[Global NK] January Update for North Korea Watchers

  • NEWSLETTER
  • January 31, 2025
[Policy Research]
  • Why South Korea Must Not Go Nuclear: Small-Scale Nukes Don't Pay Off Like You Think | Kim, Yang Gyu | East Asia Institute [Read]
  • North Korea and the World in 2025: U.S.-China Relations, Russia-Ukraine War, and Trump | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [Read]
  • The North Korea-Russia Alliance and Korea’s Policy | Choi, Wooseon | The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security [Read]
  • Review of North Korea's 2024 Foreign Policy and Outlook for 2025 | Cha, Du Hyeogn and Hong, Sanghwa | Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
  • North Korea's Military Trends in 2024 and Strategic Options for 2025 | Yang, Uk | Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • The Driving Forces Behind the Kim Jong-un Regime’s Possession of Nuclear Weapons and the Incentives for Nuclear Abandonment in North Korea | Park, Joonhye | Review of North Korean Studies [Read]
  • Unraveling North Korea’s Perception of Diplomacy with Russia: Focusing on the Strategic Emergence of the Friendship and Cooperation Relationship in 2023 | Lee, Siheon and Hwang, Jin-Tae | The Pacific Review [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • Drones on the Ukrainian Battlefield, North Korea, and Lessons Written in Blood | Yang, Uk | JoongAng Ilbo [Read]
  • North Korea's Bid for Recognition as a Nuclear State | Yang, Uk | Segye Ilbo [Read]
  • Can a Nation that Deceives Its Youth, Sends Them to Their Deaths, and Profits Be Called a State? | Ban, Kil Joo | Financial News [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • North Korea's Foreign Policy Outlook for 2025: Global Order, the Russia-Ukraine War, and U.S.-North Korea Relations | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • North Korea Threat Risk, Korean Business Groups and Corporate Tax Avoidance | Lee, Gun and Chun, Hongmin | Finance Research Letters [Read]
  • Privatization and Legal Changes in North Korea: Focusing on Loan, Asset Lease and Trade | Choi, Jeong Wook | Studies on North Korean Law [Read]
  • North Korea’s Green Economy Transition and Ecological Modernization Discourse: With a Reference to China’s Ecological Civilization Discourse | Lee, Kyungsoo | North Korean Studies Review [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • KDI Review of the North Korean Economy, December 2024 | Korea Development Institute [Read
  • North Korea's National Distribution Enhancement Policy and Changes in Market Indicators | Choi, Ji Young | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Fire and Fury: North Korean Threats and South Korean Adolescent Health | Dirk Bethmann and Cho, Jae Il | Social Science & Medicine [Read]
  • A Study on Legal Considerations Regarding North Korea's ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Law' | Choi, Eunsuk and Jeong, EunChan | Studies on North Korean Law | [Read]
  • A Study on the History and Limitations of Neutral Unification Theory in the Korean Peninsula | Kim, Yeon Chul | North Korean Studies Review [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • Survey on Global Perception of Korean Unification | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Prospects for North Korea's External Objectives in 2025 and ROK's Response Strategies: An Analysis of the 11th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee | Jeon, Kyung Joo | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]
  • North Korea's 11th Plenary Meeting of 8th Central Committee of WPK: Analysis and Implications | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • An Analysis of Information Access Rights in North Korea | Bae, Jin | The Journal of Peace Studies [Read]
  • Analysis and Evaluation of North Korea’s Social Control Laws Since 2020: Focusing on Laws Containing Death Penalty Provision | Lee, Kyu Chang | Studies on North Korean Law [Read]
  • The Human Rights Engagement of the Trump & Biden Administration of U.S. and The Response of North Korea Kim Jong-un Regime | Lim, Sang Soon | The Journal of Christianity and National Reunification [Read]
  • Applying Judicial and Non-Judicial Approaches for Human Rights Accountability in North Korea | Patricia Goedde and Song, Seryeon | Journal of Human Rights Studies [Read]
  • A Critical Examination of the Legal Legitimacy of North Korea’s “Crowd Reporting Law”: Focusing on the Case of Overseas Dispatched Workers | Hwang, Hyun Uk | Studies on North Korean Law [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • The Relation of North Korea’s Monolithic Ruling System Formation and Education | Kim, Seogyung | Review of North Korean Studies [Read]
  • Satire of Reality and Subversion of Norms through Retellings of North Korean Residents’ Songs: Focusing on Socialist Morality | Ha, Seunghee | Review of North Korean Studies [Read]
  • Two Men's Stories: Military and Overseas Experiences of North Korean Men Through Life History | Yang, Yeon Hee | North Korean Studies Review [Read]
  • Reaching for the Past: North Korea’s Engagement with Koreans in Japan | Lee, Junhyoung and Alexander Dukalskis | Globalizations [Read]
  • Changes in Communal Housing in North Korean Cities with Limited Marketization: Increasing Informal Activities and Appropriation of Public Space | Choi, Bommy and Park, In Kwon | Cities [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • Evaluating North Korea's Tourism Promotion Policy Under Kim Jong Un: Insights and Implications | Choi, Eun-ju | Sejong Institute [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • How North Korea Compels Citizens to Spy on Each Other with New Surveillance Law | Peter Ward | NK News [Read]
[Books]
  • Kim Jong Un, Who We Don't Know: His Politics and Strategies | Cheong, Seong-chang | Hanwool Academy [Read]
EAST ASIA INSTITUTE 
1, Sajik-ro 7gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03028, Republic of Korea
Tel 82 2 2277 1683  |  Fax 82 2 2277 1684 | Email EAI
Copyright 2025 © EAST ASIA INSTITUTE. All Rights Reserved.     
수신거부 Unsubscribe