Articles

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North Korea, Jim Jones, and the Peoples Temple Cult: Deciphering their Web of Mutual Intentions within Guyana

Nicholas J.S. Miller

 

Framing the Trump-Kim Summit: A Corpus-Based Comparative Analysis of U.S. and U.K. News Discourses

Miri Moon

 

A Comprehensive Analysis of Indian Foreign Policy towards The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Vishal Singh Bhadauriya (Corresponding author), Violina Sarmah, Rana Abhyendra Singh

 

The North Korea-Russia Strategic Partnership and Moscow-Washington Great Power Rivalry in a Regional Security Context

Anthony V. Rinna

 

Renaissance, Reset, or Deluge? The Future of Japan-South Korea Relations under the Lee Jae-myung administration as Seoul and Tokyo navigate the strategic realities of U.S.-China strategic competition

Stephen Nagy

 

The Impact of Russia–North Korea “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” on China–North Korea Relations

Ranjit Kumar Dhawan

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Articles

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Beyond Compliance: The Dynamics of North Korea’s Participation in the Universal Periodic Review

Junhyoung Lee

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New Voices, New Partners: Assessing the Change in Civil Society Engagement with North Korea’s UN Universal Periodic Review After the Commission of Inquiry

C.J. Simons

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The Dynamics of Indonesia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Diplomatic Relations

Septain Bagus & Yokie Rahmad Isjchwansyah

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Reassessing North Korea’s Evolving Cyber Threat and South Korea’s Countermeasures

Heylyung Yun

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Losing to Enemy Broadcasts: A Comparative Study of North Korea with the Former East Germany

Esther Eui-Gyeong Kim​​​​​

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Articles

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Is Unification the Only Option?  South Korean Support for Unification versus Peaceful Coexistence

Timothy S. Rich, Serena White, & Katrina Fjeld

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The Displacement of North Korean Orphans to Eastern Europe between 1952-1958: Romania, Hungary, Poland

Ana Ungureanu

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North Korea’s Concept of Human Rights and Its Characteristics: An LDA-NLP Analysis on the CHRRA Report and Rodong Sinmun

Kyungho Song

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Development of social(ist) healthcare in North Korea in the Cold War

Natalia Matveeva

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One Day, One Night: Changes in the economy and film industry

Immanuel Kim

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Articles

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The Spaces In-Between: The Impact of Remittances on North Korean Mobility and Border Economy

Queralt Boadella-Prunell

 

Special Section

First Ladies of the DPRK: Categorizing the Roles of Kim Family Women Throughout North Korean History

Elizabeth Campbell

 

Navigating North Korea's Identity: A Cultural Theory Examination of Naming Practices and Implications for Engagement with the DPRK
Zoe Rebecca Stephens (周一)

 

Children at the Center of Society: Prospects for the Study of Childhood in North Korea

Bianca Trifoi

 

Security Dilemma's Shadow: Historical Analysis of North Korea's Nuclear Motivations during the 1950s-1960s 

Wooyun Jo

 

Commentary Essay

The Pyongyang-Moscow Security Nexus – Ultimately Not What It Seems

Liang Tuang Nah

 

Articles

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Digital Capital of North Korean Refugees: A Comparative Study of South Korean Citizens and North Korean Refugees 

Ho Youn Ko & Kyungmin Baek  

 

Protest Prevention, North Korean Style: A Multifactor Comparative Analysis of the DPRK, Romania, and Albania at ​the ​Cold War’s ​E​nd 

Esther Eui-Gyeong Kim  

 

The Bipolarity Paradox: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications of the Strengthening China-Russia ‘Quasi-Alliance’ for the Korean Peninsula 

Lyle Goldstein & Vitaly Kozyrev 

 

Thinking About the Unthinkable: North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Towards China 

Diana Y. Myers 

 

Barriers to Resettlement Success Among North Koreans: A Public Health Issue 

Hami Kang 

 

Articles

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“Ignorantly Arrogant Souls”: Looking Back at U.S./UN Control Over North Korea in the Autumn of 1950

Adam Cathcart and Luke Thrumble

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The Language of Dynasty: Quantitative Discourse Analysis of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, and Kim Jong-un, 1930–2020

Lawrence Kuznar

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The Pragmatic Nationalist: Assessing Japan’s North Korea Policy Under Abe Shinzō

Oliver Jia

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The Role of Economic Sanctions in Promoting North Korea’s Denuclearization
Revisited

Man Feung Yeung

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Public Diplomacy with North Korea: Reviewing a Policy Proposal

David Hall

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Commentary Essays

 

North Korean Hackers: Vigilance Against Better Than Underestimation Of

Liang Tuang Nah

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A Preemptive Strike: Will It Resolve the North Korean Nuclear Standoff?

