[해외자료] Unification Transparency Index: South Korea

Domestic stabilization is the most critical issue with unification for South Korean officials and experts, registering the highest composite score (i.e., high level of concern and low level of knowledge). This means civil-military relations, law and order, and stability in the North represent the issues for which Koreans see great consequences for national interests, but for which they have little...

[해외자료] On Unification: North Koreans’ Hope for the (Near) Future

A study commissioned by Beyond Parallel of North Koreans currently living inside the country found that 34 of 36 of respondents, or 94.4%, felt that unification is necessary. The majority of respondents, 44.1%, cited the shared ethnicity between North and South Korean’s as the main reason unification should occur.

[해외자료] Garbage, Balloons, and Korean Unification Values

...May, North Korea has launched thousands of balloons into South Korea filled with trash, marking the return of a long-used tactic of psychological warfare between the two Koreas. Rather than a sign of impending conflict, as some posit, the campaign is a manifestation of Kim Jong-un’s new decoupling policy and a preemption of the new South Korean unification policy focused on the values of freedom...

[해외자료] North Korea’s New Unification Policy: Implications and Pitfalls

...the Ninth Enlarged Plenum of the Eighth WPK Central Committee in late December 2023, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Undeclareda “new stand on the north-south relations and the reunification policy.” This marked a significant departure from previous policies and carries profound implications...

[해외자료] Number of North Korean Defectors Drops to Lowest Level in Two Decades

...number of North Korean defectors (refugees) reaching South Korea in 2020 dropped sharply, dipping to a new low since the refugee outflow began in the late 1990s, as the North was suffering from the famine during the era known as the Arduous March. The South KoreanUnification Ministry reportedthat during the entire year of 2020...