• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.109-115
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• 2008

As a new facet of international security realm in 21C, Information Warfare(IW) has rised new way of warfare and demostrated its efficiency in battelfield. With the rapid development of information technology, indeed, it is difficult to estimate the future of IW. While there are a lot of discussion on the clear concep of IW, it is clear that IW has the factor of psychological warfare, so-called cyber psychological warfare. Considering the security environment of Republic of Korea(ROK), the cyber psychological warfare has the significant importance for national security. While it has to deal with the cyber psychological warfare of North Korea, it also try to cope with the various threaten of international conflicts to protect Korean people and national interest.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.5
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• pp.263-268
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• 2023

This study examined the trend of research, focusing on academic papers related to psychological warfare against North Korea studied from 2000 to 2023. As a result of examining the current status by year, field, and research method, we could feel the lack of papers related to psychological warfare against North Korea, and the lack of research was also small only during the period when inter-Korean relations were strained. In addition, the research field is also limited to policy proposals and psychological warfare media, confirming the need to expand to more diverse fields considering the changing psychological warfare environment. In terms of the last research method, most of them were literature studies, so the need for quantitative research using interviews, surveys, and big data was also found. It is hoped that the analysis results of this paper will play a positive role in setting the direction of future research on the psychological warfare against North Korea, which is still underway.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.431-435
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• 2024

This study aims to analyze cases of drone psychological warfare in modern conflicts and examine their effects and limitations. Focusing on the cases of the United States, Israel, and Ukraine, the study investigates the impact of drone-based surveillance, attacks, and propaganda activities on the morale and combat will of enemy forces. The findings indicate that drone psychological warfare has a significant effect in pressuring the enemy psychologically and weakening their will to fight. However, it also entails serious side effects, such as civilian casualties and controversies over violations of international law, which calls for an ethical review. This study is significant in providing a foundation for in-depth discussions on the effectiveness and ethics of drone psychological warfare.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.195-200
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• 2024

The purpose of this study is to propose optimized cognitive warfare strategies for the Korean Peninsula by analyzing recent war case studies. Through the analysis of the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Ukraine-Russia war, and the Israel-Hamas conflict, it was found that the following aspects are crucial in conducting cognitive warfare: 1) applying methods according to objectives, 2) organizing and structuring appropriately to the objectives and means, and 3) utilizing various means from both civilian and military sectors. Based on these findings, cognitive warfare strategies optimized for the operational environment of the Korean Peninsula were suggested in terms of the three elements of military innovation. From the aspect of methodology, it is recommended to develop cognitive warfare scenarios based on legitimacy and legality, and to integrate roles according to the level of warfare. Regarding organization and structuring, the establishment of a national-level control tower and the construction of an integrated response system involving civilians, government, military, and police based on legislation are proposed. In terms of means, it is suggested to utilize various tools from the civilian, government, military, and police sectors, such as North Korean defectors, psychological warfare broadcasts against North Korea, social media, and cyber operations, for auditory, visual, and message delivery. In future battlefields characterized by hyper-connectivity and hyper-intelligence, the execution of cognitive warfare will become increasingly important. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously develop optimized cognitive warfare strategies for the Korean Peninsula through comprehensive national efforts.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.22-29
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• 2012

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.237-246
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• 2016

Recently various types of cyber attacks have occurred. The strategic goals & tactical means of these have evolved. Especially KHNP cyber attack was the type of hacktivism combined hack and psychological warfare. The cyber attackers have forecd the nation to participate in the cyber warfare and the government to make strategic decisions to the releases of confidential information and the threats of stopping KHNP. In this paper, we would like to study the effective strategic decision-making model utilizing the game theory and including an attack intelligence on open policy Decision framework.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.139-155
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• 2006

