Seungho Jung, Professor at Incheon National University, analyzes the background of North Korea's new five-year plan announced at the 9th Party Congress, which prioritizes stability and management over aggressive growth in response to internal and external uncertainties. The author argues that domestic market instability—including surging exchange...

Seunghee HA, a Research Professor at Dongguk University, analyzes the phenomenon in which the media has replaced severed direct inter-Korean dialogue channels and drives real-time reactions. The author points out that the structure in which both sides indirectly monitor each other through the media and reinterpret actions as hostile intentions incr...

Youngsun JEON, Professor at Konkuk University, analyzes the internal and external implications of North Korea's constitutional name change, which was enacted for the first time in 54 years. The author explains that the removal of "socialism" from the title does not mean abandoning the system, but rather reflects an intention to strengthen its statu...

Won Gon Park, Director of the EAI North Korea Research Center (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes that Kim Ju Ae's succession structure is taking shape in earnest, citing the National Intelligence Service's assessment that she has been designated as heir and the emergence of honorifics reserved exclusively for the supreme leader. The au...

Won Gon Park, Chair of the EAI Center for North Korea Studies (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the strategic implications the recent U.S.-Iran War poses for the Kim Jong Un regime. He characterizes the war as a "preventive war" executed before Iran could complete its nuclear arsenal, arguing that President Trump's unpredictability se...

Kyung-young Chung, President of the Korea Unification International Working Group, evaluates catastrophic outcomes by exploring scenarios of both a North Korean nuclear preemptive strike and a U.S. preemptive attack against North Korea. The author warns that whichever side launches a preemptive strike, it will not end in a unilateral victory but wi...

Ho Ryung Lee, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, evaluates North Korea's 9th Party Congress, noting that Pyongyang has shifted to a "two hostile states" system that prioritizes regime survival and anti-South hostility over economic growth. The author analyzes that this strategic pivot aims to consolidate internal un...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI’s North Korea Studies Center (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the strategic shift in the 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS), which now prioritizes the defense of the U.S. homeland and pragmatic national interests above all others. Chair Park points out the dramatic changes in the security environme...

Hyeong Jung Park, an independent researcher on North Korea, analyzes the broader structural context of North Korea's 9th Party Congress and its strategy for establishing a permanent hostile coexistence between the two Koreas. The author explains that North Korea's nuclear capabilities have evolved from a mere security measure into the core of its r...

In-hwi Park, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University, analyzes the potential impact of the recent U.S. airstrike on Iran on North Korea-U.S. relations and the Korean Peninsula. The author presents two scenarios regarding North Korea's reaction to the Middle East crisis: either clinging more fiercely to its nuc...