[학술논문] The Organizational Life: Daily Surveillance and Daily Resistance in North Korea
...Every adult in North Korea has to be a participant in a multitude of rituals that serve a dual purpose of surveillance and indoctrination. In this article, we describe how the organizational life is arranged and also explain the ways it contributes to maintaining the domestic stability of North Korea and to manufacturing consent for the current regime. The study is based largely on refugee interviews.
[학술논문] Planning for North Korean Collapse: Military Missions and Requirements
...into horizontal tiers. Stability forces would advance upward into the first tier from South Korea, stabilize that tier, and subsequently advance upward into the next tier. Because of the danger of anarchy in Pyongyang and the northern part of the country while the stability force works its way northward, this effort should be complemented by a second element in which stability forces move into North...
[학술논문] Ieodo as Metaphor? The Growing Importance of Sovereignty Disputes in South Korea–China Relations and the Role of the United States
Territorial sovereignty disputes are taking on increasing importance for South Korea–China relations over the past decade as concerns about regime stability in China and North Korea deepen, as Chinese foreign policy becomes more assertive, and as South Korea reacts to these developments. Analyzing such disputes is important for understanding how the bilateral relationship is evolving. Some of...
[학술논문] Kim Jong-un’s North Korea: What Should We Expect?
In the short run, one should not expect any significant change in Pyongyang. The North Korean leaders will continue diplomatic maneuvers aimed at extracting foreign aid, and they will stubbornly avoid domestic reforms and will not consider denuclearization. All these policies might be annoying and even dangerous to the outside world, but from the point of view of North Korea leaders, such things make
[학술논문] The UN’s Human Rights Policy towards North Korea: The Limit of the Neoliberal Approach
...Korea needs an outside “Two-track engagement” to enhance Human Rights for its people because the regime has a systemic limit. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) takes advantage of repression and violence as an instrument to secure the regime’s stability. Major North Korea’s Human Rights issues which are reflected in the UN Human Rights Resolutions are related...