PART I

North Korea as Conundrum
1 A Variable, not a Constant! The Hermit Kingdom’s Paradox
Hwang, Sohee
2 Will Kim Ju-ae Succeed Her Father?
Noh, Hyun-Jong
3 Games Between Leaders and Elites in North Korea
Hwang, Sohee
4 Kill Numerous Birds with One Stone: North Korea’s International
Relations Signaling
Hwang, Sohee
5 North Korea’s Identity and Development of ICBMs and Nuclear
Weapons
Tomoomi, Mori
6 The Veiled Statistics of North Korea
Kang, Woo-Chul
7 Is the Socialist Enterprises Management System a Remedy or a Poison
for North Korea?
Hwang, Joohee
8 Is North Korea’s Agricultural Reform Policy Sustained?
Hwang, Joohee
9 No Taxes in North Korea? The Rise of Local Tax Collection
Yoon, Se-Ra
10 Kim Jong Un’s Trip to Russia: A Train of Thought
Han, Peter

PART II

Two Koreas in Vortex
1 “Who are you?”: Daehanminguk or Nam Chosŏn?
Noh, Hyun-Jong
2 How Should We Understand the Social Impact of a Divided Nation?
Noh, Hyun-Jong
3 North Korea Human Rights Issue from the Perspective of the Two Axes
Jung, Dae-Jin
4 “Si vis pacem, para bellum”: Preparing for War to Preserve Peace
Jung, Yoosuk
5 Why Inter-Korean Agreements Keep Falling Through
Jeong, Il Young
6 An Impossible Dream: The Permanent Division of South and North
Korea
Baek, In-Joo
7 A Unified Korean Design for Future Generations
Jung, Yoosuk
8 De-territorial Unification: The Emergence of “Individuals” in Korean
Unification Discourse
Jung, Dae-Jin

PART III

In Search of Peaceful Exit
1 When Does the Korean War End?
- From the Armistice Agreement to an End-of-war Declaration
Baek, In-Joo
2 Will Kim Jong-un Overcome the Hanoi Trauma?
Jung, Dae-Jin
3 Was the Korean Peninsula Free from Nuclear Damage?
Yoon, Se-Ra
4 Only a Strong Korea-U.S. Alliance Can Prevent North Korea’s Nuclear
Provocations
Jung, Yoosuk
5 Circumstances of Japan-South Korea-U.S. Alliance on the North
Korean Issue
Tomoomi, Mori
6 Basic Perspectives on Japan’s Security Policy toward East Asia,
Especially the Korean Peninsula
Tomoomi, Mori
7 A New Approach to Understanding North Korea:
Development Cooperation with North Korea
Kang, Woo-Chul
8 North Korea and Development Cooperation:
Exploring Pathways through the Paradigm of Sustainable Development
Cho, Jin Hee
9 From Plan to Market: Finance and North Korea’s Future
Cho, Jin Hee
10 Finding Answers in R&D Talent: North Korea’s Intensive Growth Strategy
Hwang, Joohee
11 Digital Tech and North Korea: Pathways for Leapfrogging
Development
Cho, Jin Hee
12 A New Paradigm for Health and Medical Cooperation in North Korea:
From Humanitarian Assistance to Systemic Reconstruction Partnership
Cho, Jin Hee
13 Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and North Korea
Kim, Eunjin
14 The Need for Biodiversity Research in Korean Peninsula
Kim, Eunjin
15 Can North Korea’s Circular Economy Reduce Trash in the West Sea?
Kim, Eunjin
16 The boiling Korean Peninsula and Trauma of North Korea
Baek, In-Joo
17 Can we make Pyongyang host COP33?
Han, Peter
18 Returning to Dialogue Is Essential for Denuclearizing the Korean
Peninsula
Jeong, Il Young
19 Amid the Crisis in Northeast Asia, What Choices Does Korea Have?
Jeong, Il Young