[학위논문] Leveraging Uneven Cooperation: Socialist Assistance and the Rise of North Korea, 1945-1965.

How did economic burden and techno-science shape the politics of Juche? This dissertation examines the transformation of exchanges between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Soviet-led socialist bloc, arguing that this structural change from “selfless” assistance to equal cooperation accelerated the realization of Juche (meaning self-reliance) in North