[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] 시 · 청각적 피드백을 이용한 언어중재가 북한이탈주민의 자연스러운 발화에 미치는 효과

The number of North Korean refugees entering South Korea is continuously increasing. North Korean speakers show significant differences in vowel and consonant phonetics, length of vowels, and the rhythm and intonation of sentences. The object of this research was to examine the effectiveness of a speech intervention program for North Korean refugees using visual feedback through acoustical analysis...

[학술논문] Does quasi-marketization matter to corruption in North Korea? a perceived corruption of North Korean refugees

... aspect of corruption in the societal model. While respondents perceive a higher level of quasi-marketization, societal corruption is lower. These findings suggest that while the North Korean government exerts control by propagating an ideology that the society is not corrupt, there is a discrepancy with the actual situation in the market.

[학술논문] Living in Flight: Civilian Displacement, Suffering, and Relief during the Korean War, 1945~1953

...that surveying the structural differences encountered by the numerous groups of refugees will illuminate how war and disorder affected civilians during the war and after. First, I outline how anticipatory refugees were generated by liberation from Japanese colonization and the formation of the North and South Korean states. Second, I explore the conditions of those internally displaced from the outbreak...

[학술논문] 지역사회 정착 전후 북한이탈주민의 성 및 연령별 심리 증상

...북한이탈주민의 정신건강 문제를 비교하고, 성별과 연령에 따라 차이가 있는지 살펴보고자 하였다. 연구 대상은 2009년에 하나원에서 사회적응교육을 받은 교육생 282명과 지역사회에 거주하고 있는 북한이탈주민 202명이었다. 두 집단 간에 북한이탈주민용 간이심리상태검사(Brief Psychological State Inventory for North Korean Refugees; BPSI-NKR)의 9개 심리적 증상 척도(외상 후 스트레스, 불안, 우울, 신체화, 대인 예민, 분노, 정신증, 가족 문제, 음주 문제)에서 차이가 있는지 비교하였으며, 성별과 연령에 따른 차이를 검증하였다. 변량분석 결과, 심리적 증상별로 성별과 연령, 거주 상태의 주효과가 있었다. 여성이 남성보다 외상 후 스트레스, 불안, 우울...

[국내] ROK's Response Options in a North Korean Contingency

...of the Korean peninsula. Through these conduits, South Korea should clearly state its intent. South Korea must be fully prepared to prevent outside intervention, promote international cooperation to preserve peace, manage WMD, and deal with a flood of refugees in case of a North Korean contingency. Above all, it should formulate an ROK-US crisis management plan to prepare for a North Korean contingency...

[국내] 인간안보 시험대에 오른 유엔: 중국 내 탈북 난민 실태를 중심으로

...North Korean refugees in China warrant a human security approach, meriting protection from the UN and the international community. There are three scenarios dreaded by the refugees: first is being caught by North Korean border patrol while trying to escape; second is being subjected to human trafficking ring; and third is being repatriated after being caught by either the Chinese police or North Korea’s...

[국내] 탈북민 돌봄 서비스 실무자 소진 예방 및 역량강화 프로그램 체험에 대한 탐색적 연구

...qualitative study conducted on care service workers who participated in the “Exhaust Response and Capacity Enhancement Program for Care Service Workers Who Help the North Korean Refugees”(H2 program). Due to the characteristics of North Korean refugees who have experienced extreme trauma and socio-cultural shock, the emotional labor intensity of the workers engaged in helping their settlement could be very...

[해외] Unification Transparency Index: South Korea

Domestic stabilization is the most critical issue with unification for South Korean officials and experts, registering the highest composite score (i.e., high level of concern and low level of knowledge). This means civil-military relations, law and order, and stability in the North represent the issues for which Koreans see great consequences for national interests, but for which they have little...

[해외] Refugees, Internal Displacement, and the Future of the Korean Peninsula

Refugees, and the fate of civilians in general, are critical to planning in case of dramatic political instability in North Korea. Most concerning strategically is that civilians attempting to flee to China would prompt the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to intervene in North Korea, and could lead to further internationalization because the South and its allies would also intervene in response.1 Unfortunately...