Since President Biden took office, we have witnessed higher expectations for the resumption of dialogue between the United States and North Korea, which have discontinued. However, despite the US' willingness to resume dialogue, it is still not easy to open the door for dialogue due to North Korea's cynical attitude. Professor Sheen Seong-ho analyz...

The concept of Minjok not only has the potential to subvert the division and hostility between the two Koreas, but also has been politicized by the South and the North. Examines how the concept, formed in the 20th century, has been reconstructed through liberation and division and caused conflicts among political groups. ※ Footnotes on the artic...

Global NK Interview features diverse South Korean researchers who study North Korea and their work to exhibit progress made by scholars in their research on North Korea. We meet Dr. Kim Kwang-woon, a Visiting Research Professor Emeritus at Kyungnam University for this issue. He has directed the publication of The Annals of North Joseon, which has r...

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...