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					North Korea’s parallel economies: Systemic disaggregation following
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					Benjamin Habib 
				
			
		

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					North Korea’s parallel economies: Systemic disaggregation following
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					Benjamin Habib 
				
			
		

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This article deals with how the collapse of the Soviet Union had influence on North Korean economy. It concludes the failure of the Soviet Union undermined North Korean economy significantly.

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HABIB North Korea’s parallel economies Systemic disaggregation following

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						North Korea's Challenge of Regime Survival: Internal Problems and Implications for the Future written by Scott Snyder

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						North Korea's Challenge of Regime Survival: Internal Problems and Implications for the Future written by Scott Snyder

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This article deals with internal challenges which North Korean regime is facing for its survival. It also includes its economic decline as one of the possible sources of instability in North Korea.

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SNYDER North Koreas Challenge of Regime Survival Internal Problems

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Soviet Politburo Decisions and the Emergence of the North Korean State, 1946-1948 written by Andrei Lankov

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Soviet Politburo Decisions and the Emergence of the North Korean State, 1946-1948 written by Andrei Lankov

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This article analyses the decisions of the Soviet Politburo related to the Korean issues and approved in 1945-1948. It also deals with how much the Soviet Union had influence on North Korean decision-making.

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LANKOV pecial Issue on From Division Toward Peaceful Unification in Korea  Articles  Soviet Politburo Decisions and the Emergence of the North Korean State, 1946-1948

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Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956 written by Andrei Lankov

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Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956 written by Andrei Lankov

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This book deals with how the failure of "de-stalinization" of the Soviet Union affected on North Korea. It includes how much the Soviet ideology had influence on North Korean ideology.

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Crisis in North Korea: The Failure of De-Stalinization, 1956

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North Korea remains the most mysterious of all Communist countries. The acute shortage of available sources has made it a difficult subject of scholarship. Through his access to Soviet archival material made available only a decade ago, contemporary North Korean press accounts, and personal interviews, Andrei Lankov presents for the first time a detailed look at one of the turning points in North Korean history: the country's unsuccessful attempts to de-Stalinize in the mid-1950s.

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Pyongyang's Survival Strategy Tools of Authoritarian Control in North Korea written by Daniel Byman and Jeniffer Lind

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Pyongyang's Survival Strategy Tools of Authoritarian Control in North Korea written by Daniel Byman and Jeniffer Lind

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This article deals with how the North Korean regime authorises itself.It includes potential internal threat such as revolution and coups,.

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						Path Emergence on the Korean Peninsula:
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						Path Emergence on the Korean Peninsula:
From Division to Unification*  written by Ki-Joon Hong

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This article examines the possibility of Korean unification by using German example as a comparing object.

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This video deals with a brief modern history of North Korea.

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The modern history of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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"Sunshine" or Showers for Korea's Divided Families? written by James A. Foley

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"Sunshine" or Showers for Korea's Divided Families? written by James A. Foley

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Internal Migration in North Korea: Preparation for Governmental Disruption written by Sandra Fahy

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Internal Migration in North Korea: Preparation for Governmental Disruption written by Sandra Fahy

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FAHY Internal Migration in North Korea- Preparation for Governmental Disruption

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The National Security Law: Curtailing Freedom of Expression and Association in the Name of Security in The Republic of Korea

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The National Security Law: Curtailing Freedom of Expression and Association in the Name of Security in The Republic of Korea

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This article presents the South Korean Internal Security Law as a tool used to unjustly oppress political activists along with limiting freedom of expression and association with anything deemed 'anti-state'.

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This attachment is an English translation of the NSL. It primarily defines 'anti-state' behaviour as a threat to Korea and outlines what constitutes this and what punishment can be expected.

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Former South Korean Lawmaker's Treason Conviction Upheld

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Former South Korean Lawmaker's Treason Conviction Upheld

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A newspaper article showing a recent example of the NSL being used to combat anti-state activism. Lee Seok-Ki was the first legislative member to be convicted of treason since South Korea became a democracy.

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Former South Korean Lawmaker's Treason Conviction Upheld

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South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a nine-year prison sentence for a former lawmaker convicted of trying to instigate an armed rebellion.

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Army units cracking down on anti-Lee phone apps

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Army units cracking down on anti-Lee phone apps

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An article about the banning of smartphone apps which are critical of the Lee government in South Korea

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By Kim Young-jin

A second military unit has blocked its troops from downloading smartphone applications critical of the Lee Myung-bak administration or deemed pro-North Korean, officials said Monday amid an ongoing debate over how to handle such politically sensitive material.

The order came courtesy of a commander of the Sixth Army Corps, who on Jan. 17 instructed troops of a subordinate unit to delete or halt any downloading of 10 such apps, the officials said. A similar order was handed down to a unit under the Army Logistics Command in a move revealed last week.

The moves have drawn attention given their inclusion of the popular podcast "Naneun Ggomsuda" (I'm a Petty Trickster), which has built massive popularity by criticizing the conservative administration.

They also represent the latest instance of the nation seeking to balance security with concerns over freedom of expression and sensitive issues ahead of the April parliamentary and December presidential polls this year.

While the program has taken aim at the conservative camp - rocked by a slew of corruption scandals - the show has not said it supports the North.

The blacklisted apps also included "Smart Card" which criticizes Lee's hard line Pyongyang policy and North Korea World, which provides information on tourism to the Stalinist state. The two Koreas remain technically at war and in 2010 the North waged two deadly provocations near the maritime border.

One official, speaking on customary condition of anonymity said the Sixth Army Corps made the list "stressing security" while adding a similar move was not widespread in other units.

Ten days after the order was issued, the troops' smartphones were inspected to make sure the apps had not been downloaded.

Naneun Gomsuda, one of the most downloaded podcasts on the Apple iTunes store, has become a magnet for criticism since it began last April. While embraced for what fans call an alternative to conservative-dominated media, critics say the allegations it levels at the president go too far.

Pressure over such politically-sensitive material is nothing new.

Frank La Rue, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the freedom of expression, said last year that that during election campaigns here it is "difficult to distinguish expression that is permitted from that which is prohibited."

International media have paid particular attention to the Lee administration's heightened use of the National Security Law, which is frequently used to investigate those who "praise, disseminate or cooperate with anti-state groups," namely the North.

The number of prosecutions for online postings deemed as pro-North Korean jumped from five in 2008 to 82 in 2010. Police last year asked the Korea Communications Commission to delete over 80,000 postings praising the North, compared to less than 2,000 two years prior.

Amnesty International has been slamming the administration for the imprisonment of a man accused of aiding the North by posting links to the communist's states propaganda.

Park Jeong-geun, 24, says he made the posts because he was interested in North Korea. The international organization called the case "ludicrous."

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Army units cracking down on anti-Lee phone apps

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By Kim Young-jin A second military unit has blocked its troops from downloading smartphone applications critical of the Lee Myung-bak administration or deemed pro-North Korean, officials said Monday amid an ongoing debate over how to handle such politically sensitive material. The order came courtesy of a commander of the Sixth Army Corps, who on Jan.

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Countries Under Surveillance: South Korea

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Countries Under Surveillance: South Korea