[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] 김정은 시기 북한의 지역발전정책과 농촌공간구조 분석- 어랑군, 숙천군 사례를 중심으로-

This study examines how North Korea’s rural development strategy under the Kim Jong-un regime is reflected in the internal spatial structure of rural counties. Orang County in North Hamgyong Province and Sukchon County in South Pyongan Province, where both the Agricultural Development Zone initiative and the Regional Development 20×10 Policy have been implemented, were selected as case studies. The...

[학술논문] 북한 구강보건의료 체계와 북한이탈주민의 구강건강 불평등: 서술적 종설

...also reported. Children from refugee families showed more untreated caries and unmet dental-care needs than South Korean children. After resettlement, cost burden, limited understanding of the health-care system, and low oral health literacy were reported as barriers to dental care. Policy for North Korean refugees should there fore move beyond one-time treatment support toward standardized initial...

[학술논문] Implications of Operation Absolute Resolve for Decapitation Strategy on the Korean Peninsula: A Focus on Shaping Operations

...of a similar decapitation strategy against North Korea, framed within South Korea’s “Three-Axis” defense system and the newly established Strategic Command. The article argues that the success of any such operation is determined not by the tactical brilliance of the final assault but by a comprehensive, multi-domain shaping campaign. Given North Korea’s unique strategic environment, a direct application...

[학술논문] Doomed to Fail? US Extended Deterrence for South Korea and the US Nonproliferation Goal

...However, it has failed to reduce South Koreans’ doubts about the credibility of US security commitments over extended deterrence. The goal of this article is to examine whether US extended deterrence for South Korea is still effective in deterring North Korea’s growing nuclear threats. The central thesis of this article is that the United States should abandon its policy of extended deterrence for Seoul...

[학술논문] Fighting Fire Without Fire: Managing Nuclear Asymmetry in Korea

...generate friction with one another and are further complicated by external variables such as domestic political cycles and regional competition. South Korea’s experience demonstrates that non-nuclear deterrence under complete asymmetry is possible but inherently provisional. The paper offers policy recommendations for Seoul and lessons for similar asymmetric cases, including Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel.

[해외] Iran can’t have nuclear weapons but North Korea can? There’s logic here.

...2018, when he suspended all exercises with South Korea.  In his post, Trump said he sees the lack of nuclear and long-range ICBM tests by North Korea since his return to the presidency as “unthreatening and respectful” behavior. He also, of course, may be trying to move the headlines away from the quagmire in Iran. Trump has acknowledged that North Korea is an established nuclear power before, even...

[해외] Vietnam’s Potential Economic Lessons for North Korea

...influences, the two nations have taken very different economic trajectories over the years. Unlike North Korea, Vietnam has successfully straddled political control as a single party state while also allowing a market economy to flourish. With the renewed cooperation between the two nations, Vietnam’s economic development model could provide some useful insights for North Korea’s economic policy planning.

[해외] What Draws Trump to Kim Jong Un? The Answer Is Personal

...courting a meeting with North Korea? Donald Trump has never hidden his fondness for the encounter. He has spoken many times about his “very good relationship” with Kim Jong Un. He has repeatedly called North Korea a nuclear power rather than a rogue state to be disarmed. And he has signaled, again and again, that he would welcome another summit. During his visit to South Korea for last autumn’s APEC gathering...

[해외] After Iran: A Scenario for Renewed Trump-Kim Summitry

U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on the sidelines of the June 2026 G7 meetings in France that he would restart diplomacy with North Korea. As if to accentuate the point, he later posted a picture on social media of his stroll with Kim Jong-un at the Capella Hotel in Singapore. During Trump’s first term, he met with Kim three times in 2018 and 2019—in...

[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...