Over the past two decades suicide terrorism has become an ever-widening phenomenon. When suicide terrorism was first introduced in the Middle East it seemed that this new phenomenon was invincible and that it might change the innate imbalance between terror groups and their rivalry governments. This did not in fact occur. Looking at history of terrorism, it can be seen that suicide attacks are in actuality a very old modus operandi. However, contemporary suicide terrorism differs from such historical tactics, just as the whole phenomenon of terrorism differs from ancient modes of warfare. Modern suicide terrorism is aimed at causing devastating physical damage. through which it inflicts profound fear and anxiety. Its goal is to produce a negative psychological effect on an entire population rather than just the victims of the actual attack. The relatively high number of casualties guaranteed in such attacks, which are usually carried out in crowded areas, ensures full media coverage. Thus, suicide terrorism, ranks with other spectacular modus operandi such as blowing up airplanes in mid air or the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction as a sure means to win maximum effect. For the purposes of this paper a suicide terror attack is defined as a politically motivated violent attack perpetrated by a self-aware individual (or individuals) who actively and purposely causes his own death through blowing himself up along with his chosen target. The perpetrator's ensured death is a precondition for the success of his mission. The greatest potential risk suicide terrorism may pose in future is if terrorists carry out operations combined with other spectacular tactics such as blowing up airplanes or the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Such a combination will increase immensely the death toll of a single terror attack and will have a shocking psychological effect on public moral. At this level suicide terrorism would constitute a genuine strategic threat and would probably be confronted as such. This study portrays a general overview of the modern history of suicide terror activity worldwide, focusing on its main characteristics and the various aims and motivations of the terror groups involved. In addition, This study provides an overview what is to be done to prevent such terrorist attacks.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.329-343
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• 2004

The Social Overhead Capital contains roads, railroad system, airports, seaport, waterworks, electric power plants, and etc. This SOC is very important, not only as a national economic competitiveness factor, but also as a national security factor. For example, 'Freedom Express Way' works as a tool of psychological warfare to the North Korea, as well as an economics infrastructure. In spite of that, until now on, we have disregarded the SOC as a national security factor. Constructing the SOC, only considering economic cost, we have not fulfilled other purpose requirement like stable national security, balanced development. When we invest the money to construct the SOC, considering multi-purpose requirement like military purpose, economic purpose, social purpose and cultural purpose, as a whole national wide point of view, the scares national resources and government budgets will be saved.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.61-70
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• 2015

North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950 and the armistice agreement was reached on July 27, 1953. After that, there have been about 5,000 provocations large and small. In particular, North Korea attacked a naval vessel called "Cheonanham" on March 26, 2010. After the attack, Korean government announced the sanctions against North Korea, so called "May 24 sanctions". North Korea bombarded Yeonpyeong provocation on November 23, 2010 and they planted wood box mines in the DMZ on August 4, 2015. The explosion of them resulted in injuring two Korean soldiers. In response to this accident, Korean government resumed loudspeaker broadcasting against North Korea in 11 years which had developed as the psychological warfare. After this, North Korea declared "being a state of war" and intensified tension. Suddenly North Korea suggested talks and two countries reached an agreement through inter-Korean high-level contacts. But we should review whether the agreement was reached with ease and in haste. This paper focuses on the North Korea's negotiating tactics and suggests our corresponding directions for the future.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.12
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• pp.213-220
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• 2021

As the coronavirus disease(COVID-19) pandemic is declared and the number of confirmed cases and deaths increases in countries around the world, the world is gripped with fear. Therefore, in this study, psychological factors of infection prevention behaviors of firefighters and maritime police officers were analyzed based on the Health Belief Model. Although there was no significant difference in the COVID-19 prevention behaviors between the two groups, there was a significant positive correlation between the perceived disease infection possibility, perceived severity, and perceived benefits in the general characteristics and the COVID-19 prevention behaviors. There was no significant difference with perceived obstacles. This study is of great significance in that it is the first analysis of firefighters and maritime police officers as a health belief model, and can be used as basic data for the implementation of new infectious disease prevention actions.