[Global NK] February Update for North Korea Watchers

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  • February 28, 2025
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Russia’s Foreign Policy Strategy and the Korean Peninsula | Kim, Jin Ha and Hyun, Seungsoo | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Analyzing the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and North East Asia: Revisionist Challenges and South Korea’s Strategic Responses | Kim, Jin Ha et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • A Study on North Korea's Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear Posture in the Kim Jong-un Era: Focusing on Nuclear-Related Laws | Lee, Tae ho | Korea and World Review [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • The Prospects and Challenges of a Second Trump Administration’s Summit with North Korea | Chun, Chaesung | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Trump-Kim Bromance 2.0? The Differences between 2018 and 2025 | Hwang, Ildo | Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security [Read]
  • The Significance of North Korea and Vietnam’s Designation of "Friendship Year" | Hwang, Soohwan | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Prospects for North Korea Policy in Trump’s Second Term: Focusing on Statements by Trump and Key Diplomacy and Security Officials | Oh, Gyung-sup | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • North Korea’s "Strategic Golden Age" … South Korea’s Preparedness | Yang, Uk | Segye Ilbo [Read]
  • Trump’s Reference to North Korea as a "Nuclear State": An Overreaction? | Chun, Yung-woo | Chosun Ilbo [Read]
  • "South Korea Must Ensure Its Position is Reflected Before Trump’s North Korea Policy is Finalized" | JoongAng Ilbo [Read]
[Videos & Transcripts]
  • The Outlook of DPRK Foreign Policy in 2025 | Park, Won Gon | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Re-confirmed goal of "DPRK denuclearization"... How much will South Korea need to pay? | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [View]
  • The Outlook of U.S.-North Korea Dialogue in Trump 2.0 | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [View]
  • North Korea's 2024 Military Developments and Decisions to be Made in the New Year | Yang, Uk | Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Product Advertising and Consumption Patterns in North Korea | Choi, Ji Young, Lee, Ji Sun | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Market Life of North Korean People | Na, Yongwoo et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Shifting determinants of socioeconomic status in North Korea: The impact of marketisation | Choi, Young Jun et al. | Asian Journal of Social Science [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • Is a Surging Exchange Rate North Korea’s Economic Achilles’ Heel? | Kim, Byung-Yeon | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Analysis of the Unification Diplomacy Environment of South Korea as a Global Pivotal State: Europe, Middle East, and India | Kim, Sang Ki et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • A New Grand Plan for Korean Unification: A Survey of Experts on Korean Peninsula Problems | Park, Juhwa et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Initial Measures for the ‘Audacious Initiative’: Cooperation on Improving North Korean People’s Lives and the Green Detente | Hong, Jea Hwan et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • The Contents and Structure of Unification Education based on Liberal Democracy | Han, Dong-ho et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Kim Jong-un’s Strategy towards South Korea and Unification | Kim, Kap-Sik et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • North Korea’s Hostile Two-States Strategy and South Korea’s Countermeasures: In Comparison with East Germany’s “Two-Nations and Two-States Theory” | Sohn, Seon-hong | Foreign Relations [Read]
  • A Study on the Theory of Special Relationship between South and North Korea as a result of "North Korea's Two State Theory" and the Direction of Change for the Inter-Korean Legal Framework | Kwon, Eun-Min | Peace and Unification Review [Read]
  • The Constitutional Acceptability and Limitations of the Two-State Theory in North and South Korea | Kim, Seon Taek and Yun, Jeong-In | Unification & Law [Read]
  • A Plan to Integrate North and South Korean Ownership Laws through ‘Genossenschaftliches Eigentum’ | Kim, Jin-gyu | Unification & Law [Read]
  • Implications of German Constitutional Patriotism for South Korea’s Unification Formula - Proposing ‘the Unification Formula: Forming a Constitutional Value Community on the Korean Peninsula’ | Park, Min and Song, In Ho | Unification & Law [Read]
  • Perceptions and Attitudes of University Students Defected from North Korean on Peace and Unification | Song, Youngsook and Cho, Eun Sik | Peace and Unification Review [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • North Korea’s Garbage-filled Balloons as a New Psychological Warfare | Tavli, Nilay and Chung, Kyung-young | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Inter-Korean Relations in 2025: Propsects for Shifts in DPRK's "Two Hostile States" Doctrine | Kim, Sang Ki | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Analysis on the Activities of the International Community for the Promotion of Human Rights in North Korea and Policy Tasks | Lee, Kyu-Chang | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Cyber Panopticon: How North Korea Violates Human Rights Through Digital Surveillance | Moon, Yechan | Korea and the World Review [Read]
  • A Comparison of the United States and China’s Approaches to North Korean Refugees | Jang, Si Young | Peace and Unification Review [Read]
[Media Commentaries]
  • Elizabeth Salmón: "North Korean POWs Must Not Be Repatriated to Their Home Country" | Radio Free Asia [Read]
  • Human Rights Experts: "North Korean POWs Should Be Accepted in South Korea… They Are Victims of Human Rights Violations" | Voice of America [Read]
[Books]
  • Silent Testimonies: North Korea's War Crimes and Human Rights | Cha, Dong-gil | Mulmangcho [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Mass Education through Television Media in the Kim Jong Un Era | Lee, Ji Sun et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Changes in the Authority and Financing of Local Governments in North Korea: Focusing on the Analysis of Local Budget and Convenience Service Laws | Yoon, Se Ra | Unification & Law [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • The Oncheon-gun and Wonsan-gun Incidents in North Korea and the Politics of Corruption | Oh, Gyung-sup | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Do North Korean Residents Really Want Nuclear Weapons?: Threats, Ideology, and Everyday Experiences | Kim, Taek Bin | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Changes in North Korea’s "20×10 Regional Development Policy": Implications of the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Kangdong County Hospital and General Service Center | Jeong, Eun Mee | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
  • Military Life of North Korean People | Suh, Bo-Hyuk et al. | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
[Books]
  • Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-Sung | Tertitskiy, Fyodor | Hurst [Read]  
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