After the coronavirus pandemic, health has been emerging as an important security factor. Given the medical and healthcare situation in North Korea which is presumed to be poor, the health security of the entire Korean Peninsula beyond South Korea has been also discussed. In this issue, we hear from Professor Park Sang-Min of Institute for Health a...

Global NK explores a myriad of notable Korean research that explores diverse perspectives on North Korea. For this purpose, we introduce an analysis on the cultural heritage policy of North Korea by Dr. Young-Sun Jeon, who has conducted diverse studies with a focus on North Korea’s culture and art beyond conventional research topics on North Kore...

Global NK [Interview] introduces various South Korean researchers studying North Korea in person to look into the current status of North Korean research through their own voices. The [Interview] met Sung Kyung Kim, professor at the University of North Korean Studies, who is studying North Korea through the concept of 'mind', and heard what it is t...

Upon the U.S.-ROK summit, discussions and policy coordination between the U.S. and South Korea on resolving the North Korean nuclear issue and establishing permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula have become envisioned. In the joint statement, the leaders of South Korea and the U.S. expressed their goal to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue thr...

70 years have passed since the Korean War, yet peace on the Korean peninsula remains a challenge unattainable in the near future. In this commentary, Young-sun Ha, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the East Asia Institute and Professor Emeritus at Seoul National University, claims that conceptual divergence on “peace” on the Korean peninsula...

30 years have passed since North Korea’s then “nascent” nuclear program was identified as a “gravely serious threat.” Since 1991, its once budding nuclear program has amassed into a large-scale program, posing a grave challenge for the nuclear proliferation regime and regional security in Northeast Asia. In the following Global NK Comment...