The Short and Long Term Approach to North Korean Nukes
Photo: A ground-based missile interceptor being lowered into its silo (Source: Sputnik) The DPRK’s fifth nuclear test on 9 September 2016...
Liang Tuang Nah, PhD
North Korea Drugs Trade
The North Korean government’s attitude towards drug trade has changed drastically in the last few decades. Although drug production and...
Hyunju Ban, NKR Intern
Financial Sanctions on North Korea: Prospects and Challenges in the Age of the Tax Havens
Photo: The Atlantic On June 1st, the United States Treasury Department proposed new legislation, in conjunction with the North Korea...
Dwayne Melendez, NKR Intern
Does the Birth of the Jangmadang Generation Foreshadow the End of the North Korean Regime?
Recently, most North Korean human rights organizations have paid a great deal of attention to North Korean young people commonly known as...
Eun A Park, NKR Intern
The Challenges of Trustpolitik in North-South Korean Relations
Ryu Gyung Ah Researcher Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies As a result of the conferences in the midst of the confrontation...
Ryu Kyung Ah, YINKS Researcher
Why the Preference Towards Third Countries?
Ryu Kyung Ah Researcher Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies As of December 2015, there were 28,795 North Korean defectors in South...
Ryu Kyung Ah, YINKS Researcher
Unravelling the Intentions Behind the 7th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea
By Maria Rosaria Coduti Intern at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) North Korea seems to be one of the main actors...
Maria Rosaria Coduti
The Power of Cultural Heritage and the Reunification of Korea
Choi Jae Duk Researcher Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies Typically, traditional Korean culture brings to mind beauty and...
Jae-deok Choi, YINKS Researcher
Defection and the Allegory of the Cave
By Somang Kim NKR Intern Without a doubt, “sanctions”, “famine”, “threats”, “nuclear”, “human rights”, etc. are the most ostensible and...
Somang Kim
2016 North Korea and the "New Normal"
This is the age of “New Normal”. Following the 2008 global economic crisis, the term “New Normal” has become an inveterate representation...
Jeong Dae Jin, YINKS Researcher
