Current Affairs in North Korea, 2010-2017: A Collection of Research Notes

Author(s)

Rüdiger Frank

Abstract

Starting with the public introduction of Kim Jong-un to the public in autumn of 2010 and ending with observations of consumerism in February 2017, this collection of 16 short research notes that were originally published at 38North discusses some of the most crucial issues, aside from the nuclear problem, that dominated the field of North Korean Studies in the past decade. Left in their original form, these short articles show the consistency of major North Korean policies as much as the development of our understanding of the new leader and his approach. Topics covered include the question of succession, economic statistics, new ideological trends such as pyŏngjin, technological developments including a review of the North Korean tablet computer Samjiyŏn, the Korean unification issue, special economic zones, foreign trade, parliamentary elections and the first ever Party congress since 1980.

Organisation(s)

Department of East Asian Studies

Journal

Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies

Volume

9

Pages

235-350

No. of pages

116

ISSN

2219-4398

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/vjeas-2017-0008

Publication date

12-2017

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

506012 Political systems, 502046 Economic policy

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Cultural Studies, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/31b21581-0f02-4bf6-80fd-71cbc18f255b