North Korea
Subtitle: development, human rights and democracy
By: by North Korea Modernization Research Group
Series: Explorations in Korean studies; Explorations in Korean studies
Publisher: Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University; Distributed outside of North and South Korea by Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seoul; Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9788984213234
Subjects: Human rights; Economics; Democracy; History
Description: The authors of this volume discuss challenges and suggest concrete ideas to promote North Korea's development, human rights, and democracy through international cooperation. --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [103]-110) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Executive summary.  Modernization and democracy; title: Human rights, refugees, and independent media; title: Economic development, participation, and market reform; title: Findings and suggestions; title: II.  North Korea's current challenges.  Politics.  The Worker's Party of Korea; title: "Military-first" politics and the rise of the National Defense Commission; title: The health of Kim Jong Il, leadership succession, and promotion of family in the leadership structure; title: Military.  The Korean People's Army and the military-society relationship; title: The nuclear issue; title: Economy.  The North Korean economy and its current situation; title: July 2002 economic adjustment measures; title: Domestic economy, "speed battles," and currency revaluation; title: Foreign trade and investment, the Kaesong Industrial Complex, and Kumgang Mountain Tourism; title: Society.  Difficult economic situation; title: Human rights conditions; title: Media; title: III.  The international community's engagement with North Korea.  Modernization and democracy.  Changes in North Korea : a critical view; title: Advancing democracy through modernization; title: Promoting political liberalization in North Korea : the case of Burma; title: North Korean human rights, refugees, and media.  Human rights organizations; title: Refugees; title: Independent media; title: Economic development, participation, and market reform; title: IV.  Conclusion : North Korea's road to modernization.