[경제/과학] 북한 경제·사회 실태 인식보고서 영문보고서

...and spelling rules, and to translate from Korean to English as literally as possible. Comments were added to some parts that are difficult to understand otherwise. 8. Additional information boxes titled ‘Find Out’ are included by the Ministry of Unification to provide readers with more detailed information from relevant experts’ suggestions. An explanation of how North Korea’s nuclear and missile...

[학술논문] Political Economy of North Korea’s WMD Venture and Its Strategic Implications

...maintaining internal stability and guaranteeing the regime security has driven the North Korean leadership to design a risky strategy of missile and nuclear development. That was the only choice it could take for getting international attentions. International sanctions have proven to be insufficient to penalize the maverick country that dared the missiles and nuclear tests in 2006 and in 2009. The success...

[학위논문] Trilateral Security Model in The ROK’s Engagement with ASEAN

...Existing scholarly literature on ROK-ASEAN relations primarily emphasizes economic factors, institutional development, and middle-power diplomacy as key drivers of ROK's varying levels of engagement with ASEAN. However, these explanations are largely confined to periods of intensified engagement, and they fall short of adequately accounting for instances when ROK's focus on ASEAN has diminished. This...

[학위논문] 김정은 정권의 핵정책 분석, 2011~2021 -북한 지배연합의 선택과 관계국의 대응을 중심으로

...Yongbyon facility's dismantlement and the lifting of sanctions against North Korea. Mutual distrust and internal opposition prevented the talks from producing a compromise. The shifts in Kim regime’s behavior—from nuclear development to negotiations, breakdown of dialogue, and the subsequent declaration of a frontal breakthrough accompanied by intensified nuclear efforts—were too subtle...

[학술논문] Neither Peace, Nor War in Korea: A Russian Assessment of Past, Present and Future

...remains a security threat for Russia. Although the nuclear/missile programs of North Korea (seen in Russia as a response by Pyongyang to the threats its the very regime’s existence) are causing concern in Russia, they cannot be solved separately without addressing the broader security regime issues in Korea. The multilateral diplomatic process, when and if it is resumed in the aftermath of the tragic...

[학술논문] 1970년대 한국 자주국방정책 연구-대통령 기록관 국방⋅안보관련 보고 문서를 중심으로-

... the term that strengthened the Self-Reliant Defense willing through all-out national security and prepared the Self-Reliant Defense capability through the Yul Gok projects. Also the ROK tried to produced arms, tanks, combat ships by oneself and developed missile, nuclear weapon to guarantee war deterrence. Deepening Period(1976~1979) was the term that the Self-Reliant Defense Policy of the ROK was...

[해외] Assessing North Korea’s Five-Year Effort to Develop 13 New Nuclear and Missile Systems

...ballistic missiles and fission nuclear warheads North Korea has been deploying for over 30 years. The Ninth Party Congress expected within a few weeks should provide further insights into the ongoing development programs and any new program goals, given Kim’s January 2026 statement that the upcoming Congress “will clarify the next-stage plans for further bolstering up the country’s nuclear war deterrent...

[국내] 최근 이란 정세의 전략적 함의: 한반도를 위한 정책 제언

... Atomic Energy Agency from North Korea in 2009, the country’s nuclear fuel cycle capabilities, ballistic missile development efforts, and nuclear weaponization endeavors have all been effectively unconstrained. The U.S. intelligence community has repeatedly assessed in recent years, as it did in March, that Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, “has no intention of negotiating away his strategic weapons...

[국내] 대북 인도적 지원의 전략적 포지셔닝

... sure to have exacerbated the humanitarian situation in North Korea. Amid North Korea’s advanced nuclear capabilities and demonstrations of its missile forces, this report reviews the pros and cons of humanitarian intervention and focuses on the direction of humanitarian aid and strategic challenges. With consideration of the current inter-Korean relations, the report suggests the following strategies...

[국내] 김정은 시대 북한의 우주개발과 시사점

... nuclear tests we will be conducting will also be aimed at the United States, the enemy of our people.” Kim Jong-un encouraged executives, scientists, and engineers in the defense industry who contributed to the launch of the ICBM “Hwasong-17” under the pretext of “development of reconnaissance satellites.” He also ordered the development of additional offensive weapons, saying, “True defense is a...

[국내] 노동당 8기 4차 전원회의 이후 북한의 대외정책과 정세인식 변화

...buildup of nuclear capability and developing close relationships with China and Russia. As North Korea withdrew the moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and longrange ballistic missiles, which was a premise of the North Korea-US Singapore Agreement, the country has abandoned its efforts to improve ties with the United States, and returned to the uncompromising nuclear weapon development strategy it...