[뉴스] Can America Live with a Nuclear North Korea?
If the United States has decided to live with North Korean nuclear weapons, it should take some actions to reduce the risks of those weapons.
[뉴스] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech
North Korea on Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear warhead.
Kim Jong Un’s regime successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle that was fired aloft using solid-fueled engines on Sunday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
[뉴스] North Korea claims to test underwater nuclear-capable drone after US, South Korea and Japan show off naval might
Seoul, South KoreaCNN — North Korea on Friday claimed it had successfully tested an underwater nuclear weapons system earlier this week in response to naval drills by the United States, South Korea and Japan.
[학술논문] Europe and North Korea: Competing Security and Humanitarian Impulses
...very likely, in the future. It is useful to further dissect the key issues for both hard and soft power or security impulses. Hard security comprises five major issues: nuclear weapons and missiles; the proliferation of nuclear weapons and missiles off the Korean Peninsula; the use of force; scenarios for sudden change, destabilization or even collapse; and cyber security. These do not constitute the...
[학술논문] 북한의 핵 미사일 위협에 대한 일본의 군사 외교적 대응
...already capable of attacking Japan with ballistic missiles. Conventional, chemical, or biological weapons can be used. Given the DIA’s estimate of North Korea’s ability to miniaturize the nuclear device, the assessment is that North Korea “may be able to” now use nuclear weapons against Japan. There are three scenarios in which North Korea might actually use missiles against...
[학술논문] International Cooperation for the Promotion of North Korea’s Reform and Opening
...miserable economic situation since the collapse of the former Soviet Union and to secure regime stability, North Korea opted for the “Military-First Politics”and secret development of nuclear weapons. International sanctions under the U.N. Security Council resolutions have not succeeded in altering North Korea’s behavior. Further sanctions would not work without the support of the surrounding...
[학술논문] [Special Issue] Security Governance Norms and North Korea
...universal entitlement rights impose obligations on all those who govern, even in East Asia; and that internal human insecurity in North Korea should be as great a concern for regional international security governance as North Korean nuclear weapons and brinksmanship. Indeed, underdevelopment and insecurity in the DPRK constitute major drivers for Pyongyang’s hostile foreign and security policies.
[학술논문] North Korea’s Instrumentalization of Diplomacy: Passing Through the “Danger Zone” of its Nuclear Weapons Program
...it is argued that until recently Pyongyang has been using diplomacy to deflect threats of coercion or possibly preemption from its nuclear weapons program. After the decision was made to acquire nuclear weapons capability,Pyongyang decided to use the process of nuclear crisis diplomacy that unfolded in the early 1990s in ways that would allow it to weather any repercussions and counter any efforts...