[뉴스] Friday Briefing: Will North Korea Attack?

Watching North Korea for signs of lethal military action North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of lethal military action against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted his policy to one of open hostility, U.S. officials say.

[학술논문] An Integrated Framework for MOSAIC-AQNEA Emission Inventory Development in Northeast Asia

...transboundary pollution. This study presents the development of the MOSAIC-AQNEA emission inventory framework, integrating country-specifi c emission inventories for six countries: China, South Korea, Japan, North Korea, Mongolia, and the Asian part of Russia. A mosaic approach was applied to combine nationally developed inventories under a unifi ed sectoral classifi cation scheme. The inventory includes...

[학술논문] 남한 정착 기간에 따른 북한이탈주민의 치과의료 개선 요구와 의미망 탐색

...service adap tation, whereas those with ≥11 years of settlement showed more concentrated concerns about financial burden, policy support, and persistent communication gaps. Conclusion: Despite high reported satisfaction, North Korean defectors’ dental care experiences in South Korea were shaped by persistent economic and communicative barriers. These findings suggest the need for financial support for...

[학술논문] South Korea-United States Relations in 2025: Lee Adjusts to Trump as the U.S.-China Conflict Deepens

.... South Koreans, after a period of foreign policy stasis under a series of acting, lame-duck presidents, elected Lee Jae-myung president in June. Lee, choosing a stability-oriented foreign policy agenda, struck a bargain with Trump that was surprisingly satisfactory for both sides. Korea committed to significant new investments in the U.S., along with more defense spending and burden-sharing, in exchange...

[학술논문] Special Issue in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversay of the Korean War Abduction of Civilians during the Korean War: Analysis of Abductee Lists and Armistice Talks

...were undertaken as an important and integral part of the North Korean war policy. Furthermore, this research points out the mistakes in policy and bargaining tactics committed by the UN side during the armistice talks. Finally, when considering the non-observance of the existing agreements, the key to resolving the issue of South Korean civilian abductions would seem to be political negotiation and an...

[학술논문] Lessons from Russia's Nuclear Forward‐Deployment to Belarus for the USA and South Korea

...one or two years, whereas the USA has not even engaged in discussions on a similar option for South Korea, which has faced an existential nuclear threat from North Korea. This article seeks to extract key insights from Belarus's experience and propose corresponding policy implications for the US–South Korea alliance. In particular, the USA must soberly assess whether the current North Korean nuclear...

[해외] Paving the Way for Hostile Coexistence? What North Korea’s Constitutional Revisions Mean for Inter-Korean Ties

...Seoul. The constitution largely confirms what Kim Jong Un himself had previewed in his December 2023 proclamation of a two-state policy and his follow-on calls in January 2024 for constitutional revisions. It treats South Korea (referred to specifically as the “Republic of Korea,” or the ROK, in the document) as a separate state across its “southern border” by adding a territorial clause and removing the...

[해외] The Leader Gets a Strong Constitution

...had been alluded to in previous North Korean reporting, such as the codification of the DPRK’s two-state policy with the South. However, it also made changes to the composition and mandate of the State Affairs Commission (SAC), elevating Kim Jong Un’s power as its leader, and formalized North Korea’s nuclear command and control. These are arguably the most significant changes to the constitution as they...

[해외] Building a Robust U.S.-ROK Cyber Alliance

...report, Building a Robust U.S.-ROK Cyber Alliance: A Joint Cyber Resilience Strategy, examines how the United States and South Korea can strengthen bilateral cyber cooperation in response to an increasingly complex and transnational threat environment. As cyber operations from North Korea, China, and Russia grow in scale and sophistication, the report argues that existing approaches are insufficient to...

[해외] China is confronting new realities on the Korean Peninsula

...converged, including North Korea’s further consolidation of its nuclear status after the Ninth Party Congress, the further deepening of Russia-North Korea ties, intensifying U.S.-China competition, the growing institutionalization of U.S.-Japan-South Korean trilateral coordination, and the spillover effects of conflict in the Middle East. For that reason, China’s policy thinking does not begin with...

[해외] Should Japan change its approach to North Korean denuclearization?

...South Korea, while promoting multilayered trilateral security cooperation. In recent years, Japan has intensified its cooperation with South Korea, consistent with Japan’s policy of fostering collaboration among like-minded nations to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Compared to the Shinzo Abe era, the Takaichi administration places greater emphasis on strengthening Japan-South Korea relations...