China's shifting economic circumstances have been impacting the structure of its economic cooperation with North Korea. The Chinese economy has been slowing down since 2007 and China's Northeastern region has been suffering from labor shortage, especially young labor. Decreasing raw material...

This paper examines various channels and issues for foreign firms to invest in inter-Korean economic cooperation with the assumption that inter-Korean economic cooperation can be resumed after sanctions against North Korea have been lifted, and the same treatment is applied to foreign firms....

The year 2015 marked the first time North Korea's trade with China shrank since 2009. According to China Customs, North Korea's trade with China in 2015 recorded 5.4 billion, a drop by 14.7% from 6.4 billion in 2014. Exports to China recorded 2.5 billion, 12.6% lower than the 2.8 billion in...

Economic transition can be divided into two prototypes; one is the market economy epitomized by the United States, and the other is state capitalistic transition (or East Asian transition), represented by China. This study proceeded in two stages of designing transition indicators suited to...

(Korean Abstract) 본 연구는 김정은 위원장 집권 10년을 정권 승계기(2011년 12월~2012년), 집권 1기(2013~17년), 집권 2기 (2018~21년)로 구분하여 각 집권 시기별로 북한이 추진하였던 대외정책의 특징을 규명하고, 이를 바탕으로...

We focused on multilateral cooperation and aid to North Korea. While it is true that North Korea and the international community both respectively have a certain desire for multilateral cooperation, we evaluate that due to the disagreements stemming from differing perspectives, correspondence,...

North Korea has been recently concentrating all its efforts into economic development, changing its economic strategies and appointing new personnel to key positions. The North convened the Party Conference of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea on April 21th, 2018 and...

This study empirically demonstrates that there is indeed a positive relationship between trade and peace, by specifically showing that the physical state of peace and the structural elements of peace contribute to a country’s WTO membership, while WTO accession also contributes to achieving...

The problem of delayed implementation in prohibited subsidy disputes is a persistent problem in the WTO dispute settlement system. This article examines the WTO remedy system for enforcing WTO rulings in prohibited subsidy disputes to suggest some ways to improve the currently “ineffective”...