[뉴스] Inside a phone smuggled out of North Korea
Reporter: We've got hold of this phone that was smuggled out of North Korea last year, and it shows some of the surprising lengths the regime is now going to to censor information.
[뉴스] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech
...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) said, marking the fourth such test claimed...
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...examining the fascinating duality of a collapsing centrally planned economy operating alongside a vibrant, illegal black market system that has given rise to a new, wealthy class.
Confronting the regime's most troubling aspects head-on, the book investigates the all-encompassing propaganda machine and the state's total control over arts and culture. It takes readers from the showcase capital...
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...youngest daughter of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, his ‘sweet princess’, become the ruthless chief propagandist, internal administrator and foreign policymaker for her brother’s totalitarian regime?
The Sister uncovers the truth about Kim Yo Jong, her close bond with Kim Jong Un and the lessons in manipulation they learned from their father. He also examines the iron grip...
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...riveting history—it is also a divided nation. South Korea is a vibrant democracy, the tenth largest economy, and is home to a world-renowned culture. North Korea is ruled by the most authoritarian regime in the world, a poor country in a rich region, and is best known for the cult of personality surrounding the ruling Kim family. But both Koreas share a unique common history.
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[학술논문] China’s Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula
...peninsula: no matter how it strengthens or weakens its alliance with the North, it will inevitably hurt one of its friends. No matter how good China’s intentions are, its actions are questioned by the two Koreas. The way out of the dilemma is not to attempt to balance its respective bilateral relationships with the two Koreas, but to finish the Cold War and build a peace regime on the peninsula.
[학술논문] 확산방지안보구상(PSI)의 발전과 한계
...화학무기협약(Chemical Weapons Convention, 1993) 등 법적이고 공식적인 접근방법과 함께 쟁거위원회(Zangger Committee, 1971-1974)와 핵공급국모임(Nuclear Suppliers Group, 1975), Australia Group(1985), 미사일기술통제체제(Missile Technical Control Regime, 1987), 확산방지안보구상(Proliferation Security Initiative : PSI) 등 자발적이고 비공식적인 접근방법으로 대별할 수 있다. 이 가운데 PSI는 “불법적 대량파괴무기와 그 운반체 및 관련 물자의 확산방지를 지지하는 국가들의 자발적 참여의사에 기초해서, 그것이 소위 ‘불량국가’ 내지 비국가단체(예컨대...
[학술논문] changes in Juche Ideology under Kim Jong-eun and its impact on North Korean policies, domestic and foreign
This paper examines the role of governing ideology and its impact on policies under the Kim Jong-eun regime in North Korea. The so-called Juche Ideology directs the society and its people and often provides guidelines for government policies. Under the new and young leadership, the Kim Jong-eun regime has no choice but to inherit the long-standing ideology, because it serves the rationale for him to...
[학술논문] A Mini-Multilateral Architecture in Northeast Asia
...cooperation regime such as OSCE in Europe and ARF in Southeast Asia. Over the last decade, Korea, Japan, and Chinese cooperation aimed at economic integration has gradually increased in this region. However, antagonism and distrust, which resulted from territorial conflicts, historical animosity, and North Korea’s provocations, have prevented them from building a security regime or organization...
[학술논문] Kim Jong Un’s First 500 Days: Consolidating Power and Clearing Political Space for National Revival
...country, how stable is the current North Korean regime, and what lies over the horizon for the leadership transition? Part two analyzes key dynamics within the Kim family, including the rising influence of Kim Jong Un’s uncle Jang Song Thaek and the emergence of Kim’s wife, Ri Sol Ju as a factor in family politics, as well as the regime’s efforts to preserve and modernize the Kim...