Changsop Pyon, Suk Hi Kim, and Min Xu

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Articles

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Distant Friends? Twenty Years of Brazil–DPRK Diplomatic Relations (2001–2021)

Danilo Marcondes

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Why the Stalemate? A Critical Analysis of the South Korean Government’s Policy Approach to the North Korean Abductions of South Koreans

Monica Jeong

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Consumption Without Capitalism: The Growth of Indirect Advertising in North Korean Film and Television

Rose Adams

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Power Asymmetry and Nonproliferation: North Korea’s Perspective

Daniel Mitchum

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Xi Jinping’s North Korea Policy: Efforts to Balance as a Norm-Based Great Power While Pursuing Its Interests

Yongsoon Kim and Jangho Kim

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Articles

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Evolutionary Patterns in the Institution of Political Officers in the North Korean Army:

Coup-Proofing vs. Military Effectiveness

Fyodor Tertitskiy

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Globalizing the DPRK? Domestic Developments and Cultural Globalization in North Korean Cuisine

Katariina Flinck

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The Trump-Kim “Ripeness” Paradox and the Problematic “Precipitants”

Jalel Ben Haj Rehaiem

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Digital Joseon: Digital Transformation Under North Korea’s Five-Year Plan

Jonathan Lim

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Commentary Essays

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North Korea’s Latest Missile Provocations Are Not Strategically Worrying

Liang Tuang Nah

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Unfinished Business: The Implementation of U.S. Nonproliferation Engagement Toward North Korea

César Rodrigues

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t’s Been “Groundhog Day” on the Korean Peninsula for Over 70 Years

Michael Baker

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Articles

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Deviant Cases and Near-Miss Crises: Locating North Korea in the Asian Peace 

Van Jackson

The Ties That Bond? Attitudinal Factors Influencing South Korean Support for Unification and Peaceful Coexistence​

Madelynn Einhorn and Timothy S. Rich

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Let Them Eat Potatoes: Communism, Famine and the Case of North Korea

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein

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Socialist Fraternalism or Socialist Realism? State Survival Versus Ideological Goals as Motivating Factors Behind North Korean Diplomacy Toward Other Socialist States

Jude Rowley

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The Kim Il-sung Discourse as a Modern Myth: The Classical Mythic Format and Ego-Oriented Modernity

Hye-sin Yun

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Articles

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Between Market Socialism and the New Man: Cuban and North Korean Economic Discourse in the 1960s

Moe Taylor

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City Profile of Pyongyang 3.0: Inside Out

Pavel P. Em, Peter Ward, Jelena Prokopljevic, Liudmila V. Zakharova and Alek Sigley

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Staying the Course: Denuclearization and Path Dependence in the U.S.'s North Korea Policy

Kimberly Peh and Soul Park

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"This Is Iran, Not North Korea": Conflicting Images of the DPRK in Iranian Public Discourse

Balázs Szalontai

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Commentary Essays

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Aid to North Korea: A Survey of Open Source Data 

Becky Christofferson and Stephan Haggard

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In Quest of "the North Korean Human": Reza Amirkhani in the Wonderland

Hossein Nazari and Reza Amirkhani

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Yanggak Island Discs: Seeing and hearing North Korea Through Eight Songs

Peter Moody and James Banfill

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Articles

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North Korea's Knowledge Economy and Foreign Direct Investment

Alexander Kriebitz

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Economic Development Under Kim Jong-un: The added Value of Traffic Data and Established Indicators in the Study of North Korea's Economy

Maximilian Ernst and Eliana Kim

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The Green Paradox: A Key Catalyst for Inter-Governmental Organizations' Environmental Assistance to North Korea

JeongWon Bourdais Park and Jacklin Suji Lee

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Psychological Distancing Toward North Korean Refugees Under Republic of Korea–Style Unification: Recommendations and Ways Forward 

Carter Matherly​

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Commentary Essays

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Are They Paying attention? A Survey Analysis of South Korean Attention to North Korea

