[해외자료] North Korea’s War Against Outside Information and Culture

...government’s war against outside information and culture has intensified.At its core, this war stems from the government’s belief that outside information and culture, which fall under the umbrella of “non-socialist culture,” causes fissures in people’s loyalty toward the regime, particularly the young generation, and poses an existential threat to society’s status quo.

[해외자료] Punggye-ri Update: Status Quo

As part of Beyond Parallel’s ongoing detailed coverage of North Korea’s WMD and ballistic missile developments, this report presents an update of the currently observable activities at the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility as of June 24, 2022. The image shows no significant developments or changes to the areas outside of the portals for Tunnel No. 3 (also known as the South Portal), from

[학술논문] An Uneasy Status Quo: Muddling through Nuclear Negotiations

...self-imposed isolation, and metamorphosed into an international statesman, with the help of President Donald Trump. Yet two years and three Trump-Kim meetings later, we are still at the pre-summitry status quo, with Kim this month reaffirming North Korea’s position as a nuclear weapons power. The past 19 months of summits have not moved North Korea closer to denuclearization, rather, they have enabled...

[현안분석] 북한 군사적 강압외교(Coercive Diplomacy)의 수정주의(Revisionism)적 기원

...of the Pyongyang-led Korean reunification since its foundation in 1948. North Korea can be called a ‘revolutionary revisionist state’ in that it has denied the legitimacy of the given status- quo international order, having pursued the changes in the military balance of power favorably to it. Especially, Pyongyang has shown typical traits of a ‘jackal revisionist state,’ eager...

[현안분석] 북한의 회색지대 전략: 단거리 미사일 발사 사례를 중심으로

...states seek to gradually expand their interests while avoiding active military response or risk of triggering a war. In response, status- quo states sometimes hardly response especially when a size of sought changes is small and a cost or response is expensive for status- quo states. North Korea seems to intend to increase its leverage in the nuclear deal, ease the sanction, stop alliance training of...

[현안분석] IFANS FORECAST 2018

As in 2017, the global political landscape in 2018 is likely to be shaped by the interplay between challenges from populism and isolationism seeking to change the status quo, and 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...

[현안분석] Japan’s Relentless Resolve to Become a Proactive Player in the Reconfiguration of American Alliance System in the Indo-Pacific

...range of issues from the strengthening of defense and security cooperation through the deepening of cooperative areas in space, technological innovation and economic security to global diplomacy and development. The former foes are completely on the same ship on high seas in the Indo-Pacific region amid the attempts of altering the status quo unilaterally by force or coercion on both sides of Eurasia.