A Comparative Study on Land Reform in North Korea and North Vietnam: The Impact of Colonial Legacy and State Capacity
Journal: The Korean Journal of International Studies
Year: 2025

This study examines how structural components-state capacity, social structure, and political context-shaped land reform in North Korea and North Vietnam.In Korea, Japan's direct and centralized colonial rule established a modern land registration system and subordinated the landlord class to the colonial state.As a result, the communist regime could clearly identify landlords and redistribute land based on existing records, encountering minimal social resistance.In contrast, the French employed