Madelynn Einhorn and Timothy S. Rich

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The 1956 August Plenum Incident: An Historiographical Analysis

David Hall

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Exporting North Korean Food Culture and Cuisines 

Tai Wei Lim

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Special Feature

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The Assessment of President Donald Trump's North Korean Policy

Suk Hi Kim​

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Articles

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Diplomacy Among Comrades: North Korea's Relations with the Eastern European "Fraternal Countries," 1960-1964, in the Context of the Sino-Soviet Split

Natalia Matveeva

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Between Economic Reform and Support of an "Independent National Economy": Special Economic Zones in North Korea

Théo Clément

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Understanding the "Socialist Tourism" of North Korea Under Kim Jong Un: An Analysis of North Korean Discourse

Dean J. Ouellette

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Trump's "Madman" Game in North Korea and the Pakistan Model

Jalel Ben Haj Rehaiem​

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Commentary Essays

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Trump and Kim Jung Un: Climbing the Diplomatic Ladder

Leif-Eric Easley

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The Unresolved Korean Border, the Polarized Meta-Nation  and the North Korean Problem

Valérie Gelézeau

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How Economic Sanctions Discourage the Prospect of Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (and What Might Help)

Surachanee Sriyai

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ARTICLES

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Learning to Share? A Cold War Solution for Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula

Daniel Connolly and Alexander M. Hynd

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Kim Jung-Un's Change of Stance: North Korea's Rapprochement for Peace in 2018

Annisa Pratamasari

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The More Avid Historian? A Comparison Between Kim Jong-Il's and Kim Jong-Un's Uses and Usage Rates of the Korean War as a Heuristic in KCNA, 1998-2018

Dan Aum

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A Cautionary Report: Resilience of the U.S.-ROK Alliance During the Pro-North Korea Engagement Era of Progressive Rule in South Korea

David Shin

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COMMENTARY ESSAYS

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The Prisoner's Dilemma and the U.S.-DPRK Summit in Vietnam

Liang Tuang Nah

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North Korea's Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Program

Tai Wei Lim

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SPECIAL FOCUS ARTICLES

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From Balancing to Bandwagoning: Evaluating the Impact of the Sanction Regime on North Korea–Africa Relationships 

Virginie Grzelczyk

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Source Triangulation as an Instrument of Research on North Korea

Er-Win Tan

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The FIFA World Cup, International Friendship and the “Mystery Men of the East”: When Middlesbrough Fell in Love with North Korea

Tosh Warwick

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Determinants of Aid Modalities: A Case of South Korea on Triangular Cooperation and Its Implication Toward North Korea

Sojin Lim

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Examining Attitude Functions of North Korean Cultural Propaganda

Carter Matherly

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COMMENTARY ESSAY

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North Korea’s “Endgame”: Peaceful Two-State Solution or Coercive Unification?

Matthias Maass

ARTICLES

 

The Concerns and Potential of North Korean Defector Students’ Education: Teachers’ Perceptions at “A Alternative School”

Jin Ah Kim and Sung-Sang Yoo

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Urbanization in North Korea: An Outline of Its Peculiarities and an Estimation of Its Real Rate

Pavel P. Em

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Changes in the North Korean Welfare System: A Comparison of the Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un Eras

Min Kichae and Ko Hyejin

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Cold War Stasis: Past and Continuing Problems in the Normalization of Japan–North Korea Relations

Anthony DiFilippo

 

COMMENTARY ESSAYS

 

Singapore as Aspiration: Making Further Use of the City-State to Engage North Korea

Andray Abrahamian

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The Singapore Summit Joint Statement: An Incremental Movement Toward Peace on the Korean Peninsula

Jonathan Lim

ARTICLES

 

Securitizing Cooperation: Nuclear Politics and Inter-Korean Relations

Marco Milani

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Socializing a Nuclear North Korea: Human Security in Northeast Asia

Markus Bell and Geoffrey Fattig

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Dramatic Political Change in North Korea: Human Flight and Regional Stability

Bridget L. Coggins

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Conditional Security: The Neoliberal Subjectification of North Koreans in South Korea

Sarah Bregman

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The North Korean Regime, Domestic Instability and Foreign Policy

Joonbum Bae

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Why Expanded North Korean Sanctions Fail

Colonel Robert S. Renfro II

 

COMMENTARY ESSAY

 

