North Korean Review, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Fall 2024)

North Korean Review is the first academic journal in North America or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea. The purpose of NKR is to provide readers with an improved understanding of the country’s complexities and the threat it presents to global stability. International and interdisciplinary, NKR is a refereed journal published twice a year. Topics include culture, history, economics, business, religion, politics and international relations, among others. Back issues are available to individuals $30 and to institutions for $75, and are subject to availability. Order on our website, contact your subscription agent, or contact McFarland at 800-253-2187 or journals@mcfarlandpub.com.

Yongho Kim is the director of the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies and a professor in the Political Science and International Studies Department at Yonsei University.

Edited by Yongho Kim
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 105pp
Copyright Date: 2025
ISSN 1551-2789
Imprint: McFarland

Editor’s Comments   3

Issue Articles

Is Unification the Only Option? South Korean Support for Unification Versus Peaceful Coexistence
  
(Timothy S. Rich, Serena White, and Katrina Fjeld)   5

Displacement of North Korean Orphans to Eastern Europe, 1952–1958: Romania, Hungary and Poland

(Ana Ungureanu)   20

North Korea’s Concept of Human Rights and Its Characteristics: An LDA-NLP Analysis on the CHRRA Report and Rodong Sinmun

(Kyungho Song)   37

Development of Social(ist) Healthcare in Cold War North Korea

(Natalia Matveeva)    67

One Day, One Night: Changes in the Economy and Film Industry

(Immanuel Kim)    81

Book Reviews   91

Call for Papers and Style Guide   98