[해외자료] New Activity at Punggye-ri Tunnel No. 4

An Airbus Pleiades Neo image of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility collected on June 14, 2022, provides an opportunity to update observable activity at the north section of the facility and its portals. The image shows minor new activity at Tunnel No. 3 (also known as the South Portal), indicating that the refurbishment and construction work during the past four months is essentially complete, and...

[학술논문] A Study on the Docking between South Korea and China under the Background of the Belt and Road Initiative - Based on the Concept of “Korea ․ China+” Economic Corridor

...South Korean President Moon Jaein’s successful visit to China, relationship between South Korea and China has returned to the direction of mutual benefit and win-win, and has provided a good opportunity to realize the docking of the “Belt and Road” Initiative with South Korea. In this Paper, the literature research method is applied to demonstrate and analyze under the current time’s...

[현안분석] 바이든 행정부 출범 이후 북미관계 평가와 전망: 전략적 의도를 중심으로

...under its current foreign strategy considerations. Currently, opportunity factors and constraints coexist in the state of stagnation in U.S.-North Korea relations. North Korea's relatively less aggressive attitude in comparison with the past, such as refraining from messages criticizing the U.S. can be evaluated as opportunity factors. On the other hand, the fact that North Korea is unlikely...

[현안분석] 김정은 시대 북한의 남북대화 전략과 정책적 고려사항

...military issues, an agenda for North Korea's nuclear program, and a breakthrough. Looking at the inter-Korean talks strategies in the Kim Jong-un era, it is expected that there is a high possibility of visible results when inter-Korean talks resume in the future. It is necessary to use the US-China summit and the Beijing Winter Olympics as an opportunity for inter-Korean talks. Furthermore, South Korea...

[학술논문] Choosing a Path to the Elusive Goal of DPRK Denuclearization

...first phase and will result in eventual acceptance of North Korea as a permanent nuclear-armed state. Supporters of the second way – a succession of discrete measures – criticize the idea of a timebound roadmap, arguing that efforts to negotiate it would most likely fail and would forfeit the opportunity to place near-term constraints on DPRK programs. They also argue that, in the unlikely...

[학위논문] 김정은 시기의 핵전략 변화 연구 -대외환경과 김정은의 선택-

...and China, as an opportunity to highlight North Korea’s geopolitical value, and perceived China’s active participation in the UN sanctions against North Korea in response to North Korea’s continued nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests as a threat. In April 2012, he secured an identity different from Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il by specifying a ‘ nuclear state’ in...