[학술논문] China’s Role in the Second North Korean Nuclear Crisis

...test on May 25, 2009, despite China’s strong warnings. The second nuclear test startled China’s leadership and put China in a tight spot diplomatically. Is China still a viable mediator to solve the North Korean nuclear problem? China has been central as facilitator, mediator, and host of the six‐party talks since 2003. China has pursued three vital national interests on the North Korean nuclear issue:...

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

...system in danger of experiencing a serious regime crisis. The dilemma of having to choose between 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...

[학위논문] 조선인민군의 사회주의 농촌건설 참여와 ‘군민일치(軍民一致)’ 사회 형성(1945~1972)

...units of the regular armed forces developed a form of leadership through solidarity with rural communities. Based on these analyses, the study presents three key conclusions: First, the KPA functioned as the main force in the construction of socialism in North Korea. From the outbreak of the Korean War, the KPA was designated by the Workers’ Party and the North Korean government as a critical human...

[학위논문] 북한의 핵인식과 정책 변화 동인 연구: 6자회담 이탈 전후 시기를 중심으로

...prompted by rising external pressures-such as the emergence of U.S.-China strategic rivalry, the stalling of the Six-Party Talks, and delays in North Korea’s delisting from the U.S. terrorism sponsor list-as well as internal instability stemming from Kim Jong-il’s stroke and leadership succession concerns. Perceiving the collapse of denuclearization efforts, North Korea escalated nuclear development...

[학술논문] ‘분단극복사론’의 첫 성과 『조선민족혁명당과 통일전선』

...National Revolutionary Party of Korea was different from that adopted by those who implemented the reconstruction of the Communist Party of Korea (朝鮮共産黨) as well as the guerilla units who engaged in armed struggles in Manchuria. Above all, the National Revolutionary Party of Korea did not recognize the notion of the hegemony of the proletariat, or the leadership of the Communist Party of Korea. Although...

[국내] Dependencia, North Korea Style

...early June, New Focus International, a defector news service that relies upon unnamed sources within the North, claimed that in April the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party, formally North Korea’s highest leadership body, had issued an internal decree: “Abandon the Chinese Dream!” The alleged document condemns China as a corrupt economy and a “bad neighbor,” and calls for “amplify[ing] the...

[국내] Diplomatic Security Implications of North Korean Troop Deployment to Russia

...liberalization of the Federation of Russia’s territory.” Even if troops from North Korea were observed participating in multiple battlefields of the Ukraine-Russia War, neither the North Korean Leadership nor the Kremlin officially acknowledged this fact. Nevertheless, the initiation of the second Trump administration prompted dialogues aimed at the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, while Russia...

[국내] 코로나19 위기를 활용한 북한의 체제 강화 동향

...system, diluting the failures of Kim Jongun's diplomacy and economic policies, and making up for his damaged leadership. North Korea is strengthening social control by creating a sense of crisis continuously, enacting an emergency quarantine law, strengthening the functions of Department of Party Discipline and Inspection, and characterizing the COVID-19 outbreak as a “serious national project of people's...

[국내] 김정은시대 ‘수령 우상화’ 실태 분석

...progressed institutionally and contently through the formalization and strengthening of the party-state system during the Kim Jong-un era. He pursued the position of leader of absolute authority with the party centered governance structure and regularized system. This is the stage to show off the leadership status of the predecessor class and focus on strengthening the system's unique monolithic governance...

[국내] 김정은정권 구축과정과 향후 관심 포인트

...the monolithic leadership system. In addition, Kim Jong-un's party leadership system and state leadership system were supported by law and institution through the revision of the party rules and constitution. In terms of the governing system, while the party leadership system was the center of the monolithic leadership system, Kim Jong-un's orders and orders through party leadership agencies were carried...