Applying Lessons from Afghanistan to North Korea: Infrastructure Reconstruction
Image: US Department of Defense From Singapore to Hanoi, the only thing we received from the historic Trump-Kim summits was ambiguity....
Nattanun Somchoe, NKR Intern
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
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
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
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
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
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
North Korean Human Rights Law – Past and Present
“Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation...
Hong Gun Sik, YINKS Researcher
