[학술논문] Inter-Korean Relations in 2025: The Lee Administration's Pragmatic Recalibration after Yoon

...environment. During the Yoon Suk-yeol administration, inter-Korean relations were marked by diplomatic stalemate and confrontation. The article explores how the leadership change led to rhetorical and institutional recalibrations in inter-Korean diplomacy. The article demonstrates that while Lee pledged to pursue a pragmatic and de-escalatory approach toward North Korea, his administration remained structurally...

[학술논문] Limits of the UN Sanctions Regime on DPRK and Emergence of the Multinational Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT): Liberal and Realist Analysis

...as an emerging mechanism following the dissolution of the UN Panel of Experts on DPRK sanctions in 2024. Drawing on liberal institutionalist and neorealist perspectives, it analyzes the MSMT’s institutional characteristics, functional roles, and political impli-cations. The study finds that while the MSMT partially mitigates the collapse of sanc-tions monitoring by facilitating information sharing...

[학술논문] Why Has Inter-Korean Climate Cooperation Failed?

...rivalry have restricted the scope for joint engagement, fragmenting the multi-lateral climate governance structure and incorporating the two Koreas into divergent normative blocs. Internally, North Korea’s instrumental use of the climate agenda for regime legitimacy, combined with its institutional weakness and opacity in data and information sharing, has undermined the foundation for cooperation.

[학술논문] Assessing the Application of General Political Risk Frameworks to Case Studies of Cooperation Projects Involving North Korea

This study examines why cooperation projects involving North Korea shift into suspension or stagnation as event-type shocks interact with institutional and procedural constraints. While general political risk frameworks identify event risks, they under-explain how core operating conditions are repeatedly constrained through approval and control procedures (e.g., sanctions exemption/waiver approvals...

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

...such approaches often fail to explain the institutional durability of information control in the face of economic transformation and expanding informal markets. This study examines North Korea’s information governance through institutional economics and comparative authoritarian theory. It argues that information control operates as a dynamic institutional equilibrium sustained through bureaucratic...

[국내] 한국의 핵무장론과 비대칭동맹의 딜레마:연루와 방기의 비등가성

...alliance risks is a key driver behind the growing domestic support for nuclear armament in South Korea. Despite over 70 years of alliance history marked by U.S. extended deterrence commitments and institutional linkages, South Korea continues to perceive a heightened risk of abandonment. This perception has been reinforced by the North’s advancing nuclear capabilities, deepening military cooperation between...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 10월

...but weakened UN oversight continues to constrain coordinated action. In South Korea, the absence of a unified cybersecurity law and offensive defense capacity underscores the need for stronger institutional and publicprivate collaboration. North Korea’s cyber operations thus represent not merely a technological threat but a structural challenge to global financial security and state sovereignty, demanding...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 11월

...persistence of international sanctions sharply limit near-term prospects. In this environment, policy efforts are expected to center on sustaining humanitarian channels, strengthening legal and institutional foundations, and preparing the groundwork for a future peace-economy framework, alongside building mid- to long-term policy capacity for potential shifts in geopolitical conditions. Overall, the...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 8월

...transaction surveillance rather than resident convenience, and they do not signal marketization. Amid external signaling such as the ‘two-state theory,’ South Korea should overhaul the legal and institutional framework for inter-Korean economic cooperation and strengthen agreement enforceability and risk governance. A preemptive legal foundation needs to be established, including robust investment protection...

[국내] KDI 북한경제리뷰 2025년 7월

...and hub for Mt. Geumgang-Seoraksan tourism and DMZ ecological tourism. Effective implementation requires rational regulatory relaxation including the Military Installations Protection Act, legal-institutional foundations encompassing inter-Korean integration law research, and phased financing mechanisms utilizing public, private, and overseas resources. Consistent policy implementation unaffected by...