[학위논문] 김정은 시기 성명·담화 분석을 통해 본 북한의 대외 커뮤니케이션 전략 연구
...the Workers’ Party and central authorities. Notably, inter-Korean institutions were more active in the first period, while Party-affiliated figures became more prominent in the second.
Second, triggering factors in the earlier phase were largely related to South Korea, followed by the United States, the U.S.-ROK alliance, and Japan. In the later phase, South Korea-related triggers declined...
[학술논문] The Peace-keeping Role of the American Troops in South Korea
...a contested issue in inter-Korean relations. While the opinion of South Korea and the United States is that they are essential for the South’s defense, North Korea’s view is that they hinder reunification. The South Korea-United States alliance, which was formed during the Korean War (1950-1953), is analyzed here on the basis of alliance theory. The alliance was strengthened by the signing...
[학술논문] Threats, Alliance, and the Military Power Building of South Korea: With Focus on the Force Structure of the R.O.K. Military
...research looks at the strength of the R.O.K.-U.S. alliance coherence intensity and the critical junctures that affected South Korean security conditions, and identifies these as the key variables of R.O.K. military power building. Results of the analysis show that as the critical juncture was increasingly related to North Korea and as the R.O.K.-U.S. alliance coherence intensity was strengthened, military...
[학술논문] North Korea’s Survival Strategy and Security Challenges: Implications for the R.O.K.-U.S. Force
The Pyongyang regime’s survival strategy is intertwined with security challenges that the Republic of Korea and the United States (the R.O.K.-U.S.) military forces should overcome because the likelihood of the regime’s survival is, directly or indirectly, linked to changing and dynamic security interactions between North Korea and R.O.K.-U.S. alliance. The first security challenge, as it...
[학술논문] “Strategic Cooperative Partnership” between Beijing and Seoul?A Quest in Search of Reality
...salient issues as Korean unification, North Korean residents in China, the Koguryo history, and the Six-Party Talks. It is thus argued that their deepening ties will coexist with wary feelings without any appreciable convergence of their positive memories and interests. Under such circumstances it is necessary for South Korea to reap the benefits of its alliance ties with the U.S. in addressing the...