[Global NK] April Update for North Korea Watchers

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  • April 30, 2025
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Impact of North Korean Provocation and International Security Issue on Defense Budget and Its Linkage with PPBES | Kim, Byungchae | The Quarterly Journal of Defense Policy Studies [Read]
  • North Korea’s Evolving Psychological Warfare Tactics against South Korea: A Comparative Analysis of the 2016 Propaganda Leaflets and the 2024 Waste Balloons | Kim, Minkwan and Jaeyoung Hur | The Quarterly Journal of Defense Policy Studies [Read]
  • Military Response to North Korea's Nuclear Threat | Lee, Young-Chan | Study Security Strategy [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • The Transition of ROK-U.S. Wartime Operational Control: Determination and Strategy | Chung, Kyung-young | Global NK [Read]
  • Kim Jong Un’s Strategic Calculus vis-à-vis the Trump Administration | Park, Hyeong Jung |  Global NK [Read]
  • Kim Jong Un’s Strategic Calculations Under Trump 2.0 | Lee, Ho-ryong | Global NK [Read]
  • Theories of China-North Korea Relations Applied to Geopolitics with Russia | Easley, Leif-Eric | Global NK [Read]
  • Outlook for DPRK-Russia Relations in 2025 and South Korea’s Response | Lee, Sang Joon | The Asan Institute For Policy Studies [Read]
  • Prospects for the Second Trump Administration's North Korea Policy in 2025 and South Korea's Response | Kim, Dong Sung | The Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • The Groundbreaking Security of 2025, the New Future Korean Armies Should Prepare For | Yang, Uk | Economy Chosun [Read]
  • ROK-Trump Phone Call and DPRK’s Four Denuclearization Principles | Kim, Hyun-Wook | Munhwa Ilbo [Read]
  • The Deepening DPRK-Russia Relations We Can No Longer Ignore | Doo, Jinho | The Korea Economic Daily [Read]
  • Korea·Syria Diplomatic Relations and Diplomatic Isolation of the North Korean Regime | Jang, Ji-Hyang | JoongAng Ilbo [Read]
  • North Korean Soldiers Armed with “Experience”, Changing the Battle of Kursk | Yang, Uk | JoongAng Ilbo [Read]
  • Modernization For North Korean Soldiers, Lack of Training For South Korean Soldiers | Yang, Uk | Munhwa Ilbo [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • North Korea's Gains and America’s Setbacks from the Singapore Summit | Park, Won Gon | Global NK [Watch]
  • The Substance of North Korea’s Nuclear Threat and ROK-U.S. Extended Deterrence | Park, Won Gon | Global NK [Watch]
[Policy Research]
  • The Economic Impacts of Russia-DPRK Military Cooperation and Future Implications | Park, Yonghan | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]  
  • The State of North Korea's Economic and Social Affairs in the Kim Jong-un Era | Na, Yongwoo et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • The growing urban-rural gap in North Korea: What is the residents' perception of the economy? | Choi, Ji-Young | Ministry of Unification [Read

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Development of a Common Occupational Classification Model Between South and North Korea for the Settlement of North Korean Defectors in Korea | Kim, Minkyoo | Journal of Peace and Unification Studies [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • Korea’s Constitutional Crisis and North Korea Policy Cooperation with the U.S. | Park, Ihn-hwi | Global NK [Read]
  • Why did North Korea dismantle the family reunion center? | Kim, Jieun | Institution of North Korean Studies [Read]
  • Legal Issues and Improvement Measures Regarding Remittances from North Korean Defectors to Their Families in North Korea | Oh, Yoonsung | National Assembly Research Service [Read]

[Books]
  • The Confusion, Dreams, and Growth Of North Korean Teens Living In South Korea | Jeon, Juran et al. | Korean Studies Information [Read]  
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Status of Human Rights Violations and Trauma Among North Korean Defectors: A Cross-Sectional Study | Lee, So Hee et al. | The Ewha Medical Journal [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • An Examination of North Korea's Human Rights Violations and South Korea's Efforts | Jang, Jaepil | Journal of Korea Defense Diplomacy [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • An Exploratory Study on Structuring Communication Types in Inter-Korean Dialogue: Focusing on the 1971 Red Cross Envoy Contact | Ha, Seunghee | Korean Journal of Communication & Information [Read]
  • A Study on the North Korean Grammar Reference, Joseoneokineungmunbeop(2013), ‘Functional syntax’ | Kim, Keonhee | Korean Language Research [Read]
  • Research on the Changing Meaning of ‘Home’ through the Life Histories of North Korean Refugees in South Korea | Lee, Joohwee | Korean Journal of Oral History [Read]
  • Effects of L1 Dialects on L2 Vowel Perception and Production: A Study of North and South Korean Speakers | Jung, Hwanmin et al. | Linguistic Research [Read]
  • Analysis of Ideological Elements in North Korean Middle School English Textbooks: The Interaction Between English Education and Political Indoctrination | Jung, Chae Kwan | Secondary English Education (SEE) [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • North Korean Refugee Students' Alternative School: Its Inception and Change | Shin, HaeRan | The Institute For Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • Assessment of North Korea’s “20×10 Regional Development Policy” : Accomplishments and Limitations During the Past Year, and Its Implications One Year On | Han, Ki-bum | The Asan Institute For Policy Studies [Read]
  • The Background and Political Objectives of Kim Jong-Un Regime’s Emphasis on Ideology | Oh, Gyeong-Seob | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Reexamining the Issue of North Korean Defectors from a Transnational Perspective | Shin, HaeRan | The Institute For Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • The Change in the Power Structure within North Korean Elites and Its Implications: Focusing on Choi Ryong-hae's Takeover of Informal Organizations into Official Organizations | Lee, Seung-ryeol | National Assembly Research Service [Read]

[Books]
  • The Theatre Production Methods of North Korean Directors | Kim, Jeong Soo | Kyungjin Publishers [Read]
  • Some Crash Landing | Jeong, Seoyun | Darun Publishers [Read
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