More Than Regime Survival

Patrick McEachern

ARTICLES

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Unique or Common? The Kim Jong-un Regime and Modern Authoritarianism

Bon Sang Koo

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Inter-Korean Integration Mirrored in Division Films: Changing Collective Emotion in South Korea toward Inter-Korean Integration

Lee Woo-Young & Kim Myoung-Shin

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The Political Logic of Economic Backwardness in North Korea

Francis Schortgen

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SPECIAL FEATURES

 

North Korean Human Rights Abuses and Their Consequences

Gregory W. Ulferts & Terry L. Howard

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COMMENTARY ESSAYS

 

ASEAN and North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Programs

Liang Tuang Nah​

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Pyongyang, Propaganda & Postage Stamps

Mark Sommer

ARTICLES

 

Bullying or Reciprocity? Predominant Pattern of Behaviour between the United States and North Korea

Jan Blinka & Zdeněk Kříž

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Cooperation and Limitations of China’s Sanctions on North Korea: Perception, Interest, and Institutional Environment

Kihyun Lee & Jangho Kim

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The Paradox of North Korea’s Nuclear diplomacy: Insights from Conflict Transformation Theory

Christoph Bluth

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Political, Social, and Economic Inequality in North Korea

Zachary Patterson

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COMMENTARY ESSAYS

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Reasons for a Policy of Engagement with North Korea: The Role of China

Suk Hi Kim

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North Korea’s Nuclear Tests and Sino-US Cooperation

Keyou Gong

ARTICLES

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Discovering Mineralogical Terrains and Landscapes of North Korean and Soviet Development, 1945-1950 in the Captured Documents Collection

Robert Winstanley-Chesters

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Income among North Korean Refugees in South Korea: A Longitudinal Survey

Jin-Won Noh, Young Dae Kwon, and Shieun Yu

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Small-Power Diplomacy in Northeast Asia: Mongolian-North Korean Relations During the Cold War, 1948–1989

Balázs Szalontai

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A Quantitative Study of the North Korean Informal Sector Using Night-Time Lights Satellite Imagery

Maximilian Ernst & Roman Jurowetzki

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SPECIAL FEATURES

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Anything Could Happen: Newly Declassified CIA Documents Tell an Entirely Different North Korea 'Pueblo Incident' Story

Bill Streifer

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COMMENTARY ESSAYS

 

Investing in the World’s Most Isolated Country: Challenges Faced by Chinese Private Investors in North Korea

YaoHui Wang

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Differing Approaches to Non-Traditional Security and Impediments to Interstate Cooperation in North Korea-Russia Bilateral Relations

Anthony V. Rinna

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Difficulties in Gathering and Understanding Intelligence about North Korea

Stephan Blancke

ARTICLES

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Nutrition and Health in North Korea: What's New, What's Changed and Why It Matters

Hazel Smith  ***CORRECTION***

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Between Politics and Economics in Seoul's North Korea Policy

Kevin Gray

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War Politics, Visuality and Governmentality in South Korea

Henry Em

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China's Nuclear-Armed Proxy-North Korea: Hostile Surrogacies and Rational Security Adjustments

Shepherd Iverson

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SPECIAL FEATURES

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Time to Think Outside the Box: A Proposal to Achieve Denuclearization by Prioritizing the China-DPRK Relationship

Lyle J. Goldstein

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COMMENTARY ESSAYS

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North Korea's Fourth Nuclear Test: More Bark ... and More Bite?

Andrew O'Neil

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Looking Past the Saber Rattling of Pyongyang's Fourth Nuclear Test

Liang Tuang Nah

ARTICLES

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Socio-Economic Change in the DPRK and Korean Security Dilemmas

The Implications for International Policy

Rüdiger Frank

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The Kim Dynasty and North- East Asian Security: Breaking the Cycle of Crises?

Virginie Grzelczyk

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Unity, Division and Ideational Security on the Korean Peninsula: Challenges to Overcoming the Korean Conflict

Sarah A. Son

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Toward a Normal State-to-State Relationship? China and DPRK In Changing Northeast Asia

Ren Xiao

 

10TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL FEATURES

 

Overcoming U.S.-DRPK Hostility: The Missing Link BetweenA Northeast Asian Comprehensive Security Settlement And Ending the Korean War

Peter Hayes

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Sanctions Easing as a Sign of Non-Hostility

Leon V. Sigal

ARTICLES

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How Beneficial Would the Construction of a Rason-Hunchun Sub-Regional Economic Cooperation Zone in the Northeast Asian Borderlands Be?

