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

Goats for guns? After a <em>summit</em> 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.

[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 <em>summit</em> 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 <em>summit</em> talk with President Lee Myung‐Bak. In the <em>summit</em> 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 <em>Summit</em> 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...

[학술논문] Impact of the Peace Regime Building on Security in the Korean Peninsula

...to moving forward in the KPPR process is the denuclearization of Korea, a persistent and tough problem to crack. For a KPPR process, it proposed a two-step approach, that is,political CBMs through <em>summit</em> meetings and a peace treaty involving the U.S.,China, and the two Koreas (the actual parties to the Korean War). This examines the UNC and the USFK in connection with KPPR. This postulates that even...

[학술논문] South Korea’s North Korea Policy: Desirable Path for Future Development

...Korea must first and foremost focus on easing living conditions for North Koreans. Second, it is necessary to promote conformity with international standards. The two Koreas after their first round of <em>Summit</em> Meetings have actively engaged in economic cooperation and exchanges, but progressive parties within South Korea have shown little success in strategic thinking for transforming the North Korean regime...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 9월

...Management Improvement Measures of 2002, but were implemented without public annoucement and with limited spillovers, and clearly served to reinforce tighter unified central control after the no-deal Hanoi <em>summit</em>―most notably by shoring up state grain outlets. The “20×10 Provincial Development” program, formalized in 2024, aims to build standardized small local factories in 20 cities and counties annually over...

[국내] For Kim Jong Un, Trump is the Best, and the Last, Opportunity

The second <em>summit</em> between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un has been set for February 27 and 28 in Vietnam. The question is what kind of progress the two leaders will make after their highly symbolic but unsubstantial meeting in Singapore in June of last year. How much and what kind of concessions will Kim make in his declared efforts of denuclearization? How much will Trump reward Kim with...

[국내] North Korea’s Missile Provocations: Not just a Gambit but an Imminent Threat

...North Korea finally launched missiles on May 4 and May 9 of 2019. It was somewhat expected that North Korea would resume its military provocations after the breakdown of the second US-North Korea <em>summit</em> in February as compensation for the failure and a gambit for the next negotiation. However, North Korea’s ballistic missile provocations are a new threat to South Korea, which has no means to defend...

[국내] The Denuclearization of North Korea and the US-China rivalry

...for failing to implement corresponding measures such as a partial lift of sanctions from the American side. There is a growing expectation that early next year, there will be a second breakthrough <em>summit</em> between North Korea and the United States, but the nature of the North Korean nuclear problem is changing against the background of the Northeast Asian international situation, especially the extensive...

[국내] What Trump Should Know After the Panmunjom <em>Summit</em>

The Panmunjom <em>summit</em> between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un on June 30 came as a surprise. The reunion of the two leaders, which began with a tweet from President Trump, was not a short two minute meeting, but rather the third <em>summit</em> with a talk that lasted more than a fifty minutes. Above all, this sudden encounter was interesting in that it marked a new turning point after the failure...