[학술논문] China’s Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula
In the past two decades, it appears that China has improved its relationship with South Korea without deterioration in its relationship with the North. China is the only country that has relatively effective channels of communication with both South and North Korea. However, in fact, these bilateral relations face challenges and China is distrusted by both. The distrust from the North mainly originates...
[학술논문] Contested Border: A Historical Investigation into the Sino-Korean Border Issue, 1950–1964
The contested Sino-Korean border issue has received very little study. Making use of presently available sources in the several different archives in China and Taiwan, as well as documents made public in South Korea, we examine in this article the historical background of the Sino-Korean border issue and border relations from 1950 to 1964. North Korea was dissatisfied with the Jiandao Treaty of 1909...
[학술논문] 푸틴-김정은 시대의 북러간 경제협력 실태 및 전망
... stepped up economic cooperation efforts with Pyongyang, especially since the annexation of Crimea. Nevertheless, there are many obstacles such as North Korea's nuclear program, the deterioration of Sino-North Korean relations, Sino-American tensions and the deterioration of South Korean-Japanese relations.
[학술논문] Designing Economic Reforms: The Cases of North Korea and Vietnam
...continuing diplomatic isolation. Such circumstances appear set tocontinue, given the continuing poor relations that Seoul and Washingtonhave with Pyongyang, and the deterioration of Sino-North Korean relations. Set against this backdrop, we argue that there is potential forNorth Korea to look south, to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN), in attempting to develop a new model for economic...
[학술논문] The Factors Why China Changed to a De Facto “Two Koreas” Policy during the Period between 1985 and 1988
...underwent great changes. After 1985, relations between Beijing and Moscow were drastically improving. Both China and the Soviet Union began to take a more positive approach toward South Korea. Since 1985, there have been affirmative and substantial improvements in Sino-South Korean relations politically and economically. The gradual improvement in Sino-South Korean relations was spurred ahead by the 1985...