone (SEZ), an experimental initiative in highly closed North Korean society, has affected urban space and everyday life, and identifies the factors driving these changes. Drawing on satellite data on nighttime illumination from 1992 to 2023 and building density from 1990 to 2020 for 68 districts in Rason, we combined statistical analyses with in-depth...

[학술논문] 특집 : 한국전쟁기 미국의 북한 점령정책과 통치권 문제-평양과 양양 지역의 행정조직 구성 비교-

...States occupied two North Korean cities during the Korean War, by comparing their civil administration systems in specific time periods: Pyeongyang from October through December, 1950 and Yangyang from June, 1951 to November 1954. There was one clear similarity - as well as slight differences - in how America tried to occupy and govern the two areas: The US, which occupied the North with the help of...

[학술논문] 한국전쟁 직후 인천 국민보도연맹원 집단희생과 ‘조선인민군’의 전시동원 정책

...Incheon City Hall. Many of dead were Members of Federation Protecting and Guiding the Public of Incheon and their family. After occupation of Incheon, North Korean People’s Army received major agencies and reformed the organizations. Occupation force brought more than half of people needed to rule occupied area over from North Korea. More than half of 99 members in police of Incheon were from North Korea...

[학위논문] 북한 김정은 체제의 백두산 및 삼지연 상징화에 관한 연구

...the North Korean system, including the three generations of power succession, has continued is due to the uniqueness and persistence of the North Korean system, which cannot be easily explained. This study is based on the premise that North Korea's unique symbolization (=idolization) can explain the durability of the system. Symbolism has been used primarily in totalitarian states such as North Korea...

[해외] Can Sports Diplomacy Open a Door on the Korean Peninsula?

... Korea. The visiting North Korean delegation includes 27 players and 12 support staff, and they will reportedly stay together with the South Korean team at a local hotel. The winner of the final—against Australia’s Melbourne City or Japan’s Tokyo Verdy Beleza—will receive $1 million in prize money, with the runner-up receiving $500,000.

[국내] Eight Changes in North Korean Economy and Society under the Kim Jong Un Regime

...relatively new viewpoint, the North Korean economy is currently on the path of rapid marketization, and the society is changing fairly quickly. This positive image of the DPRK is backed by foreign visitors’ testimonies on the economic development; new high-rise apartment buildings; over 4 million mobile phone subscribers; and North Korean products available in large-city department stores and other...

[해외] Thousands of New Dwellings Declared Complete in Samjiyon

According to North Korean state media on November 14, thousands of people moved into newly built dwellings in the villages around the edge of Samjiyon City. Commercial satellite imagery of the Samjiyon region from November is consistent with this reporting, showing hundreds of new houses and apartment buildings completed in at least 11 villages around the city.

[해외] The Party’s Not Over Yet in Pyongyang

While a parade took place in Pyongyang on April 15, commercial satellite imagery indicates a military parade in Pyongyang is still in the works. Based on North Korea’s holiday calendar and South Korean media reports, this is likely to take place on or around April 25, North Korea’s Military Foundation Day.