Sung-Hoon Lim

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Inevitable Reform? The Politico-Economic Choices Facing North Korea Under Kim Jong-Un's Rule

Hanhee Lee

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Institutional Multilateralism in Northeast Asia: A Path Emergence Theory Perspective

Ki-joon Hong

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Sweden's Engagement with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Magnus Andersson, Jinsun Bae

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The Survival of North Korea: A Case for Rethinking the U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Standoff

Suk Hi Kim

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The US-North Korea Geneva Agreement: Strategic Choices and Credible Commitments

Eunyoung Ha, Christopher Hwang

ARTICLES

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Economic Integration, External Forces and Political Cooperation Between South and North Korea

Wonjae Hwang, Hyejin Oh, & Jinman Lim

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Mongolia and the DPRK at 65: Ulaanbaatar's changing relationship with Pyongyang

Tjalling H.F. Halbertsma

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International Cooperation and the Logistics Market in Northeast Asia: Problems and Prospects for North Korea

Seong-gul Hong, Sung-woo Lee, & Sung-jun Park

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China to North Korea Tourism: A Leisure Business on a Tense Peninsula

Jie Yang, Liyan Han, & Guangyu Ren

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Alleviating Misery: The Politics of North Korean Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy 

Andrew I. Yeo

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Applying the Lessons of South Africa Nuclear Disarmament to North Korea

Liang Tuang Nah

ARTICLES

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Addressing North Korean Security Challenges Through Non-State-Centric International Economic Engagement

Brendan Howe, Jason Park

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Command Without Control? Nuclear Crisis Instability on the Korean Peninsula

Andrew O'Neil

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Framing the Nuke: How News Media Among Countries in the Six-Party Talks Framed North Korea's Nuclear Test

Mun-Young Chung, Justin R. Lessman, Meijing Fan

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Immunity to Resistance? State-Society Relations and Political Stability in North Korea in a Comparative Perspective

Balázs Szalontai, Changyong Choi

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The Hermit Kingdom Goes Online … Information Technology, Internet Use and Communication Policy in North Korea

Bernhard Seliger, Stefan Schmidt

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True Believers: Conversations with North Koreans

David P. Fields

ARTICLES

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Business Risk and Ethics in Prospective Emerging Markets: The Case of Sports Sponsorship in North Korea

Sven Horak

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China's Policy Toward North Korea Under the Xi Jinping Leadership

Hong Nack Kim

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From Pre- to Post-Famine: Trends in Underweight Among North Korean Children, 1987-2012

Daniel Schwekendiek

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Future Development Assistance to North Korea Through the Establishment of Multi-Donor Trust Funds

Jong-Woon Lee, Hyoungsoo Zang

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Human Rights and Refugee Status of the North Korean Diaspora

Jin Woong Kang

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North Korea's Cultural Diplomacy in the Early Kim Jong-un Era

Adam Cathcart, Steven Denney

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The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions Against a Nuclear North Korea

Suk Hi Kim, Mario Martin-Hermosillo

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The Evolution of Financial Sanctions on North Korea

Daniel Wertz

ARTICLES

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A New Face of North Korean Drug Use: Upsurge in Methamphetamine Abuse Across the Northern Areas of North Korea

Andrei Lankov, Seok-hyang Kim

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Engagement? Containment?: The Role of Identity in the Formation of South Korea's Policy Toward Pyongyang

Soon-ok Shin

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Explaining North Korean Nuclear Weapons Motivations: Constructivism, Liberalism, and Realism

Liang Tuang Nah

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North Korea and the Contradiction of Inversion: Dictatorship, Markets, Social Reform

Alzo David-West

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North Korea's Threat Perception and Provocation Under Kim Jong-un: The Security Dilemma and the Obsession with Political Survival

Yongho Kim

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The NLL: Moving from Negotiation and Confrontation to a Lasting Peace

Matthew Clayton

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Why Did So Many Influential Americans Think North Korea Would Collapse?

