[해외자료] New Evidence Suggests Kangson Is Not a Uranium Enrichment Plant

Understanding North Korea’s fissile material production capacity is a key factor in assessing risks associated with the North’s ability to expand its nuclear weapons program. While the plutonium production reactors are easy to identify and monitor via satellite imagery, the North’s uranium enrichment activities are much more difficult to discern, with both fewer unique attributes...

[학위논문] 북한지역의 기후변화협약 산림메카니즘 활용방안 연구

...the same time, to set up the necessary groundwork aiming at emissions trading for South Korea. Also, it will provide the basic information for a forestry mechanism for expanding their application capacity. In order to do so, first, we analyzed the changes in North Korea’s forested areas by using past Land Cover Classification data. Then, we estimated the future BAU of forest area and predicted...

[학술논문] 북한 천리마 운동과 보건 의료 인력의 동원, 1956-1961

...economic pro- duction but also to all social sectors. Before the Chollima Movement, the major role of healthcare workers was to maximize labor capacity. However, as healthcare workers were actively mobilized into industrial fields, their duty shifted from supporting labor to monitoring workers and active par- ticipation in the Chollima Movement. Also, close medical monitoring by healthcare workers allowed...

[학위논문] 서울-평양 네트워크 경제권 구축을 통한 한반도 성장전략 구상

...technological revolution. Consequently, a sustainable mutual growth model on the Korean peninsula could be fostered, where North Korea can effectively ‘access’ South Korea’s industrial capacity and infrastructure without having to ‘own’ the material factors of production. In this study, a ‘Seoul-Pyongyang network economy region’ is proposed as the most effective...

[학위논문] 서울-평양 네트워크 경제권 구축을 통한 한반도 성장전략 구상

...technological revolution. Consequently, a sustainable mutual growth model on the Korean peninsula could be fostered, where North Korea can effectively ‘access’ South Korea’s industrial capacity and infrastructure without having to ‘own’ the material factors of production. In this study, a ‘Seoul-Pyongyang network economy region’ is proposed as the most effective...

[현안분석] 북한의 '간부혁명' 추진 동향 및 시사점

...over the hardships of living and the excessive mobilization of labor and materials onto cadres. The Cadre Revolution is likely to weaken policy implementation capacity in the long term by increasing cadres’ fatigue and anxiety and lowering their morale. As the pressure on cadres intensifies and they extract excessive supplies and labor from the general public, the relationship between them and the...