[Global NK] December Update for North Korea Watchers

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  • December 31, 2025
[Policy Research]
  • Vietnam’s Engagement of Pyongyang: Socialist Bloc, Middle Power Diplomacy, or Economic Model? | Leif-Eric Easley | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • Crisis Management and Peace Creation through the ROK-U.S. Alliance | CHUNG, Kyung-young | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • The Concept of Conventional and Nuclear Integration (CNI): NATO Practices and its Application to the ROK–U.S. Alliance | Kim, Sookyeom | Korea National Diplomatic Academy [Read]
  • An Assessment and Outlook of ROK–U.S.–Japan Security Cooperation | Jo, Yanghyeon | Korea National Diplomatic Academy [Read]
  • North Korea–Russia Cooperation and China’s Response: An Analysis | Kim, Hankwon | Korea National Diplomatic Academy [Read]
  • The International Order of the New Cold War and South Korea’s Foreign and Security Strategy: Diagnosing the Simultaneous Transformation of Structure and Agency and Proposing a Multi-Layered Diplomatic and Security Framework | Ban, Kilju | Korea National Diplomatic Academy [Read]
  • Changes in China’s North Korea Policy after Victory Day and Their Implications | You, Hyunchung | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
  • Assessment of the 2025 Political Situation and Outlook for 2026 | Institute for National Security Strategy [
  • North-China-Russia Cooperation and Russia’s External Strategy | Jeh, Sunghoon | Korea Development Institute [Read]
  • Changes in the North Korea–China–Russia Border Regions amid Geopolitical Shifts and South Korea’s Response | Lee, Seongwoo | Korea Development Institute [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • OPCON Transition: Changed Threats and Security Conditions Must Be Considered First | Cha, Du Hyeogn | The Asan Institute for Policy Studies [Read]

[Videos & Transcripts]
  • In Trump 2.0, the U.S. May No Longer be a “Reliable Ally” | Kirshner, Jonathan | East Asia Institute [Watch]
  • China, Trump and the Future of Global Order | Goddard, Stacie | East Asia Institute [Watch]
  • The Trajectory of North Korea–Russia Relations amid a Climate of War Termination | Park, Won Gon | East Asia Institute [Watch]
  • Prospects for North Korea–Russia Military Technology Cooperation and Policy Responses | Kim, Jung-soo | Korea Institute for Defense Analyses [


[Policy Research]
  • North Korea–China–Russia Alignment and a Major Shift in Eurasian Multimodal Transport: An Arctic Shipping Route–Inter-Korean–Russia Railway Linkage Strategy for South Korea’s Economic Security | Park, Jungjun | Korea Development Institute [Read]

[Academic Journal Articles]
  • Consumer Goods Industrial Policy and Changes in Living Conditions under the Kim Jong Un Era in North Korea | Choi, Eunju | Sejong Institute [Read]

[Policy Research]
  • Key Issues and Policy Considerations in the Lee Jae Myung Administration’s North Korea Policy | Sung, Kiyoung | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
  • North Korea’s External and South Korea Policy Strategy Blueprint and Policy Considerations | Kim, Ilki | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
  • Three Major Controversies Over South Korea’s Nuclear-Powered Submarine Plan | Jun, Bong-geun | Institution for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University [Read]
  • Assessment of the North Korean Nuclear Situation and Outlook for 2026 | Chung, SungYoon | Korea Institute for National Unification [Read]
[Policy Research]
  • The Greatest Achievements of North Korea's 8th Party Congress and Prospects for the 9th Party Congress | LEE, Ho Ryung | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]
  • An Assessment of the 13th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea | Kim, Intae | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
  • Personnel Changes in the Leadership Bodies of the Workers’ Party Central Committee since North Korea’s 8th Party Congress | Kim, Jongwon | Institute for National Security Strategy [Read]
[Academic Journal Articles]
  • From "Our Country" to "My Country" | HA, Seunghee | Global NK Zoom & Connect [Read]

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