[해외자료] Why and How Estimates of North Korean GDP by the Bank of Korea Are Deceptive

The most commonly used indicator to gauge a country’s economic capacity and well-being is Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP isdefinedas “ the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period.” It measures the flow of money based on transactions in a market economy, where income...

[해외자료] What’s Up with North Korea’s Skyrocketing Exchange Rates?

In recent months, foreign exchange rates in North Korea have surged in ways that intuitively make little sense. The Korean People’s won (KPW), the country’s domestic currency, nowtradesat 16,100 to the dollar in Pyongyang— the highest recorded rate since Daily NKbegan tracking...

[해외자료] Mining North Korea: Magnesite Production at the Taehung Youth Hero Mine

... minerals, including magnesite, are a component of a strategy to lock out competitors and influence world market pricing.4

[해외자료] North Korean Market Prices Suggest Serious Food Shortages

Recently, the BBCbecame one of few global outlets to succeed ininterviewing ordinary North Koreans inside the country about the food situation, and the picture they painted is dire: starvation, empty markets and other signs of severe food shortages.

[해외자료] The Merits of Conducting Surveys Inside North Korea

Thesurvey conducted inside North Korea on behalf of CSIS Beyond Parallelis noteworthy because it employs standardized questionnaires for response consistency and draws samples from a wide cross-section of the North Korean population. While the...

[학술논문] 서비스 디자인을 활용한 통일 교육 콘텐츠 제안 -장마당과 고등학생을 중심으로-

최근 남북의 관계가 유연해짐에 따라 통일에 대한 기대감이 여느 때보다 높아지고 있다. 그러나 현재 진행되는 통일 교육은 교사, 교재 위주의 주입식 교육이 대부분이어서 학습자의 흥미를 크게 유도하지 못해 교육 효과가미미하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 북한의 시장인 장마당과 우리의 시장을 주제로 고등학생들을 실제로 통일 교육에참여시켰다. 이를 통해 통일에 대한 관심도를 높이고 남한과 북한이 서로 어우러지는 방법을 효과적으로 학습할 수있는 새로운 통일 교육 콘텐츠를 제안했다. 본 논문의 주요 분석과 연구는 다음과 같다. : (1) 먼저 북한과 통일, 그리고 학교 통일 교육 자료 조사를 통해 북한에 대한 이해 정도와 현재 통일 교육의 현황을 분석했다. (2) 분석한 자료를 바탕으로 통일 교육에 필요한 학습자 중심, 참여형

[현안분석] 8차 당대회 이후 북한의 경제전략 기조와 시사점

...reduce the strategic sectors resource supply, the solution is totransfer non-strategic resources to the strategic sectors. Nevertheless, the reforms of theKim Jong-un era resulted in the non-strategic sector being institutionalized by marketleadership. Therefore, under normal circumstances, it is better to raise the market pie,raise more taxes, and transfer them to the strategic...

[현안분석] 안보·경제 딜레마와 북한경제의 새로운 길

...a full return of the planning mechanism or the abolition of the market mechanism. If North Korea increases the proportion of the defense sector in the priority of resourceallocation and retards reform in the resource allocation mechanism, security costs of theinternational community will increase, which will worsen the security dilemma and weaken the international community's...

[학술논문] 대학생의 남북통일에 대한 지각된 편익과 우려를 통한 북한관광 태도 형성

...2019, administering the survey to a convenience sample of University students. The questionnaire included information regarding the purpose of the study, and attitudes towards North Korean tourism. The reliability and validity of the research model was verified and four paths presented were statistically significant and the path (perceived concerns and attitudes toward North-South unification) was...

[현안분석] 북한 농림축산물 비교우위 분석을 통한 남북농업협력 가능성 모색

...sanctions against North Korea are lifted and the peace era on the Korean peninsula becomes visible, cooperation in the agricultural sector is expected to be pursued first, given North Korea's food crisis, economic conditions, and policy directions. This study analyzes the comparative advantage of North Korean agricultural products by using North Korea's trade statistics and market price data, and...