YIKUS Issue Brief No. 148 Choi Jae Deok (Senior Researcher, Institute for Unification Studies, Yonsei University / Director, Institute...

Introduction In recent years, the world has seen a significant increase in North Korean cybercrime operations. A series of cryptocurrency...

Between uncertain regulations and changing social priorities, the role of ethnic schools for Zainichi Koreans faces an uncertain future.

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

Today, North Korea is facing a transitional period as it decides on a new strategy for economic diplomacy and its broader diplomatic agenda.

Introduction  With each headline, North Korea’s image as an isolated state which is led by a rogue regime, is reinforced within the...

North Korea has been the subject of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions since their first nuclear test on October 9th, 2006,...

Photo Credit: Global Blessing Homepage North Korea, a country often associated with a disturbing record on human rights, was found to...

North Korean women on the streets of Pyongyang, Oct. 2018 | Image: NK News Written by Kwon, Soyoung for the Yonsei Institute for North...

While international aid has slowed, North Korea continues to suffer devastating natural disasters.