[Global NK] July Update for North Korea Watchers

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  • July 31, 2025
[Policy Research]
  • Expectations and Challenges for Improved Relations with “Unfavorable” China under the Lee Administration: 2025 EAI Public Opinion Poll on East Asia | Lee, Dong Ryul | East Asia Institute [Read]
  • Imposed Challenges on the ROK-U.S. Alliance: Alliance Transformation under the Trump 2.0 Administration for Balancing China | Park, Won Gon | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • No Whiplash: Why Seoul’s Diplomacy Didn’t Redirect After a Snap Election | Easley, Leif-Eric | Global NK [Read]
  • The Korean Peninsula Crisis Demands Vigilance | Zhao, Minghao | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Lee Jae Myung and North Korea | Hwang, Jihwan | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]

  • Signals in the Noise: North Korea’s Participation in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine as a Catalyst for Europe-South Korea Cooperation | Frassineti, Francesca | Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
  • Trends in North Korea's Recent Capacity in Nuclear Weapon Generation and Considerations for Denuclearization | Lee, Sangkyu | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]
  • Assessment of North Korea's Naval Buildup to Enhance Its Nuclear Threat and Directions for Effective Response | Park, Yonghan | Korea Institute for Defence Analyses [Read]

  • Evaluation and Implications of North Korea’s 12th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea | Lee, Ho Ryung | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]

  • U.S.–North Korea Relations and the Prospects for Nuclear Negotiations | Min, Jeong-hun | The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security [Read]
  • North Korea's Perspective on Iran's Air Strike | Ward, Peter and Cho, Biyeon | Sejong Institute [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • North Korea’s Nuclear Cognitive Warfare Strategy: The Nexus of Nuclear Coercion and Cognitive Warfare | Kang, Changwoo and Sohn, Hanbyeol | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]
  • A Study on Integration of Conventional Nuclear Forces and South Korea-US Conduct War Against North Korea’s Nuclear Use | Chang, Ryong | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]

  • A Study on the Appropriate Size of the ROK Military’s Standing Force: Focusing on Minimum Planning Ratios in Modern Warfare Cases | Kim, Jeong-hyuk and Jee, Hyokeun | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Read]

  • Seizing the Geopolitical Moment: Sources of Deepening North Korea-Russia Ties and Their Impacts | Ban, Kil Joo | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • The Impact of Strengthened Russia–North Korea Relations on International Politics | Youn, Dam Rin | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • North Korea's Recent Intellectual Property Right Development Strategies and Their Symbolic SIgnificance | Kang, Chae Yeon | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • Reaffirming Trump’s Strategic Vision: Implications from the NATO Summit | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [Watch]

  • “Is North Korea Likely to Request Advanced Fighter Jets from Russia?”: The Economic Implications of North Korea–Russia Military Cooperation | Park, Yonghan and Kim, Gibum | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [Watch]
  • Even a Defector Scientist Was Shocked: The Reality of North Korea’s Military Power | Lee, Min-bok | Insight Korea [Watch]

[Policy Research]
  • Inter-Korea Economic Cooperation: Resumption and Ensuring Sustainability | Hong, Jea Hwan | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • 2024/2025 The DPRK Economic Outlook | Lee, Jongkyu et al. | Korea Development Institute [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • The Onset and Prospects of North Korea's External Opening: After The Adoption of the Tourism Law | Na, Yongwoo | Korea Development Institute [Read]
  • Analyses and Prospects of North Korea's Recent Tourism Industry | Lee, Hae Jung | Korea Development Institute [Read]
  • The Governance Structure and Changes in North Korea's Tourism Policy: An Analysis of Central-Local Relations and Key Development Cases | Choi, Eun-ju | Korea Development Institute [Read]
  • An Assessment and Outlook on Inbound Tourism to North Korea Targetting China and Russia | Lee, Sang-geun | Korea Development Institute [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Perspectives Into the Inter-Korean Liability Cases | Park, Jongwon  | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • A Legal Study on Resolving Copyright Exchange Disputes Between South and North Korea | Park, Jeong Hoon  | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read
  • Legal Application in the Korean Unification Process : Focus on the Kaesong Industrial Complex | Chung, Kujin |  The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • Case Commentary on the Ban and Punishment of Distributing North Korea-Related Leaflets – A Critical Approach Focused on the Special Legal Status of Inter-Korean Relations | Jin, Ho Sung | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • An Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn the Revocation of a Corporation’s Establishment Permission Due to a North Korean Defector Group’s Dissemination of Materials to North Korea - Review of the Supreme Court Decision | Kang, Seongwoo | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • The Korean War and the Conflicting Visions of Four Leaders | Sheen, Seong Ho | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Comprehensive Inter-Korean Cooperation on Human Rights and Development | Choi, Gyubin and Lee, Moo Chul  | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • The Lee Jae-myeong Administration's North Korea Nuclear Diplomacy | Paik, Seung Joon and Chung, Sung-Yoon | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Humanitarian Issues Between South-North Korea and Search for Cooperation | Jo, Hyun Jung and Lee, Kyu Chang | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • North Korea’s Troop Deployment Politics and Hyperstrategy | Ban, Kil Joo | The Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • Policy Towards North Korea and the Nice Guy Syndrome  | Cha, Du Hyeogn | Kookmin Ilbo [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • The Outlook for the Wonsan Galma Coastal Tourism District and the Possibility of South Korean Tourist Visits | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [Watch]
[Policy Research]
  • Assessment of North Korea's Political Situation in the First Half of the Year through Kim Jong Un's Public Activities | Han, Ki-bum | Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
  • Change of Part-Military Relations from the Kim Jong Il to the Kim Jong Un Era through North Korean Military Life: With the Perspective of 'Dual Patron-Client Relations' | Jang, Seok Jun and Lim, Jae-Cheon | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses | [Read]
  • Changes in North Korea’s Crisis Response System and the Establishment of the Ministry of Disaster Prevention | Na, Yongwoo and Heo, Jeongpil | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Study on “Jaeryeong-gun Officers’ Resume Files” from Captured Korean Documents | Cheong, Yongwook | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • The Problem of ‘Democracy’ in the National Name of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | Kang, Eungcheon | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]

  • Belief Transformation among North Korean Young Adults through Social Communities: A Qualitative Case Study Based on Fernando Ortiz's Theory of Transculturation | Jun, JooRam et al. | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]
  • The Value of University Degree Attainment Among North Korean Defectors: A Morphogenetic Reconstruction of Reflexivity and Agency | Kim, Kyungmi and Kim, Anna | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]

  • Narrating Memory through Violence, Disappearance, and ‘Homecoming’: Anna Kim’s Die große Heimkehr and the Writing of ‘Other’ Histories | Choi, Yun-Young | The Institute for Peace and Unification Studies Seoul National University [Read]

  • KINU North Korea Trends (The First Half of 2025) | Na, Yongwoo et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Patterns and Variation Types of Folk Songs Shared between South and North Korea | Kim, Jeong-Hee | Seoul National University Asian Music Research Institute [Read]

  • North Korean Architectural Historian Lee Hwa-seon and the Publications of The History of Choson Architecture | Park, Dongmin | Architectural Institute Of Korea [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • A Brutal Power Struggle: The Secret Behind Purges Within North Korea's Kim Dynasty | Cho, Han Bum | Money Inside [Watch]

  • Finally Seeing North Korea Up Close?! | Special Episode for North Korean Defectors Day ① | Defense Media Agency  | Korean Forces Network [Watch]

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