• Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.32-39
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• 2012

Objective : Psychiatry in North Korea is believed to seem very different from psychiatry in South Korea. However, there is nearly no information regarding psychiatry in North Korea until now. Our study aimed to get information about North Korean psychiatry. Methods : Three North Korean defectors in South Korea, whose clinical experience as medical doctors in North Korea was over 10 years, were recruited. They underwent the semi-structured interview, content of which included the clinical experience with psychiatric patients, the details of psychiatry, the treatment of psychiatric patients, the stigma of mental illness, and the suicide, in North Korea. Results : In North Korea, psychiatric department was called as 49th(pronounced as Sahsip-gu-ho in Korean). Only patients with vivid psychotic symptoms came to psychiatric department. Non-psychotic depression or anxiety disorders usually were not dealt in psychiatry. The etiology of mental illness seemed to be confined to biological factors including genetic predisposition. Psychosocial or psychodynamic factors as etiology of mental illness appeared to be ignored. Psychiatry was apparently separated from political or ideological issues. The mainstay of psychiatric treatment is the inpatient admission and out-of-date therapy such as insulin coma therapy. Stigma over mental illness was common in North Korea. Suicide is considered as a betrayal to his/her nation, and has been reported to be very rare. Conclusion : The situation of psychiatry in North Korea is largely different from that of South Korea. Although some aspects of North Korean psychiatry are similar to psychiatry in former socialist countries, North Korean psychiatry is considered to have also its unique characteristics.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.101-106
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• 2015

In order to minimize regional disparities between the North and the South, it is very important to reduce shortages of food and energy in North Korea in the short and mid-term. In the long term, it is important to reduce not only regional disparities between two Koreas but also regional disparities in North Korea. It is important to consider national policies of the North, the South and other countries in Northeast Asia in the process of building regional development policies for North Korea because the future of regional development in North Korea depends on policies of stakeholder in Northeast Asia. This study suggest some policy directions for regional development in North Korea. At first, building new industries, such as hi-tech industries and MICE, is important for regional development potentials in North Korea. Also, we should take some special development strategies according to regional potentials in North Korea. For example, Nampo region should be specialized through hi-tech industries. Wonsan region should be specialized through MICE. Finally, this study suggests some policy issues to the South Korean government. Financial support from South Korean government about inter-Korean economic cooperation should have priorities on the regions where have potentials of hi-tech industries and MICE. Also, we should implement inter-Korean economic cooperation policies under consideration about spatial aspects.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1-20
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• 2022

This study analyses how much Korean visits to North Korea have an impact on the North Korean regional economy. It estimates the demand for North Korean tourism via the borders of North Korea, China, and Russia and South Korean expenses to be spent in North Korea. When asked if they are willing to visit North Korea within the next five years in case the pre-conditions of the visit to North Korea are satisfied, approximately 64.1% of the survey respondents indicated 'yes'. To estimate the demand, this research employed the analysis of purchase intention, popular in marketing, based on their willingness to visit. The annual demand for tourism was 4,136,361 persons. The average estimated expense per person is KRW 1,532,000 and the total annual expense is KRW 6,336.9 billion. Assuming that airfare is excluded from the total expense and the expense is made evenly in each tourist destination, the estimated amount to be spent in North Korea is KRW 2,838.7 billion per annum. The backward linkage effect of this expense on the North Korean regional economy is KRW 7,972.1 billion in total production inducement, KRW 2,619.4 billion in value-added inducement, and approximately 2,890,443 persons in employment inducement. The value-added inducement effect is estimated to be approximately 7.6% of the North Korean nominal GDP in 2020. South Korean tourism is expected to have a significant impact on the North Korean economy. As the demand for North Korean tourism is likely to increase steadily due to the expected increase in overseas travel demand by Koreans, inter-Korean cooperation is needed for the development of North Korean tourism infrastructure if conditions improve.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.105-149
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• 1997

