
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
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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...
Yuhei OGAWA, Professor Emeritus
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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...
Nate Kerkhoff, NKR Intern
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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...
Ryo Sahashi
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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...
Tashia Shupert
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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...
Erin Jones Sauers, NKR Intern
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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...
Daniel Mitchum, NKR Intern
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North Korea and Iran’s nuclear programs: A misleading analogy? There are many similarities between t
“States like these [North Korea, Iran and Iraq], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of...
Maria Rosaria Coduti
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Pyongyang, Propaganda, and Postage Stamps
Image Source: Colnect.com, North Korean Stamp Catalog, https://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/610043-Spy_ship_Pueblo_captured_by_North_Korea...
Mark Sommer
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Is it possible for China to strengthen its sanctions against North Korea?
Since 2016 and in the wake of it's sixth nuclear test, North Korea’s nuclear capability presents a clear and present danger to...
Joo Young Chung
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