2025FEB10

Issue Briefs

North Korea’s Military Behavior in 2024 and Choices for 2025

By. Yang Uk

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Yang Uk

Tags : GPS, Hwasong-19, ICBM, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, North Korea-Russia ties, South Korea, USFK

2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

Assessment of North Korea’s Regional Development Policy

By. Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Han Ki-bum

Tags : 20x10 Regional Development Policy, economic development, human rights, Kim Jong-un Leadership, Kim Jong-un Policy, North Korea Economy, North Korea Industry, North Korea Nuclear Policy, North Korea Reform, North Korea Regional Development, Regional Factories

2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

North Korea’s Hostile Policy Toward South Korea and Its Link to Foreign Policy Strategies

By. Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Han Ki-bum

Tags : inter-Korean relations, Korean Peninsula, Korean Peninsula Security, North Korea policy, ROK-US-Japan Alliance, US-NorthKorea Relations

2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

Evaluating the Nature of North Korea’s Policy Shift toward South Korea

By. Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Han Ki-bum

Tags : extended deterrence, inter-Korean relations, Kim Jong-un, Korean Peninsula Security, North Korea Nuclear Issue, North Korea policy, North Korea Strategy, ROK-US Alliance, ROK-US-Japan Cooperation, Washington Declaration

2025JAN10

Issue Briefs

Analysis of the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK): Emphasis on …

By. Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

Tags : extended deterrence, inter-Korean relations, Korean Peninsula Tensions, North Korea policy, US-North Korea

2025JAN03

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Il-bo Op-ed] The US-ROK nuclear alliance should precede US-North Korea talks (December 24)

By. Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Korean Peninsula issue, Negotiations, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, ROK-U.S. joint exercises, U.S., US-ROK Alliance

2024OCT28

Issue Briefs

North Korea’s Troop Deployment to the Ukraine War and Fomenting Hostility Toward South Korea: Escaping the Dilemma of the …

By. Cha Du Hyeogn

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn

Tags : North Korea, North Korea’s Troop Deployment, Relationship between two belligerent States, Ukraine War

2024OCT08

Issue Briefs

Implications of the DPRK-Russia “Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”

By. Cha Du Hyeogn

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn

Tags : DPRK-Russia Treaty, Kim Jong-un, MDZ, NATO, NLL, ROK - U.S, ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty

2024OCT08

Issue Briefs

Analysis of the 9th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK): Emphasis on …

By. Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn, Han Ki-bum

Tags : ICBMs, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear Consultative Group, South Korea, Workers’ Party of Korea, WPK

2024SEP06

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Il-bo Op-ed] South Korea’s Indigenous Nuclear Weapons Could be a ‘Common Asset’ for the Alliance

By. Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : North Korea, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapon, Security