[뉴스] Russia sends 447 goats to North Korea after Kim Jong Un sucks up to Putin

Goats for guns? After a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June at which the international pariahs discussed mutual cooperation, Moscow has delivered a gift to Pyongyang.

[학술논문] The Possibilities and Limitations of North-South Korean Arms Control and Future Action Plans

...includes various measures for confidence-building and arms control. North Korea, however, refused to implement the Basic Agreement and the Protocol. In June 2000, the North and the South held first Summit Talks and launched military talks at various levels. Inter-Korean military talks produced many agreements to prevent accidental naval clashes in the West Sea and to cease propaganda activities near...

[학술논문] Rebuilding Inter-Korean Relations: Prospects for an Inter-Korean Summit in the post-Chonan Incident Era

...insert those comments into a joint statement at the end of the summit. The Obama and Lee administrations must closely cooperate to achieve such objectives in an inter‐Korean summit. The two administrations have already declared a common “comprehensive” approach to the North Korean nuclear issue. Feasible achievements in an inter‐Korean summit can serve as elements of this “comprehensive package.”

[학위논문] 북한에서의 선거적 연결에 관한 연구 : 김정은 시대 최고인민회의 대의원 선거(2014,2019) 분석을 중심으로

...social welfare gained prominence, highlighting regime competence. In the 2019 election, diplomatic achievements were intensively highlighted despite the high-profile breakdown of the US–North Korea summit and prolonged international sanctions. At the same time, policy planning and welfare-related themes were strategically excluded. These patterns suggest that the regime selectively evaluates the political...

[학술논문] 鳩山政権の『東アジア共同体』構想

...Asia‐pacific region. The Hatoyama administration had tried to make and maintain the stable relationship with South Korea. On 9 October 2009, PM Hatoyama visited Seoul and had the summit talk with President Lee Myung‐Bak. In the summit talk PM Hatoyama and President Lee discussed the North Korean issue. President Lee explained the design of ‘grand bargain’ which is to settle the North Korean nuclear problem...

[학술논문] Cheonan Impact, China’s Response and the future of Northeast Asian Security

...in the manner very visible. Long held “dodging” strategy in the handling of N. Korea might end up with their Seoul’s mounting ire and Beijng’s conservative “even-handed policy”. Despite East Asia Summit meeting at Jeju Island on 29 May 2010 does not openly reveals their friction, but the mood on both the sides seems notably turning sour. For the sake of better off of both peoples, how to let both...

[해외] Pyongyang’s northern turn is reshaping the Korean Peninsula

...the beginning of a new phase of regional diplomacy. This transformation—combined with deepening ties with Russia, China, and even Belarus, as well as the potential resumption of a U.S.-North Korea summit under a second Trump administration—poses both opportunities and dilemmas for South Korea. Pyongyang now seeks to engage Washington with growing confidence derived from its northern diplomacy, bypassing...

[해외] Rethinking North Korea diplomacy

...House meeting, “I maintain a good relationship with Kim Jong Un. I am curious whether the chairman wants to engage in dialogue with the U.S. or with me.” Beyond the immediate question of a Trump-Kim summit, a more consequential issue is how shifting geopolitics in Northeast Asia are shaping peace and instability on the Korean Peninsula. Recent signals from both Trump and Kim indicate openness to a meeting...

[해외] With Little Incentive to Engage the US, North Korea Deepens Russia and China Ties

...“peace with strength” while deepening anti-Western alignment with Russia and Belarus. North Korea also is likely to gradually expand economic cooperation with China, though political calculations on both sides will likely keep the pace measured. Meanwhile, Kim Yo Jong’s rebuff of Japan’s interest in a bilateral summit seems to underscore Pyongyang’s confidence in its enhanced international standing.

[해외] Wang Yi’s Pyongyang Visit: Kim Jong Un Signals Renewed Efforts to Improve Ties but Alignment Still Lacking

...Pyongyang began rebuilding its frayed ties with Beijing in September 2025. This represented a rather abrupt turn, given that Pyongyang leadership has remained largely distant from China despite that summit and an uptick in business activity between the two sides, including North Korea’s curt report on Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s meeting with Wang a day before the Kim-Wang talks. While the positive...

[해외] The 2026 Window: Can the “Ember” of US-North Korea Diplomacy Still Catch Fire?

Despite 2025 being a tumultuous year of high-stakes summits and tectonic shifts in geopolitical trends, US-North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) relations remained largely static, for better or worse. The lack of any breakthroughs intensifies a foreboding gloom about the prospects for diplomacy in the coming years. Yet, a flickering ember of hope remains for US-DPRK talks. History