Song, Kyungho
Post-2000s Trends in South Korean Research of North Korean Human Rights
Written by Song, Kyungho for the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies. Translated by NKR Intern Samuel Dodge. Original Korean...
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Lars Erik Dahl Johansen
The driving forces behind North Korea’s nuclear policy – a neoclassical realist perspective
Kim Jong-un has once again vowed to advance North Korea (DPRK)’s nuclear capabilities, confirming the failure of the denuclearization...
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Liang Tuang Nah, PhD
Challenging Pyongyang’s Propaganda Discourse
Synopsis: Pyongyang claims that Washington is impeding North Korean progress and is a prime threat, but that does not mean bombastic...
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Seung Yeon Chung, NKR Intern
The Roots of Capitalism in North Korea
There is no doubt that North Koreans are now living in a capitalistic society. As of 2018, there were at least 435 officially sanctioned...
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Seung-chan Boo, YINKS Researcher
Reduction of USFK and the Direction of the ROK-US Alliance Transformation
Translated by NKR Intern Se-Young Hwang On July 14th, 1950, as the situation turned unfavorable during the Korean War, then-president...
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Carmen Choong, NKR Intern
North Korean Childhood? An Interview with Dr. Christoper Richardson
Pictured on both national propaganda and the human rights posters of Western media, the children of North Korea fulfill an important...
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Sung-bae Kim, YINKS Researcher
“Postwar” and “liberation” of Korea-Japan relations, and International Politics
There are views of “postwar Korea-Japan relations” setting 1945 as the universal standard. War has always been a critical issue in human...
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Dr. Sangit Sarita Dwivedi
Korean Peninsula Politics in the Context of North Korean Nuclear Disarmament: A Change of Paradigm
North Korea has pursued a nuclear weapons program, assembled and exported ballistic missiles, sponsored terrorist acts, and posed a...
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S. Scholten, NKR Intern
How does North Korea Rate in Research Collaboration and Publishing of Results?
In recent years, there have been several studies conducted on the state of North Korean collaborative research, mostly focused on...
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Sumi Jeon, YINKS Researcher
Seeking 'Korea as a Whole'
Translated by NKR Intern Seung Yeon Chung On April 27th, 2018, there was a historical moment in which the leaders of both Koreas shook...
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