이 논문에서는 남북한 관계를 중심으로 분쟁해소와 협력관계 구축에 있어서 신뢰(信賴)가 할 수 있는 역할(役割)에 대해 검토해 보았다. 이 논문의 모델은 Kreps-Wilson(1982)의 신규진입 게임을 협력관계 구축이라는 새로운 상황에 맞게 변환시킨 순차적 게임모델로서 유한반복(有限反復) 게임구도와 비대칭적(非對稱的) 정보소유(情報所有)를 그 근간으로 한다. 북한이 남한정부가 진보적이라고 믿는 확률을 남한에 대한 '신뢰(信賴)'라고 정의할 때, 신뢰는 크게 나누어 다음과 같은 역할을 한다. 북한이 남한에 대해 작은 규모의 신뢰감만 가지고 있어도 피의자(被疑者)의 딜레마 (Prisoner's Dilemma) 상황을 피할 수 있으며 상당한 기간동안 남북협력관계(南北協力關係)가 지속될 수 있다. 왜냐하면 보수적 성향의 남한정부도 북한이 개혁정책을 추진할 때 대북(對北) 압박정책 대신 포용정책(包容政策)을 통해 얻을 수 있는 수익이 적지 않은 점을 고려하여 상당기간동안 포용정책을 선택할 동기가 있기 때문이다. 하지만 이와 같이 자신의 성향을 은폐하는 위장행동의 가능성이 높은 동안 신뢰(信賴)는 쉽게 증진되지 않는다. 다만 남북한이 협력을 통해 실질적인 수익을 얻을 수 있을 뿐이다. 남북협력관계를 구축하기 위해 남한이 할 수 있는 일은 정책대응에 소요되는 시간을 줄이는 한편, 개혁정책을 통해 북한이 얻을 수 있는 기대수익(期待收益)을 늘리고 남한에 배신당할 경우 입는 피해를 줄여주는 것이다. 특히 장기적인 관점에서 북한의 기대수익을 점진적으로 늘려 '신뢰도(信賴度)가 넘어야 할 문턱'을 낮추는 것이 효과적인 정책이다. 따라서 남북관계를 진전시키기 위해서는 북한의 지속적인 개혁을 조건으로 북한의 기대수익이 점진적으로 증가하는 KEDO식의 장기적 경협사업(經協事業)을 고안하여 추진해야 한다. 이에 반해 인도주의적 명분하에 일과성의 식량지원을 북한에 제공하는 것은 북한의 구조적(構造的) 경제난(經濟難) 해소나 남북관계의 지속적 진전에 별 도움이 안되는 정책이다. 북한은 북한 나름대로 남한을 한번 믿어볼 필요가 있다. 왜냐하면 상대방에 대한 불신(不信)은 결국 협력관계가 유지될 수 있는 기간을 감축시켜 비효율적인 결과를 초래하기 때문이다.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.14 no.3_1
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• pp.79-89
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• 2014

North Korea's provocations is continued. Although Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un regime was shift. The crisis is activated, but that there are no changes. Until now, there are the possibilities of war in the Korean peninsula. If we analyse a major provoked crisis committed by North Korea, the enemy's intention is clear. Since the Korean War, South and North Koreas remain limited military conflict continued. North Korea's provocative behavior so far can be summarized as the following. First, the provocative form has changed variously. Second, the risk analysis of the case, the goal is most often provoked by the military purposes. Third, North Korea is a war and peace strategy on both sides. Fourth, try to cover up the provocation. Each crisis event occurs when the peninsula side of North Korea by hiding his intention to blame the behavior of the operation has been shown to act.

• Korea and Global Affairs
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.97-114
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• 2017

This article aims for searching the clue of North Korea nuke-problem by understanding it contextually. We must see this from the beginning as many trials in settling the problem have failed. North Korea nuke-problem is related to the change of international implication as well as the domestic process of its development. At first, it started from the regime survival, which evolved with the effect of learning. During the Cold War, its development had combined the principle of 'self-defense' because of Sino-Russia conflict. Particularly, its meaning varied dramatically due to the collapse of Cold War system plus the advent of post-Cold War system. North Korea nuclear program has became a global problem based on the deterioration of North Korea's security milieu and Bush administration's policy. Therefore, the area of common solution for NK nuke-problem must be found in the context of regime survival and the change of its meaning by continual convergence effort.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.607-619
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• 2005

