[뉴스] North Korea demolishes symbolic unification arch, satellite imagery suggests
North Korea appears to have demolished a large monument in Pyongyang symbolizing hope for unification with South Korea, according to NK News analysis of satellite imagery, after leader Kim Jong Un ordered it be removed earlier this month.
[뉴스] Kim Jong Un: Is North Korea's leader actually considering war?
North Korea experts - by nature, a cautious group who seek to avoid sowing panic - have been left reeling by two of their own.
[학술논문] Korea’s Balancing Act: Playing the Long Game
...decision-making, and finds that South Korea is attempting to balance the regional security threats it perceives with changing domestic political demands. The security developments South Korea is pursuing may lead to deterioration in regional security, but the United States may be able to support regional stability through its alliances and forward presence. In analyzing both external and internal factors that...
[학술논문] 6 · 25전쟁기 대통령 트루먼의 전쟁지도 : 제3차 세계대전 방지
...a part of the Communists' grand scheme to conquer the world. It was his belief that inability on his part to sever the spread of Communism at its incipient stages on the Korean peninsula would lead to worldwide catastrophe, possibly another world war much akin to the second. Thanks to his prompt decision, not only was the Republic of Korea saved from being absorbed into the Communist block, but...
[학술논문] Kim Jong Un’s First 500 Days: Consolidating Power and Clearing Political Space for National Revival
This article assesses the leadership changes in North Korea since Kim Jong Un assumed power after Kim Jong Il’s death on December 17, 2011. The first part addresses three fundamental questions: who really governs the country, how stable is the current North Korean regime, and what lies over the horizon for the leadership transition? Part two analyzes key dynamics within the Kim family, including
[학술논문] The Park Geun-hye Government’s Role in a Needed New Strategy toward North Korea
This paper places President Park Geun-hye’s policy of building trust with North Korea in the difficult context of North Korea’s threats against South Korea and the United States, and the prospect that North Korea soon will produce nuclear warheads for its Nodong missiles. Nuclear warheads on the Nodongs will give North Korea a new instrument to pursue provocative acts against South Korea
[학술논문] China’s Frustration over North Korea: Editorial Analysis, Dec. 2012-April 2013
...the Chinese Communist Party (CPP). In lieu of official statements from the Party, this study deems editorials in major newspapers in Beijing as a reliable alternative source of information that can lead to insights into the thinking and views of the CCP on North Korea. By content analysis of editorials and commentaries, the study demonstrates the traces of changes in Beijing’s perception of the...