[학술논문] Why do North Korea and Iran have Different stances on their Nuclear Weapon Programs? : A Comparison of their Nuclear Opportunity and Willingness

... Thus, we compare their nuclear-weapon programs with two concepts: nuclear opportunity, conditions needed to initiate and maintain nuclear programs, and nuclear willingness, factors leading to a state’s eagerness to possess nuclear weapons. This analysis reveals that North Korean and Iranian different international insecurity conditions and domestic political structures have caused their different...

[학술논문] The Growing DPRK Nuclear Threat and the U.S.-ROK Response

... that envisions nuclear warfighting and would allow the North to pursue its own coercive agenda. Especially worrisome is the North’s stated willingness to use nuclear weapons preemptively if it believes its leadership is threatened and its emerging capability to threaten U.S. cities with nuclear attack to discourage the United States from coming to the defense of its Northeast Asian allies. This...

[현안분석] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2022년 5월

...effort to find more trading partners, such as New Southern Policy from the preceding administration. At this summit, the US reaffirmed its willingness to prevent the balance of power on the Korean Peninsula from being disrupted by North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. In the era of strategic competition between the US and China, it is time for Korea to come up with ideas and capabilities that...

[현안분석] Understanding North Korea’s Nuclear Possession Strategies: A Comprehensive Analysis and Outlook

...the desired status of a nuclear weapons state is attained. However, the prospect of North Korea achieving its goal of being recognized as a nuclear weapons state is significantly slim. The international community is unlikely to extend such recognition, and the willingness of North Korea’s allies, China and Russia, to overtly support North Kore’s nuclear endeavors is waning as they...

[학위논문] 북 김정은 체제의 핵외교 행태 연구 : 핵능력 변천과 대외정책의 상관관계를 중심으로

...guaranteeing the Kim Jong Un regime and reconstruction of the economy. The foundation for such dramatic changes in North Korea is the completion of nuclearization. North Korea showed its willingness to act as a 'normal state' by guaranteeing the regime and rebuilding the economy based on the completion of nuclearization. Paradoxically, however, the completion of nuclearization...