[해외자료] North Korean Leadership Transitions: A Strategic Revolving Door

Tracking North Korean leadership changes is rarely straightforward; deriving meaning from them, even more so. Notwithstanding, leadership changes are important because they reflect Kim Jong Un’s policy priorities and possibly even regime stability. This article summarizes key observations and analysis made by Michael Madden, Nonresident Fellow with 38 North at the Stimson Center, on 38 North’s...

[해외자료] National Strategy for Countering North Korea

In this episode, Dr. Victor Cha is joined by Ambassador Robert Joseph and Greg Scarlatoiu to discuss their recently releasedreport for the National Institute for Public Policyregarding North Korea's current human rights situation, the Kim family regime, and the North Korean human rights movement ten years after the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the DPRK.

[북한] North Korea claims another successful test of its hypersonic glide missile tech

North Koreaon Monday claimed to have again tested a missile that could become one of the world’s fastest and most accurate weapons – with the potential to ultimately be fitted with a nuclear warhead. Kim Jong Un’s regime successfully tested a hypersonic glide vehicle that was fired aloft using solid-fueled engines on Sunday, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...

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

In recent years, the North Korean 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...

[해외자료] Power and Perception: A Review of Sung-Yoon Lee’s “The Sister”

When I first heard of this book regarding Kim Yo Jong, a figure of growing prominence inside the North Korean regime, I was intrigued. She was obviously the sister of the Supreme Leader, but her profile had recently begun to expand beyond just being a gatekeeper and source of Mt. Paektu grandeur. The fact that someone had taken it upon themselves to write an entire book about her was impressive, although...

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

... the tenth largest economy, and is home to a world-renowned culture. North Korea is ruled by the most authoritarian regime in the world, a poor country in a rich region, and is best known for the cult of personality surrounding the ruling Kim family. But both Koreas share a unique common history. Victor Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo draw on decades of research to explore the history...

[학술논문] The UN and the Korean Peninsula: The UN’s Role in and Commitment to the Unification Process

...Furthermore, the ROK must request international support for the unification process. For example, the UN could organize a Special Committee for the Normalization of the Korean Armistice for normalization of the armistice regime in the peninsula. Even though peaceful unification on the Peninsula faces significant challenges including power struggles among major states, it is possible if the international...

[학술논문] 김정은 체제에서의 북한 의생활 변화 연구

... reviewed. For the empirical part, interviews with diverse class of North Korean refugees including Hanawon, videos on TV, 1,100 pictures and related articles from newspapers and Internet have been collected. Through this analysis, the study found that subtle changes in North Korean fashion started prior to the Jong Un Kim’s regime, but has become full-blown since Kim's assumption of power...

[학술논문] A Study on the Contribution of Land Administration to ‘State Building’in South Korea After Independence from Japanese Colonial Rule

Since Kim Jong-un governed North Korea, the North Korean regime has been unstable and unpredictable, and to make matters worse, its economic condition has declined. Hence, the South Korean government needs to anticipate the sudden North Korean change and prepare for the reunification of Korea. For this, it seems that the process of South Korean state building after independence from Japanese colonial...

[학술논문] 북한 기록영화의 서사구조 특성과 변화

...films function, in accordance with the demands of the times and with the basic character of the state, as a continuous vaccine blocking the intrusion of the malicious virus that is capitalism. To put it otherwise, it can be said that the films act as a sort of preventative shot for the sake of the so-called official society of North Korea. Furthermore, North Korean documentary films takes interest in...

[학술논문] 북한군사정책 특징 연구

북한은 그동안 핵을 고도화하고 미사일의 발사 거리를 늘려왔다. 북한이 대화를 통해 핵을 포기할 가능성은 이미 사라진 것으로 보인다. 김정은은 중국 특사가 미사일 발사를 말리기 위해 평양을 방문했는데도 비웃듯이 로켓을 쏘아 올렸다. 상황이 이런데도 대화로 문제를 해결할 수 있을 것인가. 한반도 비핵화의 유일한 길은 실효적인대북제재를 통해 북한이 스스로 핵을 포기하도록 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 중국은 어떤 형태로든 역할을 해야 한다. 한국 내에서는 북한의 핵ㆍ미사일 위협에 대한 자위 차원에서 고고도미사일방어체계(사드)의 도입은 물론 핵무장 여론이 높아지고 있다. 이런 흐름은 중국의 전략적 이익에 부합하지 않을 것이다. 본 논문은 북한이 앞으로 어떤 행보를 해 나갈 것인가를 예측하기 위해서는 북한의 ‘군사정책’이