Bruce Cumings

ARTICLES

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Channeling Inter-Korean Aid to Targeted Groups: South Korean NGOs in the North Korean Food Crisis

Arnold H. Fang

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"Defector," "Refugee," or "Migrant"? North Korean Settlers in South Korea's Changing Social Discourse

Sung Kyung Kim

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Economic Cooperation Between the Two Koreas

Semoon Chang

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From Monolithic Totalitarian to Collective Authoritarian Leadership? Performance-Based Legitimacy and Power Transfer in North Korea

Rudiger Frank, Phillip H. Park

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Future Tasks and Strategy for Inter-Korean Fisheries Cooperation

Seong-gul Hong, Sung-jun Park

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North Korea-China Relations: An Asymmetric Alliance

Sangit Sarita Dwivedi

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The Korean Peace Fund

Shepherd Iverson

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The Six-Party Talks in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era: An Emergent Path toward a Northeast Asian Security Mechanism

Ki-Joon Hong

Failure to Relaunch?: The United States, Nuclear North Korea, and the Future of the Six-Party Talks

Virginie Grzelczyk

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North Korean Contingency and Resolving Conflicts Among Regional States

Jung-hyun Cho, Dong-ho Han, Ji-Yong Lee

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North Korea's Perception and Policy on a Northeast Asian Order

Kap-sik Kim

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North Korea and the Opinion of Fascism: A Case of Mistaken Identity

Alzo David-West

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Paradox of Neoliberalism: Arab Spring's Implications on North Korea

Sang-soo Lee

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Patience or Lethargy?: U.S. Policy toward North Korea under the Obama Administration

Taehyung Ahn

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Predictors of Kim Jong-il's On-the-Spot Guidance under Military-First Politics

Insoo Kim, Min Yong Lee

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Social Origins of Nuclear Policy: A Niebuhrian Dilemma of the U.S. Policies toward North Korea

Ray Dongryul Kim

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Unprecedented Nuclear Strikes of the Invincible Army: A Realistic Assessment of North Korea's Operational Nuclear Capability

Peter Hayes, Scott Bruce

ARTICLES

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Alleviating Misery: The Politics of North Korean Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy

Andrew I. Yeo

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Another Way to North Korea's Denuclearization: Multilateral Approach to Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Joo Hyun Moon

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Beyond Economic Sanctions: Rethinking the North Korean Sanctions Regime

Matthias Maass

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Call for Papers

Bernhard Seliger

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China–North Korea Relations

Dick K. Nanto, Mark E. Manyin

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Has South Korea's Engagement Policy Reduced North Korea's Provocations?

Insoo Kim, Minyong Lee

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Institutional Entrepreneurs in North Korea: Emerging Shadowy Private Enterprises Under Dire Economic Conditions

Jae-Cheon Lim, InJoo Yoon

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Managing Supply Chain Risks and Risk Mitigation Strategies

Chang Won Lee, Gregory W. Ulferts

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Protection for Chinese Nationals Who Have Provided Humanitarian Assistance to North Korean Escapees: Recent Developmenets in U.S. Immigration Law

Andrew Wolman

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Strategic Patience or Back to Engagement? Obama's Dilemma on North Korea

Changsop Pyon

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The Decline of the North Korean Surveillance State

Andrei Lankov, Kwak In-ok

ARTICLES

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An Examination of China's Treatment of North Korean Asylum Seekers

Russell Aldrich

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Is North Korea Putting All of the Eggs in One Basket?

Hyung-min Joo

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North Korea's Denuclearization and a Peace Treaty

Anthony DiFilippo

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North Korea's 2009 Currency Reform in the Context of National Narrative

Andray Abrahamian

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On the Politics of Exhibiting North Korean Art

David Shim

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The Future of the Two Koreas: How to Build Peace on the Korean Peninsula

Dong-ho Han

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The Northeast Asian Energy Situation and the North Korean Factor

Suk Hi Kim, Junhua Jia, Michael Whitty

ARTICLES

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A Game-Theoretic Approach to Derivation of President Barack Obama's North Korea Policy

Inchul Kim

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Evolution of North Korean Drug Trafficking: State Control to Private Participation

Minwoo Yun, Eunyoung Kim

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North Korea: Fading Totalitarianism in the "Hermit Kingdom"

Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein

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North Korean Newsbriefs

Alzo David-West

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North Korea's Insecurity Dilemma

Brendan Howe

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North Korea's Nuclear Policy towards the U.S.: The Bureaucratic Politics Model

Mun Suk Ahn

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On Bringing Japan's Pachinko Gaming Industry into the Debate on North Korea

Eli Magaña

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Seven Business Models for Success of North Korea's Economic Reform

Sung-Hoon Lim

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Why Has Son-Preference Disappeared in North Korea?

