[북한] Yes, North Korea is preparing for war — in Ukraine and the Middle East

...com/world/2024/01/19/north-korea-war-kim-jong-un/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" target="_blank"preparing for waron the Korean Peninsula. But there’s another, more plausible explanation for the despot’s behavior — that he is focused on helping his friends in Russia (and Iran) win the wars they are already in. For the West, that is the newest and fastest-growing threat from the country.

[해외자료] North Korea’s Covert Alliance With Iran Aligned Militias in the Middle East

... the Palestinian militant group’s use of North Korean military technology. On October 16, Israeli Ambassador to South Korea Akiva Torexpressed concernthat Hamas had used North Korean weapons against Israel and vowed to destroy North Korean weapons stocks in the Gaza...

[학술논문] The Dilemma of the “Axis of Evil”: The Rise and Fall of Iran–DPRK Relations

This research examines the international relations between North Korea ( the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK) and Iran in the context of their shared perception of a threat from the United States. We discuss the conventional idea of the international relationship— the enemy of my enemy is my ally—to explain Pyongyang–Tehran relations, evaluate its past and current...

[현안분석] 이스라엘의 핵문턱에 대한 위협 연구

.../ This study assesses the increased risk of nuclear weapons use by Israel in the Middle East in a context of growing nuclear instability, and analyzes the threat by examining the nuclear threshold- the point at which Israel would use nuclear weapons. Israel's nuclear threshold, which maintains a policy of nuclear ambiguity, was refined based on scholarly research. The facilitating and deterrent...

[학술논문] Multiple Types of Security Threats in East Asia: Regional Hegemonic Challenge and Japan’s Remilitarization

... theory as a basis for the theoretical structure while presenting its limits to draw a more suitable framework for the current security condition in East Asia. After that, three cases of China, Russia, and North Korea in recent years are examined to see whether the security condition in East Asia fits the condition of crisis described by the theoretical argument. It is revealed that they represent...

[현안분석] Europe’s Defense Revival: What’s at Stake for South Korea

...rising geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, South Korea has emerged as a viable alternative to more traditional suppliers offering cost-effective military sales. European countries targeted by Seoul’s defense exports already include Poland, Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Slovakia, Czechia, and the UK. The Yoon administration has been pursuing an...

[현안분석] IFANS Forecast 2024

... model for the time being instead of pushing to maximize trade with China. In Kim Jong-un’s early years in power, middle-class bureaucrats, affiliated with moneyed elites called Donju - “masters of money” in the private sector, established a mechanism of making private gains. However, if the Kim regime’s tightening of state control continues after the lifting of border closure...