

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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Jeong Dae Jin, YINKS Researcher
When Covid-19 Meets the Spirit of Baekdusan
Translated by NKR Intern Jihyun Lee Covid-19 is attacking the Korean Peninsula. North Korea is strategically responding with an...
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Chaewon Lim, NKR Intern
Chongryon’s Assimilation to Japan
Adapting to another culture which is outwardly hostile toward one’s home country is a complex and identity-conflicting task. Any and all...
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Benjamin Zimmer
Struggle for Power: A Theory on Post-Kim Jung-un North Korea
On May 3, Kim Jung-un made his first appearance in close to a month by attending a ceremony at the newly completed fertilizer factory in...
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S. Scholten, NKR Intern
The Management of North Korean Materials in South Korean Libraries
“Knowledge is power.” There are no truer words in academia. Yet what happens when knowledge is limited, not just to a select few, but...
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Luisa Kim, NKR Intern
Testimony and its Epistemological (Im)possibility
Picture Credit: Yonhap News, https://www.voakorea.com/a/2729885.html Resistance is a fact of history, and only in accepting this fact...
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