Daniel Schwekendiek

ARTICLES

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Human Rights Policies of China and Japan towards North Korea: Domestic Agendas and International Norms

Mikyoung Kim

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North Korea's Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Does North Korea Follow Vietnam's Path?

Kang H. Park

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Paradigm Conflicts among Allies: Historical Origins of the U. S.-ROK Split over North Korea

Ray Dongryul Kim

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Phases of the Relationship between East Germany and North Korea after World War II

Sven Horak

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Reform without Transition: The Economic Situation in North Korea since the July 1, 2002, Measures

Un-Chul Yang

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Teaching English to North Korean Refugees in South Korea: An Interview with Karen Choi

Alzo David-West

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U.S.—North Korean Relations: Classifications Based on Policy Decisions and Their Effect on the Korean Peninsula

Seung Hyun Lee

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U.S.—North Korea Relations under the Obama Administration: Problems and Prospects

Hong Nack Kim

ARTICLES

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Abduction: Japan's Blunders in Negotiations with North Korea

Takahiro Yamamoto

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A New North Korean Policy under the Obama Administration

Joanna C. Cooper

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North Korean Intelligence Structures

Stephan Blancke

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North Korea's Place in the U.S. Presidency: Ethos and Moral Judgments

Mikyoung Kim

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The Anatomy of North Korea's Foreign Policy Formulation

Kei Koga

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The Kaesong Inter-Korean Industrial Complex: Perspectives and Prospects

Suk Hi Kim, Eul-Chul Lim

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The Likely Impact of the U.S. Recession on Negotiations with North Korea

Semoon Chang

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FEATURES

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North Korean Newsbriefs

Alzo David-West

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The Chronology of the North Korean Nuclear Program

ARTICLES

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North Korea and the Northern Limit Line

Terrence Roehring

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Regime Change in North Korea? Economic Reform and Political Opportunity structures

Kyung-Ae Park

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The Paradox of North Korean Ideological Radicalism: Shaky Social Basis

of Strengthening Ideological Campaigns

Aie- Rie Lee, Hyun-Chool Lee,  Ji-Yong Lee, and Il-Gi Kim

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Telecommunications in North Korea: Has Orascom Made the Connections?

Marcus Noland

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Distribution of Land Property in North Korea after Reunification: A Constitutional Point of View

Kolija Naumann

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A Perspective on Institutional Change in North Korea

Thomas F.Cargil

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The Origins of the Great North Korean Famine: Its Dynamics and Normative Implications

William J.Moon

ARTICLES

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Beyond Brinkmanship: Geographical Constraints and North Korea's Evolving Tactics

Rodger Baker

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Changes in the North Korean Economy Reported by North Korean Refugees

Young-Hoon Lee

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Current North Korean Economy: Overview and Prospects for Change

Youn Suk Kim

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Editor's Comments: Northeast Asian Peace, Energy, and Economy: The North Korean Factor

Suk Kim

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North Korea's Clash of Cultures

Ralph C. Hassig, Kongdan Oh

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North Korea's Shady Transnational Business Activities and Their Future Prospects

Tai-Wei Lim

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Song of Youth: North Korean Music from Liberation to War

Adam Cathcart

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Stalinism, Post-Stalinism, and Neo-Capitalism: To Be or Not to Be?

Alzo David-West

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Why Has North Korea Responded Positively to the Nuclear Talks in 2007?

Semoon Chang

ARTICLES

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Impacts of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on Inter-Korean Relations

SeungHyun Lee

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Japanese-North Korean Relations After the Second Pyongyang Summit of 2004

Hong Nack Kim, Jack L. Hammersmith

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Legal Reforms and Foreign Investment in the Inter-Korean Project: The Kaesong Industrial Complex

Eul-chul Lim

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The Evolution of North Korea's Political System and Pyongyang's Potential for Conflict Management

Andrew Scobell

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The Roles of South Korean Central and Local Governments in Inter-Korean Cooperation

Yong-Hwan Choi

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The Soviet Union's economic and political implosion … the fate of North Korea?

