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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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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Leif-Eric Easley
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...
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Ryu Young-wook
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...
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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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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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Maria Rosaria Coduti
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...
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Jeong Dae Jin, YINKS Researcher
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...
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Jeong Dae Jin, YINKS Researcher
“ The 2015 Great War for Unification ” and Cyber Warfare
The late 20th century has been rife with numerous speculations and conjectures in interpreting Nostradamus’s predictions. Among his...
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