[학술논문] What Does North Korea Want from China? Understanding Pyongyang’s Policy Priorities toward Beijing
What influences the role domestic policy priorities and ideology play in NorthKorea’s enactment of foreign policy toward China? Historically, both NorthKorea and China are communist nations that share cultural characteristics. Currently, the Sino-North Korea alliance still seems effective and valid. Whenlooking at China, North Korea does not perceive any struggle with regard tosecurity and regime...
[학술논문] Towards Gendering Northeast Asian Traditional Security: The Cases of the USS Pueblo and Juche Policy
Since the conclusion of the uneasy armistice that halted the Korean War in 1953,security on the Korean Peninsula has remained unsettled. This has negativelyimpacted regional security dynamics, too. A major problem has been North Koreanmilitary provocations. South Korean and U.S. responses to such maneuvers havefurther contributed to regional instability. Using the case of the 1968 Pueblo Incident...
[학술논문] A Review of the Chinese, Russian, US and EU Strategies in the Korean Peninsula from 2006-2012
This study attempts to better understand the recent history of the different strategies adopted by four key regional and world players–China, Russia, the US and the EU–toward the Korean Peninsula. It also uses this analysis to infer trends in these strategies, so that we may get a better idea of what to expect in the near future. Since research shows that in the absence of some form of...
[학술논문] ‘미국의 소리(Voice of America) 한국어방송’의 변화와 그 원인(1953~1973)
...government of a foreign country that did notdeserve attention from Koreans. Moreover, VOA was forgotten from South Koreansas the relay broadcasting of CBS signed off in August, 1973. This article thoroughlyexamines the process of such changes and their aspects by looking into the broadcastoperations of the U.S. government, relay broadcast of KBS, and the habit andattitude of Korean audience. The causes...
[학술논문] Identity, Supreme Dignity, and North Korea’s External Behavior: A Cultural/Ideational Perspective
... fourmajor issues: first, the construction of a cultural theory of NorthKorea’s foreign policy behavior; second, the elucidation of identity,honor, and supreme esteem in the North Korean context throughthe analysis of its primary documents; third, an empirical examinationof deteriorating inter-Korea relations during the Lee Myungbakgovernment, rocket launching, and underground nuclear testingas...