[뉴스] Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives

A growing number of the nation’s top tech firms have hired remote information technology workers, only to discover that the employees were actually North Korean cyber operatives.

[사회/문화] 레트로, 뉴트로, 테크노-문학예술로 본 북한사회

이 책은 2022년 통일부 후원으로 열린 ‘남북한문학예술연구회’의 학술대회 ‘테크놀로지, 인민의 일상, 대중의 욕망: 문학예술로 본 김정은 시대의 풍경’에서 시작되었다. 영상 언어, ICT 기반 콘텐츠, 테크놀로지를 통해 첨단의 과학기술을 욕망하는 김정은 시대의 풍경을 살펴보는 시도였고 이는 2023년 동국대 북학한연구소의 학술대회의 주제 발표 ‘레트로, 뉴트로, 테크노’로 이어졌다. 김정은 시대 북한의 문학예술에 나타난 회귀와 전통의 활용, 첨단과 기술 그리고 사회주의 윤리에 대한 고민을 담은 논문들이 발표되었고 두 학술대회의 성과를 모으고 최근의 연구를 더해 이 책 『레트로, 뉴트로, 테크노: 문학예술로 본 북한 사회』를 내놓는다. 1부 ‘레트로’에서는 사회주의 전통 속에서 북한적인 것이 만들어지는 과정과...

[지리/관광] North Korea: What we know about the world's most isolated country (Paperback)

...world's most isolated state. Drawing on the three pillars of North Korean analysis-the vital testimony of defectors, the careful deconstruction of state propaganda, and the unblinking eye of satellite technology-it pieces together a puzzle from which most pieces are deliberately hidden, offering a grounded look at the complex realities behind the headlines. Journeying from the country's historical roots...

[경제/과학] 신남북경제협력 기업전략

...다룹니다. 제1장에서 오종문 박사는 ‘한반도 국내외 정세변화 영향’에서 한반도의 정세 변화와 글로벌 경제 흐름 속에서 남북교역의 역사적 의의와 잠재력을 재조명합니다. 특히, 남북 간 교역이 평화와 번영을 촉진하는 핵심 동력임을 강조합니다. 제2장에서 김종경 이사는 ‘글로벌 신산업 현황과 신남북경제협력 기회’에서 디지털 전환, 재생 가능 에너지, 바이오테크놀로지 등 신성장 동력을 중심으로 남북경제협력이 창출할 수 있는 기회를 탐구합니다. 제2부 남북경제협력 재개 환경 및 사례 분석을 위해 제3장에서 장영주 박사는 ‘북한의 지역거점 개발식 경제개방정책과 남북경협’에서 북한의 지역 거점 개발 정책과 동북아 개발협력의 상징거점으로 라선경제무역지대를 예로 들면서 신남북경제협력에 주는 시사점을 제시했습니다. 제4장에서...

[학술논문] An Unexpected Link between Export Sanctions and Cyberespionage

...significant interest in both export controls and cyberespionage, the link between them remains understudied. This article argues that when export controls restrict a target country's access to advanced technology, it may resort to cyberespionage as a workaround. A 2SRI analysis of 747,716 directed dyad-year cases from 2001 to 2020 shows that countries under export sanctions are more likely to conduct cyberespionage...

[학술논문] Strategic Costs and Russia’s Shifting Calculus on Nuclear Assistance to North Korea

Is Russia likely to provide sensitive nuclear assistance to North Korea? Drawing on the strategic theory of nuclear proliferation, this article explains why Moscow withheld such assistance for four decades and why the structural conditions that underpinned that policy have now eroded. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union restrained North Korea’s nuclear program because proliferation would have undermined

[학술논문] 김정은 시기 북한 정치축제 재현방식의 변화: 미디어 야외공연을 중심으로

...왔다. 이 글에서는 정치축제를 극장국가 북한이 창안해낸 독특한 자기재현 방식의 하나로 간주하고, 김정은 시기에 접어들어 그 재현 양상이 어떻게 변화해 왔는지를 미디어, 주체, 공간의 세 가지 측면에서 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 발견한 세 가지 특징적 양상을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 뉴미디어를 이용한 새로운 자기재현 방식의 등장이다. 2020년 첨단 테크놀로지를 적용한 <빛나는 조국>이 등장한 이후 <아리랑> 공연은 과거형이 되었다. 국가주의적 이념과 첨단 과학기술을 ‘빛’으로 시각화한 조명축전 <빛의 조화>는 미디어파사드 영상과 인민들의 핸드폰을 통해 평양의 야경을 화려하게 물들였다. 이는 인민을 대규모로 동원하는 과거 대집단체조의 노동집약적 축제 형태로부터 뉴미디어를 이용한...

[학술논문] North Korean Research Institutes for Plant Resourcesand the Actual Conditions of Their Agricultural Usage

...the National Academy of Science, Central Information Agency for Science and Technology (CIAST) has built up a database system integrating all the science technology data to provide scientific and technological information. The major universities of North Korea include Kim Il-sung University, Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang Agricultural College, and Wonsan Agricultural College, and an agricultural...

[학술논문] The Effects of the US-China Trade Conflict on South Korea

...country relies on the US with respect to its security. The trade war is likely to negatively affect its economy, although it may supply an opportunity for South Korea due to the US restrictions on technology transfer to China. The impact on South Korea’s security is likely to be limited, considering that the two countries are unlikely to cooperate to denuclearize North Korea, as was the case before....

[해외] Tracing Russian Linkages in North Korea’s Expanding Nuclear Complex

...experience fighting in Russia and exposure to drone warfare and tactics. Since the invasion of Ukraine, the scale of cooperation has come to mirror that of a full-fledged military alliance details about technology transfers and the full extent of cooperation remain opaque. A growing body of indicators, however, suggests that Moscow may be playing a larger role in Pyongyang’s military and nuclear modernization...

[해외] North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons and Missile Programs

...The U.S. Forces Korea commander said in April 2025 that in return for North Korea's assistance in its war against Ukraine, "Russia is expanding sharing of space, nuclear, and missile-applicable technology, expertise, and materials to the DPRK." A trilateral statement of the United States, South Korea, and Japan reiterates their "steadfast commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea...

[해외] Should Japan change its approach to North Korean denuclearization?

...between Russia and North Korea, and strengthening military relations between China and Russia. In particular, expanding Russia-North Korea military ties—potentially involving troop deployments and technology transfers—poses a complex security threat that could enhance North Korea’s conventional and strategic capabilities. As noted in Japan’s 2025 Defense White Paper, these developments are increasingly...

[해외] North Korea’s 20×10 Policy and the Challenges of Regional Development

...projects in 20 cities and counties each year over a 10-year period, first focusing on light-industry factories, but later expanding to include hospitals, grain-management facilities, and science- and technology-related infrastructure. Kim’s regional development model sets out to reduce the gap between Pyongyang and the provinces, improve the quality of living conditions, and create 200 economic prosperity...

[해외] North Korea as It Is: The Case for a Cold Peace

...Korea’s provision of thousands of combat troops, millions of rounds of ammunition, and hundreds of ballistic missiles in support of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Moscow is helping Pyongyang surmount the technology hurdles that prevent Kim from building the nuclear arsenal of his dreams. Since the potential nuclear threat emerged in the early 1990s, the United States’ North Korea strategy across seven presidential...