Search results for: Seonhwa Kim
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The fragile state of democracy in Korea: Martial law, division and an uncertain future
...alongside former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, appears to have orchestrated what I am calling a “palace coup.” This betrayal of democratic norms has sent shockwaves throughout the nation. While Yoon...
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Kamala Harris and North Korea: Between Continuity, Pragmatism, and Strategic Realignment
...its political, military, and economic attention. This has spilled over onto the Korean Peninsula, where the Biden administration, constrained by necessity and mindful of the failures of the Trump-Kim summits,...
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‘Strategic Talks’ – A Report by Stockholm Korea Center
...and differences from their insights. Key issues discussed included the evolving Russia-DPRK alliance, marked by a new mutual defense agreement between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, and its impact...
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U.S.-North Korea Denuclearization Negotiations: An Irresolvable Issue?
...then CIA director Mike Pompeo travelled to Pyongyang for preparatory talks on a summit meeting between President Trump and Chairman Kim. Additional confidence-building measures were North Korea’s self-declared moratorium on...
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Obligations & Roles of the U.S. and Neighboring Countries for the Reunification of Korea
...the DPRK, Chairman Kim Jong Un illustrated, “When reunified, our country will demonstrate its grandeur as a dignified world power with an 80 million population and enormous national strength, a...
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Window of Opportunity: Breaking Impasse on the Korean Peninsula
...signal a change in Pyongyang’s direction, which would later become apparent in Chairman Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Speech. In it he announced that “our Republic has at last [emphasis...
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Economic Transformation Under Kim Jong Il
...Kim Jong Il noted the importance of both economic reforms and North Korea’s connecting with the outside world. However, domestic political constraints did not allow him to proceed with...
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“A People’s Peace”: Inclusive Peacebuilding and the Role of Civil Society in Korea
...talks between Seoul National University and Kim Il Sung University. In 1989, Reverend Moon Ik Kwan, an advisor to a new umbrella constellation of groups called the National Alliance of...
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Education and Development in North Korea: The Push for a “Science-Based Economy” Under Kim Jong Un
...Abstract This Issue Brief analyzes the development of education in North Korea with particular focus on the Kim Jong Un era and the recent government’s emphasis on scientific development....
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China’s Evolving North Korea Policy
...large part based on and revised from the author’s previous academic research and policy papers. In particular, see Kim Heung-kyu, “From a Buffer Zone to a Strategic Burden: Evolving Sino-North...