

Jonathan Lim, NKR Intern
Seizure of the North Korean Vessel the Wise Honest by the U.S. Department of Justice
Photo credit: The BBC The first-ever seizure of a North Korean cargo vessel by U.S. authorities in retaliation for international...
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Sung-bae Kim, YINKS Researcher
The Safety of Inter-Korean Relations, the Development of North Korea, and Renewed Korea-Japan Relati
Photo credit: Kyodo News “Promises are made to be kept”; an aphorism suggesting that promises between sovereign states are more binding...
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David Lee
One Nation, One Language? Linguistic Differences and Their Implications for a Reunified Korea
(Photo credit: The Asia Society Center for Global Education) By David Lee Former NKR Intern Linguistic differences between the two Koreas...
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Junijiro Shida
Parallel Deal with North Korea? Lessons from Ukraine
On April 27, 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed the “Panmunjom Declaration for Peace,...
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Yuhei OGAWA, Professor Emeritus
North Korean Economy under US-North Korea Negotiations and Economic Sanctions
Introduction The "US-North Korean summit meeting" was held on June 12, 2018, and the situation on the Korean peninsula began to move...
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Nate Kerkhoff, NKR Intern
The Value of Human Exchange and North Korea
The diplomatic detente between the United States and North Korea can be seen as a potential new path forward for the long-time...
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Ryo Sahashi
A Mood of Reconciliation around North Korea: No Change to be Seen in the Foreseeable Future
After all the excitement around the historical summit between North Korea and the United States that took place in Singapore on June...
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Tashia Shupert
A False Sense of Status: North Korean Migrants in South Korean Media Frames
As North Korean defectors and migrants evoke both alarm and sympathy from people worldwide, questions emerge as to the role that popular...
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Erin Jones Sauers, NKR Intern
North Korean Market Women as a Part of Larger Korean Women’s History
Kim Ki-Chang, Quiet Listening, 1934 Research on women in North Korea has recently become a hot topic. As many readers will know, this is...
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Daniel Mitchum, NKR Intern
Modern misconceptions of North Korea
Image 1. Kim Jong Un on a Unicorn. A lack of reliable information on the country means North Korea is often portrayed inaccurately, if...
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