Newsletter by SAND
2024. 5.17 Number 27 | publisher kyong-hui Choi
South And North Development
www. SAND.OR.KR
Just as Sand means sand in English, the SAND Research Institute will fill the empty space in inter-Korean relations and North Korea research amid the social focus, and communicate with society with a confident attitude and innovative research results. The SAND Research Institute, comprised of researchers from North and South Korea, will play its role as the main material to build a new 'house of unification' and pave the 'path to unification', just as sand is used as a key material for semiconductors in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Issue Brief
Lee Dong-min
Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Dankook University
Evaluation of Chinese President Xi Jinping's Visit to France and Its Implications for North Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping began his European tour on May 7, visiting France first, followed by Hungary and Serbia. During his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Xi stated that this visit would spread...
Mr Macron hosted the president at the Elysee Palace on Monday morning. Pic: Reuters
Academic Article
Kim Philo
Associate Professor at the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS),
Seoul National University
Exploring South Korea's Response to North Korea's "Two-State" Policy: Vision for New Peninsula Unification and Creative Engagement (Part 2)
Most directly, North Korea's actions can be seen as measures to block the negative effects on regime cohesion stemming from the economic disparity with South Korea. Considering the economic gap between the two Koreas,...
Current Affairs Analysi
Oh Seung-hee
Research Professor at the Institute for Japanese Studies, SNU
Recent China-Japan Relations and Prospects: Building Cooperation and Managing Conflicts in the Post-Covid Era
On April 23rd, the Korean Central News Agency reported that "units with the 600mm Super-large Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) took part in their inaugural comprehensive nuclear retaliatory tactical exercise."...
Opinion
Kang Dong-wan
Professor at Dong-A University
China's Inhumane Crimes: When Will They Stop?
China has once again committed an inhumane act, leaving us heartbroken and distressed. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that the Chinese government forcibly repatriated about 60 North Korean defectors on the 26th of last month...
Feature Article Series
Jeon Byung-kil
Senior Consultant of YESInnovation former of Secretary General of UniKorea Foundation
Marketing In North Korea
- To kick off the series(1)
North Korea has operated several social media accounts for public relations purposes, including a YouTube account featuring female university students in Pyongyang
Videos posted on the account show them introducing new ice cream flavors at an ice cream parlor, going to an amusement park and jogging along the Taedong River.
They also eat hamburgers, go to beauty salons to get their hair done, and go to stores to shop for various goods. Looking at the products on display in the stores, it seems that there is a wider variety of manufactured goods produced in North Korea than before, and the packaging ...
Kim Myongsung’s Inside North Korea
Image: Korean Central Television
Image: Korean Central Television
Image: Korean Central Television
Kim Myungsung
SAND's Secretary
General Editor for the SAND Newsletter
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