Trilateralism among the United States, Japan and Korea has significantly contributed to the peace and security of East Asia in the last fifty years. The most important links in the US-Japan-Korea triangle are the US’s bilateral alliances with Japan and South Korea. But trilateralism has been important in issue areas such as policy coordination regarding North Korea. Building on this success, th...

This study examines the productivity and resilience of agroecosystems in the Korean Peninsula. Having learned valuable lessons from a Chapman University project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture which concentrated on the semi-arid region of southwestern United States, our joint Korea—Chapman University team has applied similar methodologies to the Korean Peninsula, which is ...

The interconnection can supply response energy and reserve energy to stabilise the North Korean grid in the presence of large generation units. International data suggests that provision of primary response costs about $15 per MW per hour. 700 MW would be required by North Korea and could be provided by either South Korea or Russia at little cost even when the transmission line is used at full ...

Abstract South and North Korea have experienced contrasting economic developments since the 1950s while sharing similar climates. Previous studies revealed an overall long-term greening trend across Korean peninsula based on greenness data from coarse-resolution satellite images. However, there has been no comprehensive comparison of patterns driving mechanisms between two countries due to limi...

The Asiatic black bear is one of the most endangered mammals in South Korea owing to population declines resulting from human exploitation and habitat fragmentation. To restore the black bear population in South Korea, 27 bear cubs from North Korea and Russian Far East (Primorsky Krai) were imported and released into Jirisan National Park, a reservoir of the largest wild population in South Kor...

This article evaluates the overall current disease burden of North Korea through the recent databases of international organizations. It is notable that North Korea as a nation is exhibiting a relatively low burden from deaths and that there is greater burden from deaths caused by non-communicable diseases than from those caused by communicable diseases and malnutrition. However, the absolute m...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate North Korean refugees' knowledge of mental illnesses and treatments and analyze the factors affecting this knowledge. METHODS Subjects were selected via a snowball sampling method, and the survey outcomes of 152 North Korean refugee participants were analyzed. The factors affecting knowledge of mental illnesses were analyzed via a regression analysis...

OBJECTIVE Vitamin D deficiency is now recognised as a common health problem associated with various chronic diseases; however, it has not been fully elucidated among the minority groups. Here, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associated metabolic risk factors among North Korean refugees living in South Korea. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis from the longi...

PANMUNJOM (UPI)— The United States told North Korea today it com m itted “ A calculated act o f aggression” when it shot down a U.S. Navy plane at least 90 miles from North Korean territory last Tuesday. The U.S. spokesmen then walked out of the meeting called by North Korea w ithout waiting for any reply. The North Koreans had the privilege of speaking first at the session demanded by them in ...

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