[학술논문] Information Control in Closed States: Institutional Adaptation and Managed Leakage in North Korea

Authoritarian regimes rely heavily on information control as a mechanism of political survival. North Korea represents one of the most restrictive information environments in the contemporary international system, combining legal prohibition, technological surveillance, and social monitoring to regulate people’s access to information. While existing research has emphasized coercive repression and censorship

[학술논문] Top Elite Rearrangement during Political Succession in the Authoritarian Regime: A Comparative Case Study of Two Successions in North Korea

This paper analyzes leadership transitions in North Korea, comparing the successions of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. Employing a five-stage framework and focusing on elite rearrangement, it emphasizes the importance of successor-led coalitions (elite groups aligned with the successor) in ensuring regime stability before a leader takes power. Findings reveal that Kim Jong Il’s extended preparation period

[학술논문] From Control to Authority:China’s AI-Driven Cyber Governance, Norm Diffusion,and Its Implications for North Korea

...is transitional—anchored in domestic consolidation and partial diffusion but limited internationally—highlighting a contested, rather than consolidated, trajectory for the global order. These findings carry broader implications for the Korean Peninsula, where the widening normative gap between China-aligned digital authoritarianism and liberal governance models is reshaping the strategic landscape.

[학술논문] Catching Weasels in Silent Mountains: A Multispecies History of Hunting in North Korea from the 1940s to the 1960s

This article deals with the disappearance of hunting in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to reconsider human-centered narratives of modern authoritarianism. I examine how the perception of hunting in North Korea changed through Pyongyang’s ineffective efforts to classify and exploit animals according to their perceived value in building socialism. In particular, I highlight local...

[학위논문] 북한의 광장정치 : 통치 기획과 주민 실천

...where state authority and everyday agency converge. By examining both symbolic orchestration and lived experience, this study contributes to a relational understanding of spatial politics under authoritarianism. Future research may extend this inquiry through comparative analyses of socialist urbanisms, regional spatial hierarchies, generational differences in performance, and the post-defection reconstruction...

[국내] Top Elite Rearrangement during Political Succession in the Authoritarian Regime: A Comparative Case Study of Two Successions in North Korea

This paper analyzes leadership transitions in North Korea, comparing the successions of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. Employing a five-stage framework and focusing on elite rearrangement, it emphasizes the importance of successor-led coalitions (elite groups aligned with the successor) in ensuring regime stability before a leader takes power. Findings reveal that Kim Jong Il’s extended preparation period

[국내] 김정은 정권의 ‘새 세기 산업혁명’ 추진 동향과 전망

...through self-reliance and the 'Industrial Revolution of the New Century' without reform and opening up, it is expected that the Kim Jong-un regime will use digital technology to strengthen digital authoritarianism against its people. In addition, in order to build a military powerhouse, the Kim Jong-un regime is expected to focus on technological innovation and military strength in the national defense...

[국내] 미국 인식 및 평가의 정치심리 기반

...the U.S. leadership in the region and the world. In particular, it attempts to estimate the effects of such motivational bases as left-right political orientation, postmaterialism, right wing authoritarianism (RWA), social dominance orientation (SDO), system justification motivation on those attitudes. The study would contribute to better understanding the security dimension in individual’s political...

[국내] 2019 IFANS FORECAST

...further accelerate in 2019 amid the multiple challenges facing the world. Particularly at the nation-state level, this is likely to result in the resurgence of nationalism and the enhancement of authoritarianism, which would eventually pose a grave challenge to the liberal international order. As the world order is becoming increasingly marked by mutual exclusion and competition than by mutual recognition...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2022년 5월

...levels. The new government’s foreign policy must properly reflect the national position of Korea, so that it could navigate successfully through the restructuring of the global order, often described as a 'value war' of 'democracy vs. authoritarianism.' Also, the same perspective should be used when preparing substantial economic cooperation measures that could actually attract North Korea's attention.