North Korean Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Fall 2023)

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: 104
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2024
ISSN 1551-2789
Imprint: McFarland

Editor’s Comments 3

Issue Articles

Digital Capital of North Korean Refugees: A Comparative Study of South Korean Citizens and North Korean Refugees (Ho Youn Koh & Kyungmin Baek) 5

Protest Prevention, North Korean Style: A Multifactor Comparative Analysis of the DPRK, Romania, and Albania at the Cold War’s End (Esther Eui-Gyeong Kim) 21

The Bipolarity Paradox: A Preliminary Assessment of the Implications of the Strengthening China-Russia “Quasi-Alliance” for the Korean Peninsula (Lyle Goldstein & Vitaly Kozyrev) 37

Thinking About the Unthinkable: North Korea’s Nuclear Threat Towards China (Diana Y. Myers) 59

Barriers to Resettlement Success Among North Koreans: A Public Health Issue (Hami Kang) 77

Book Reviews 90
Call for Papers and Style Guide 100

• “Has played a defining role in the field of North Korean studies…recommend[ed] that most academic and public libraries subscribe in order to provide relevant information about Northeast Asian peace and economic prosperity.”—Library Journal.