North Korean Review, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 2025)

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: 117
Copyright Date: 2025
pISBN: 1110020000211
Imprint: McFarland

Editor’s Comments       3

Issue Articles
Beyond Compliance: The Dynamics of North Korea’s Participation in the Universal Periodic Review       (Junhyoung Lee)       5
New Voices, New Partners: Assessing the Change in Civil Society Engagement with North Korea’s UN Universal Periodic Review After the Commission of Inquiry       (C.J. Simons)       26
The Dynamics of Indonesia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Diplomatic Relations       (Septian Bagus & Yokie Rahmad Isjchwansyah)       46
Reassessing North Korea’s Evolving Cyber Threat and South Korea’s Countermeasures       (Heylyung Yun)       70
Losing to Enemy Broadcasts: A Comparative Study of North Korea with the Former East Germany       (Esther ­­Eui-Gyeong Kim)       92

Book Reviews       108
Call for Papers and Style Guide       115