[학술논문] She Sells, He Guards: The Gendered Family Economy in Post-Famine North Korea

...investigates how women became primary income earners by sustaining family-based market activities in the absence of a functioning state infrastructure. Far from dismantling patriarchal norms, these gendered survival practices reproduce traditional hierarchies. Women’s caregiving, emotional, and income-generating labor is symbolically converted to elevate male prestige within both the household and society. The...

[학술논문] 『세기와 더불어』에 서술된 북한 민족해방운동사 인식의 변화상과 함의

...toward South Korea. North Korea have nothing to do but carry out the policy on the defensive instead of last policy on the viewpoint of the ‘united front ’ because of attaining their goals of survival strategy of political system. With a view to embracing change of policy toward South Korea, The North Korea justify enhancing relations of South Korea by the means of nationalism. Second, This book has...

[학술논문] 조중연합사(朝中聯合司)가 '조선인민군' 재편성에 미친 영향

...making his political power indisputable. The “Military" functioned for him rather an instrument for keeping his own political power internally, than an protecting force ensuring the sovereignty and survival of the national state externally. He succeeded to make the NKPA loyal to protect his own political status. On the other hand, Kim Il-sung was more dependent on the soviet side to keep a balance against...

[학위논문] 북한당국의 인민반 기능 활용 변화상 연구 : 통제와 협력의 이중 전략

...stability. However, challenges such as food shortages, marketization, and information inflows pose potential threats to their effectiveness. Thus, continuous observation of Inminban’s role in sustaining the regime, alongside in-depth research on the limitations revealed by changing circumstances, is essential to understanding North Korea’s strategies for regime survival and future policy directions."

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

...declaration measures reflected a transactional approach to its nuclear assets. The second phase(August 2008-December 2011) marked a transition toward viewing nuclear weapons as essential to regime survival. This shift was 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...

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

...has abandoned its efforts to improve ties with the United States, and returned to the uncompromising nuclear weapon development strategy it had implemented until the end of 2017. Meanwhile North Korea is consolidating its relations with China and Russia to secure survival in the face of protracted conflict with the US. A shift in North Korea’s external policy may have been attributed to the following...

[국내] 김정은 정권의 국방력 강화와 우리의 대응방향

...self-reliance policy, with no other option but to localize raw materials and recycle resources. Becoming a military power through nuclear development is the “sword of justice” that guarantees the survival of the North Korean regime. Kim Jong-un enhanced the capacity of talent in the defense sector and provided top privileges and R&D conditions for a “new leap forward” in defense science and technology...

[국내] Understanding North Korea’s Nuclear Possession Strategies: A Comprehensive Analysis and Outlook

...to realize its seadfast pursuit of the official recognition of a nuclear arms state. The study seeks to unravel how the regime leverages nuclear weaponary in its external dealings to ensure regime survival, and to prognosticate its future maneuvers in this regard. To achieve its objectives, the study first evaluates the Kim Jong-un regime’s interpretation of recent developments on the Korean Peninsula...