Samantha Garcia
Factors to Successful Defection
In 2023, only 196 defectors in total entered South Korea, only 18% of the total defectors who entered the South Korean borders in 2019.1 The
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Donggyu Alfred Han
What made Pyongyang close down diplomatic missions? North Korea’s Economic Diplomacy and Ambition of ‘Normal State’
Today, North Korea is facing a transitional period as it decides on a new strategy for economic diplomacy and its broader diplomatic agenda.
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Alex Vega
The 21st Century Mongol Conquest: Peace Mediator in the Korean Peninsula?
Introduction With each headline, North Korea’s image as an isolated state which is led by a rogue regime, is reinforced within the...
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Ethan Strickler
The Blob and US North Korea Policy
North Korea has been the subject of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions since their first nuclear test on October 9th, 2006,...
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Haewon Son, NKR Intern
North Korea's Efforts to Create Sports for the Disabled: A Shift in Human Rights Strategy?
Photo Credit: Global Blessing Homepage North Korea, a country often associated with a disturbing record on human rights, was found to...
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Soyoung Kwon, YINKS Researcher
An International Perspective on Human Security of North Korean Refugee Women
North Korean women on the streets of Pyongyang, Oct. 2018 | Image: NK News Written by Kwon, Soyoung for the Yonsei Institute for North...
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Bernhard Seliger
Disasters and Disaster Management in North Korea in Practice– the Situation in Mid-2022
While international aid has slowed, North Korea continues to suffer devastating natural disasters.
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Elizabeth Campbell, NKR Intern
Hotels & Tourist Infrastructure in North Korea
While NK may have solved some of the problems related to travelers, there is still much to be done to ensure their safety and comfort.
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Ryu Kyunga
North Korea’s Climate & Food Crises
No longer simply an external issue, DPRK has come to view climate change as an existential threat directly tied to the lives of its people.
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Kwon, Soyoung
America’s East Asian Security Strategy & North Korean Public Diplomacy
Has the Korean peninsula been pushed to the sidelines in the wake of restructured U.S. Asian security policy and Sino-U.S. competition?
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