Changes in inter-Korean Relations – South Korea, let’s head North!
A South Korean train passes over a cross-border railway bridge near the Demilitarized zone (DMZ) in Paju, north of Seoul on August 21,...
Jae-deok Choi, YINKS Researcher
Trump and Kim Jong-un: Climbing the Diplomatic Ladder
At the first U.S.-North Korea summit in June 2018, President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un agreed to pursue “new U.S.-DPRK...
Leif-Eric Easley
The Inter-Korean Relationship Post-2018: Another Wasted Chance for Peace
Photo credit: The Washington Post April 27th, 2018 shall go down in history as one of the most significant dates in inter-Korean...
Annisa Pratamasari, NKR Intern
Social Change, North Korea’s Transition, and the U.S. - North Korea Summit
Photo credit: Kim Won-Jin | AFP | Getty Images Following the breakdown of talks at the North Korea - U.S. Summit in Hanoi, the...
Moon Sang-seok, YINKS Researcher
Kim Jong-il's New Years Speech and What it Means for South Korea's Denuclearization Policy
Photo credit: NBC News International affairs on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia are complicated, mostly due to issues...
Ryu Young-wook
The U.S. 2018 Mid-Term Election Results and the 2020 Presidential Election Outlook
Photo credit: Pacific Standard Given that the U.S. government is facing a period of rapid change within its unification policy, the...
Lee Byung-Jae, YINKS Researcher
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...
Jonathan Lim, NKR Intern
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...
Sung-bae Kim, YINKS Researcher
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...
David Lee
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,...
Junijiro Shida