For the Unification of Koreas in the future, we need to understand the geography education system of North Korea. This paper deals with the middle-school geography textbooks of North Korea, published in 2000 and as well as in 1990, in order to look for a better way of geography education after the Unification. One geography textbook is used for each grade, respectively, from the first to the fifth grade of the North Korea's middle-school (table 1). The North Korea's geography textbooks are immersed in the unreasonable idolization of the Kim's family and the excessive devotion to the socialist system. But they may suggest a significant implication in the improvement of geography terminology in South Korea because of their common use of genuine Korean words.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1867-1872
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 1980년부터 2008년까지의 재해역학조사센터(http://www.emdat.be/)의 자료를 활용하여, 북한지역의 홍수로 인한 피해를 조사하였다. 북한의 홍수 발생 기간 중 약 70%가 주로 7월과 8월에 발생하였으며, 홍수로 인한 총 재산피해는 약 180억 달러에 달한다. 이중 1995년의 홍수는 약 150억 달러로 세계 50대 자연재해로 기록되었다. 또한, 2007년의 홍수는 북한의 자연재해 중 가장 많은 인명피해로 당시 사망자는 600명 이상이 기록되었다. 북한의 홍수 유형별 피해 규모를 분석하기 위하여 홍수 유형을 불특정 홍수, 돌발 홍수, 일반 홍수로 분류하여 분석하였다. 또한, 남북한의 차이를 분석하기 위하여 남한의 홍수 사례를 같은 유형으로 분류하여 함께 비교하였다. 유형별 빈도는 남한의 경우 3가지 유형이 비슷한 빈도로 발생된 반면, 북한의 경우 일반홍수의 빈도가 다른 홍수의 빈도 보다 조금 많이 발생하였다. 유형별 인명피해 부분에서는 남한은 전체 유형에서 돌발홍수가 52%로 가장 많은 부분을 차지했으며, 북한의 경우는 일반홍수가 42%로 가장 많이 차지하였다. 결론적으로 남한은 일반홍수와 돌발홍수의 빈도는 같았으나, 돌발홍수가 인명피해 면에서 2.3배 많이 발생하였으며, 북한의 경우 불특정 홍수와 돌발홍수의 발생 빈도는 같았으나, 돌발홍수로 인한 인명피해가 1.5배 많이 발생하였다. 경제적 피해 부분에서는 남한의 경우 돌발홍수가 약 19억 달러로 가장 많은 피해액을 발생시켰으며, 북한의 경우 일반홍수가 약 153억 달러로 가장 많은 피해액을 발생시켰다. 이는 남한의 약 7배에 해당하는 금액이다. 남북한이 경제적 피해 부분에서 큰 차이를 보이는 것은 1995년의 대홍수의 피해액이 약150억 달러로 기록되었기 때문으로 사료된다. 향후 기후변화로 인하여, 자연재해는 더욱 증가할 것으로 생각된다. 남한의 연구뿐만 아니라 한반도 전체에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 현재, 북한의 경우 기상 현상, 재해정보 등의 연구 자료는 남한 지역의 연구에 비해 상대적으로 많이 부족하며, 매우 제한적이고 단편적인 자료들만 존재하고 있다. 따라서 이에 관한 많은 연구들이 필요한 실정이다. 현재 작성되어 있는 북한의 재해 취약성 지도를 좀 더 연구하여, 한반도 전체의 재해 취약성 지도의 작성이 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 또한, 한반도 지역에서 발생하는 위험기상에 따른 사회경제적 피해를 줄이고 능동적으로 대처하기 위해 남북간 기상협력이 활성화 될 필요가 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.259-266
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• 2021

This paper sought to help north Korean women understand their lives and seek to integrate the in-house between North and South Korea by organizing the overall reality of north Korea's fashionable hairstyles and beauty industry. The research method looks at the appearance management activities of North Koreans in north Korean media, media outlets, and testimonies of north Koreans who have been on the outstay since Kim Jong-un's ruling, among other things, and analyzed their hair activities. C. Studies have shown that some improvements have been made since the Kim Regime through the smuggling of foreign goods by yusists. In addition, it was confirmed that beauty education is being systematically edied out through a beauty training institute in North Korea, and that it has changed from a fixed salary system to an ability-based allowance. This study shows a limitation that north Korea has failed to study. It is believed to be a boon to future research on North Korean hair.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.8
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• pp.489-497
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• 2021

This study presents the results of an empirical analysis on whether the experience of contact with North Korea and North Korean settlers affects the perceptions of unification. Specifically, the purpose of this study was to examine whether the contact experience enhances intimacy with the North Korean settlers or raises a friendly perception of North Korea.The results of this study are as follows. First, the experience of contact with North Korea and North Korean defectors had a positive effect on intimacy with North Korean settlers, friendly perception of North Korea, and perceptions of unification. Second, intimacy toward North Korean settlers and perception of North Korea played a mediating role between contact experience and unification consciousness.