[해외자료] Beyond the Ballot: Analysis and Implications of the South Korean General Election in 2024

The South Korean parliamentary election was everything it was hyped up to be, except for the result. With the conservative ruling party adding just five seats, the People Power Party (PPP) fell short of their desired 110+ seats, which would have been a face-saving loss for the leadership.

[해외자료] No Launch Activity in Advance of Inter-Korean Summit

...absence of any parked vehicular traffic and human activity suggests compliance with the leadership’s declaration, coming out of theThird Plenary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Partylast week, to halt missile and nuclear testing during this period of...

[학술논문] 북한 최고지도자 헌법적 지위·권한 변동에 관한 연구: 주석-국방위원장-국무위원장의 지위·권한 교차비교를 중점으로

...also Kim Il Sung (President). The preface to the Constitution states that it is “Kim Il Sung - Kim Jong Il Constitution,” but it seems safe to call it “Kim Jong Un Constitution.” This upgrade of Kim Jong Un's constitutional status and authority in 2019 fully predicted the change (rise) of Kim Jong Un's party status at the 8th Party Congress held in January this year.

[학위논문] 북한 로동당 규약과 헌법의 관계 연구

이 연구는 조선로동당 규약과 북한 헌법의 관계를 사회주의 당이론과 법이론에 비추어 법적·규범론적 관점에서 규명하려는 시도이다. 이 관계의 해석은 현상의 영역이 아닌 당위의 영역이기 때문이다. 구체적으로 이 양자를 위계의 관계, 즉 상하 규범의 관계로 볼 수 있는지를 분석하고자 한다. 기존 연구는 조선로동당의 국가 및 사회에 대한 영도원칙을 근거로, 당 규약이 헌법보다 상위 규범이라고 인식하는 경향이 있다. 당 영도원칙은 맑스-레닌으로 이어지는 사회주의 혁명이론을 현실에 적용하면서 구축된 것으로 헌법 명문화와 관계없이 사회주의를 지향하는 체제의 기본원리이다. 사회주의 국가들은 이념적으로 공산주의가 실현될 때까지 혁명의 과정에 있는 것으로 간주한다. 따라서 사회주의 혁명 이후에도 당이 혁명계급의

[학위논문] 북한 정치사회화 과정으로서 교육의 특성과 변화 분석 : 김정일과 김정은 시기 비교를 중심으로

...remained party-centered. Policies were characterized by abstract rhetoric, which may have been difficult to justify in the absence of tangible policy outcomes. Kim Jong-il sought to use the military as a key group in national security and the economy, and the discourse of economic development was framed around abstract rhetoric such as spirit and unity. Under Kim Jong-un, the role of the party was re-emphasized...

[현안분석] IFANS FORECAST 2016

...of the Party-Centered Monolithic Ruling System The Kim Jong-un regime will be entering into its fifth year in 2016 and is expected to seek further consolidation of the Kim’s sole leadership under a party-state system by taking the opportunity of convening the 7th Congress of the Korean Workers’ Party in May or October, the first party congress in 36 years, to restore the party’s...

[현안분석] Analysis of North Korean Top Leadership’s Public Activities from December 2023 to February 2024

...analyzes public activities of the members of the Political Bureau (Politburo) Standing Committee of the Workers’ Party, including Kim Jong-un, from December 2023 to February 2024. Additionally, it compares their public activities during the following periods before and after the 8th Party Congress: December 2020 to February 2021, December 2021 to February 2022, and December 2022 to February 2023.