[뉴스] North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests

North Korea appears to have demolished a large monument in Pyongyang symbolizing hope for unification with South Korea, according to NK News analysis of satellite imagery, after leader Kim Jong Un ordered it be removed earlier this month.

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

...of the 1990s, known as the "Arduous March." The analysis also extends outward, dissecting North Korea's formidable military, its destabilizing nuclear program, its sophisticated cyber warfare capabilities, and its fraught foreign relations with China, the United States, and its estranged sibling, South Korea. Ultimately, this work provides an indispensable guide to understanding the forces of change...

[정치/군사] Korea: A New History of South and North

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day “Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . . . A crisp and balanced account.”—Christopher Harding, The Telegraph Korea has a long, 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...

[학술논문] Inter-Korean Relations in 2025: The Lee Administration's Pragmatic Recalibration after Yoon

...approach toward North Korea, his administration remained structurally constrained by alliance modernization, North Korea's hardened doctrine, and heightened great-power competition. The review surveys domestic political developments, the changing dynamics of the US–ROK alliance, trilateral security coordination, and relations with Russia and China in the context of inter-Korean relations. By situating...

[학술논문] Korea–Japan Relations in 2025: The Solidification of Security Cooperation and the Fading of History

This article reviews the evolution of bilateral relations between South Korea and Japan in 2025, and detects a trajectory towards a closer partnership in security and economic matters despite the persistence of the history issue. New political leaders emerged in both countries, but there was a consistent commitment to building a stronger and more well-rounded relationship. The main impetus appeared...

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

...U.S. support for Korea enriching and reprocessing civilian nuclear fuel and building nuclear attack submarines. Lee supported Trump's preferences on trilateral relations with Japan, while Trump supported Lee's desire to re-engage with North Korea. The allies also reaffirmed longstanding commitments such as maintaining U.S. extended deterrence and the U.S. troop presence in Korea. Overall, in 2025...

[학술논문] Australia and Asia: The Making of a Middle Power

...with strong interests on the Korean Peninsula. The division of the Peninsula and North Korea’s continued threatening existence is proof positive of this. Australia’s comes from being so far removed from the great powers, from being on the fringe of the world south of the South Pacific and east of the Far East. South Korea’s greatest fear is being consumed. Australia’s is being forgotten. Fortunately...

[학술논문] 동북아시아의 초국가적 정체성과 질서

...Japan, and South Korea striving for an East Asian community; 2) the duality present in the Six-Party Talks of five states facing the challenge of North Korea plus the broader grouping inclusive of the North; and 3) the image of a U.S.-led Asia-Pacific community. In order to explore prospects for each of these communities, the article surveys the multiple ways value differences shape relations in Northeast...

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

...Washington and Pyongyang. Multiple pressures and strategic issues have 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...

[해외] North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs

...of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) has advanced its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, which has raised the threat Pyongyang poses to the U.S. homeland, U.S. allies in East Asia, and U.S. interests. In April 2026, a U.S. defense official testified that "North Korea's nuclear forces are increasingly capable of targeting the U.S. Homeland, and its missile forces can strike South Korea and...

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

...challenges, including North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile programs, closer military ties between Russia and North Korea, and strengthening military relations between China and Russia. In particular, expanding Russia-North Korea military ties—potentially involving troop deployments and technology transfers—poses a complex security threat that could enhance North Korea’s conventional and strategic...

[해외] Rethinking North Korea diplomacy

...Although North Korea remains relatively low on the administration’s list of foreign policy priorities, Korea watchers continue to speculate about a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, driven in part by Trump’s own expressed interest. Travelling to Asia in October 2025, Trump stated, “If he’d like to meet, I’m around … I’ll be in South Korea, so I could...

[해외] Why Japan and South Korea Won’t Go Nuclear

...Moscow’s threshold for nuclear use. North Korea is thought to have 50 nuclear weapons and enough fissile material for 50 more, and technical support from Russia is accelerating its development of a broad suite of mobile-launched, nuclear-tipped cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as nuclear submarines. Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has demanded that South Korea and Japan do more for their own...