[지리/관광] North Korea: What we know about the world's most isolated country (Paperback)

.... The narrative then moves into the very fabric of society, revealing the secret songbun caste system that dictates every citizen's fate from birth, and 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...

[학술논문] Australia, Korea, and East Asia: Re-calibrating Relations with Regional Powers

...yet there have been a number of historical episodes in which Australia’s interests have not received the notice in Washington that the nation’s leaders thought was deserved. The response at times of uncertainty has been to take actions that have underlined alliance loyalty. With clear signs of limitations on U.S. capability, and the continued rise of China to be the pre-eminent power in...

[학술논문] China’s Anti-Access Strategy and Regional Contingencies: Implications for East Asian and Korean Security

...highest mission-critical areas. In assessing China’s current and likely future military capabilities as well as their implications for the region, it is necessary to take note of the following:• It is very important not to “overestimate” or “underestimate” China’s actual military capability, as war is most likely when China overestimates and others underestimate...

[학술논문] Between Liminality and Liminoid:Issues and Dilemma of Northeast Asia

...territorial disputes, the Cross-Straits issue, North Korea’s nuclear issues, and Japanese military plans on the rise of China in particular show that, although moves towards the Asiatic national foreign policy can be observed, transnational biases determined choices that involved the rise of military force. Presumably Northeast Asia should be needed to further increase awareness on the need for setting...

[학술논문] Sino-ROK Relations at a Crossroads: From Qiutong cunyi (求同存異) to Yizhong qiutong (異中求同)

...one major dimension of the Cheonan crisis is the growing awareness of the importance of U.S.-China relations in peninsular security. Not only did the death of Kim Jong-il transpire in the post-Cheonan context of tense inter-Korean relations, but the “competitive interdependence” between Beijing and Washington—in the form of strategic distrust, China’s rise, and recent readjustments...

[학술논문] Korean Views of Korea-China Relations: Evolving Perceptions and Upcoming Challenges

...Korea-China relations have become more interdependent, complex, and conflictridden. In spite of ever-growing economic interactions, South Korea now views China as a source of concern with respect to its economy and security. The China–South Korean history controversy and the disillusionment in the midst of the Cheonan sinking and the Yeonpyeong Island shelling further contributed to the rise of such...

[국내] A Roadmap to Peace, Freedom and Prosperity in the Indo-Pacific Amid the Strategic Fluidity and Uncertainty

The rampaging two wars in Europe and the Middle East are a stark reminder of the advent of the post-post-Cold War era in disarray. The strategic terrain of this uncertain era has been undergoing several profound changes. Primarily, the relative decline of the US, combined with the rapid rise of China as a systemic challenger, has sapped the primacy the US has held as the sole superpower during the...

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

...opportunities of foreign relations to create independent economic performance. Meanwhile, the core of the U.S. strategy in East Asia can be summarized as △contaiment of China's rise △strengthening trilateral cooperation among the ROK, the U.S. and Japan △North Korea policy centered on the peaceful management of the status quo. There is little commonality or conflict between the goals of the foreign...

[국내] IFANS FORECAST 2018

...attempts to maintain the current world order.

World Order: The US has taken a critical stance on a multipolar world order. However, with rising concerns over the resurgence of Russia and rise of China, it is likely that the US would explore recalibrating its stance.

East Asian Regional Order: Key regional players in East Asia are expected to opt for maintaining the status...

[국내] 2020 IFANS FORECAST

...multiple fronts including trade and technology. On the other hand, the diffusion of power in regional terms accelerated by the power vacuum left by the U.S. will stoke regional power struggle. The rise of nationalism combined with deeply rooted collective identities-such as race, religion, sect, social class, and culture-is expected to speed up the process of political polarization across the world.

[해외] Risk Reduction and Crisis Management on the Korean Peninsula

The security dynamics of East Asia are changing. The growing instability of the world order in the 21st century is being keenly felt in the Pacific Rim, where the risk of armed conflict among major powers is on the rise. Rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait, strategic realignment in the Indo-Pacific, disputed claims in the South China Sea, the securitization of non-military issues in the competition...