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 talks between Kim and President Trump. Since its withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 2003, the country has developed an estimated arsenal of approximately 30 nuclear warheads, as well as fissile material for an additional 30-60 weapons (ACA 2020). The country’s nuclear policy has not only raised conce
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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 claims by the Kim regime need to go unanswered. On January 9, 2021, it was reported by North Korean state media that in a speech delivered during the 8th Congress of the Korean Workers Party, Chairman Kim Jong-un stated that Pyongyang “should focus and be developed on subverting the US, the biggest obstacle for our revolution and our biggest ene
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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 markets located across the country (Cha et al., 2020). The millennials of North Korea who were born during the 1980s to early 2000s are now often called the “Jangmadang Generation” (Liberty in North Korea, 2020). They were born into a changed society where they learn to run their own business and make their own profits through markets. These
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