[뉴스] US warns North Korea becoming better prepared for war, fighting against Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors." Russia has forged closer diplomatic and military ties with North Korea since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

[학술논문] Experiences of Women Who Left North Korea and Settled in South Korea

This qualitative case study conducted an in-depth exploration of the resettlement experiences of married North Korean female defectors in South Korea.Data collection was conducted from October 2024 to January 2025. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with three married women selected through purposive snowball sampling, and the data were analyzed following a procedure of case conceptualization

[학술논문] The Possibilities and Limitations of North-South Korean Arms Control and Future Action Plans

...political propaganda to withdraw US military forces stationed in South Korea and to hinder South Korea’s military modernization program. Moreover, a strategic disparity, ideological confrontation, and experience of war between the two Koreas, political status of the North Korean military, diplomatic isolation of the North, and the North Korean nuclear issue restricts opportunity of arms control dialogue...

[학술논문] Lessons from Russia's Nuclear Forward‐Deployment to Belarus for the USA and South Korea

...has not even engaged in discussions on a similar option for South Korea, which has faced an existential nuclear threat from North Korea. This article seeks to extract key insights from Belarus's experience and propose corresponding policy implications for the US–South Korea alliance. In particular, the USA must soberly assess whether the current North Korean nuclear threat warrants its nuclear forward‐deployment...

[학술논문] 6·25전쟁기 미술인 조직에 대한 연구

...by the universal patterns of behavior. As the Korean War broke out, artists had raised the possibility of their survival through forming organization which obeys to their country’s authority. The experience of Japan’s imperialism had allowed South Koreans to recognize that the anti-communism, which aroused after independence, could operate as the country’s force of violence. However, Korean War was...

[학술논문] 북한이탈주민의 심리적 고통 체험: Parse의 인간되어감 연구방법 적용

This study is to understand experienced trauma of North Korea refugees before entering in South Korean and know how to connect their traumatic experience with the present life. Methods: 5 members of North Korea refugees were recruited and approved by the producer of phenomenological and heuristic Human Becoming Methodology of Parse in this study. Results: Mental care service for refugees is needed...

[해외] Tracing Russian Linkages in North Korea’s Expanding Nuclear Complex

...Partnership with Moscow, Pyongyang has sought to utilize Russian expertise to expand its conventional arsenal with new delivery methods and launch platforms. The Korean People’s Army has also gained experience fighting in Russia and exposure to drone warfare and tactics. Since the invasion of Ukraine, the scale of cooperation has come to mirror that of a full-fledged military alliance details about technology...

[해외] Kim’s Dangerous Liaisons: Russia, China, and the Growing North Korea Threat

...multiple launch rocket systems since late 2024. The partnership is making the Korean Peninsula a more dangerous place, too. Not only has North Korea gained military capabilities from Russia and experience from fighting in its war, but deepening economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries have relieved some of the pressure that for decades has kept North Korea subordinate to China. Now,...

[해외] New Fabrication Buildings at Kusong Facility

...military aviation development and maintenance and recently became the center of testing for its new military drone program. North Korea’s emphasis on drone development and program expansion has grown as the country has gained both exposure to and experience with drone warfare. Further construction in this area suggests that Kusong will be an important base for the country’s drone program expansion.

[해외] The Northeast Asian Security Dilemma: Does European Experience Show the Way Out?

Faced by growing insecurity and destabilizing uncertainties, Northeast Asia lacks a regional mechanism to establish guardrails to manage the risks. European experience in the 1970s offers an interesting model—but only if that model is properly understood.

[해외] A Closer Look at the Yelabuga UAV Factory

...house approximately 20,000 workers. Our analysis shows that approximately 15% of the entire Yelabuga SEZ’s facilities are now likely involved in the production of UAVs and UCAVs. Any North Korean involvement with the Yelabuga UAV factory would likely expose Pyongyang to Russia’s wartime UAV production experience and technology, which could be valuable to North Korea’s expanding UAV and UCAV programs.