Will Sung Yang

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U.S. Sanctions and Treasury Department Actions Against North Korea from 1955 to October 2007

Karin Lee, Julia Choi

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Which Country Will Be the World Economic Leader in the Next Generation: The United States or China? And the North Korean Factor

Suk Kim, Trevor Crick, Junhua Ji

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The Denuclearization Agreement of February 13 , 2007, And Its Implementation

Suk Kim

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The Beijing Deal Is Not the Agreed Framework

Peter Hayes

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Can the New Nuclear Deal with North Korea Succeed?

C.Kenneth Quinonnes

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Market Reform in North Korea: Are They for Real?

Jong S. You

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Reasons for Investing in North Korea

Suk Kim, Hassan Musuwi and Bahman Mirshab

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North Korea: From Failing towards Reforming State?

Joachim Ahrens

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Casting American Sunshine on North Korea

Edward A.Olsen

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Why Do We Not Understand the DPRK?

Alon Levkowits

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The North Korean Positive Hero in the People of the Fighting Village

Alzo David-West

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The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement on April 1, 2007 and Kaseong Industrial Complex

The Economic Implications of North Korea Nuclear Breakout

Marcus Noland

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Gaeseong Industrial Complex Project: How Large Will the Birdcage Be?

Dalgon Lee

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Evaluation of North Korean July 2002 Economic Reform

Sung-Wook Nam

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North Korean Desired Strategy and Approach toward the European Union

Hun Kyung Lee

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A Proposed North Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and Kaesong Industrial Complex

Suk Kim and Hassan Moussawi

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Northeast Asia Policy Under George W. Bush: Doctrine in Search of Policy

Mel Gurtov

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Historical Changes in North Korean Nationalism

Jin Woong Kang

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North Korea's Plan to Unload the Fuel Rods again

Selig S.Harrison

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United Nations Economic Sanctions Against a Nuclear North Korea

Income, Wealth and Political Power in North Korea

Bernhard Seliger

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Facilitating Reform in North Korea: the Role of Regional Actors and NGOs

Peter M Beck and Nicholas Reader

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Should U.S. Economic Sanctions Against North Korea Be Lifted?

Semoon Chang

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Special Economic Zones as Survival Strategy of North Korea

Sung-Hoon Lim and Kang-Taeng Lim

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An Increasing Inter-Korean Economic Integration: The Case Of the Gaeseong Industrial Park

Youn-Suk Kim

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Nationalist Allegory in North Korea: The Revolutionary Opera Sea of Blood

Alzo David-West

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Introduction to and Implications of Gaeseong Industrial Complex Project

The Ministry of Unification of the republic of Korea

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Gaeseong Industrial Complex: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

The Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea

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North Korea’s Military-First Policy: A Curse or a Blessing

Alexandre V. Vorotslov

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Market Enhancing Governance on the Korean Peninsula : The Role of Credibility and Transitional Institutions

Joachim Ahrens

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North Korea's Foreign Trade: An Indicator of Political Dynamics

Sang T. Choe, Hyun Jeong Cho, & Sang jang Kwon

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Developments and Prospects of the North Korean Economic Policies since 1990

Young-hoon Lee

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The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions: The Case of North Korea

Michael Whitty, Suk Kim, & Trevor Crick

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North Korea's Move to a Market Economy: Is Reunification with South Korea Necessary?

Elizabeth Kirby & Nels Olson

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Between Peace and War: The Proliferation Security Initiative and North Korea

Kongdan Oh

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The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004

Semoon Chang

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The North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004: More Rhetoric or a New US Policy Statement?

Jacques. G Boettcher

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Getting Around Pyongyang's Hardliners

Selig S. Harrison

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Chronology of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

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Economic and Financial Reform: Alternatives for North Korea

Thomas F. Cargill, Elliott Parker

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Ending the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: A Proposal by the Task Force on U.S. Korea Policy

Selig S. Harrison

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Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Gaesung Industrial Park: An Inter-Korea Business Perspective

Chang Won Lee

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How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea: Containment or Engagement?

Suk Kim

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Is North Korea a Viable Economic Partner?

Sang T. Choe, Hyan Jeong Cho, Sang Jang Kwon

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North Korean Telecommunications: On Hold

Stacey Banks

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Strategies for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation: A Managerial Approach

Hoon Park

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The July 2002 Reforms in North Korea: Liberman-Style Reforms or Road to Transformation?

Bernhard Seliger

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The U.S.-North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004: A Summary

Jack Boettcher

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U.S.-North Korean Relations: Foreign Policy Dilemmas

Edwards A. Olsen