The author analyzes the dynamics and structure of DPRK’s foreign trade, as well impact international sanctions. Currently, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions, sanctions include a complete ban on country’s main export goods, restrictions import petroleum products use North Korean labor abroad. International aggravation South relations had significant negative effect trade. Until ...

This study reflects the impact on North Korean nuclear issue by analysing Russo-Ukrainian war. At international level, Russian-Ukrainian conflict has changed geopolitical landscape of world, leading to increased strategic autonomy for some developing countries. regional led Six-Party Talks countries revise their foreign and defence policies, complicating situation, while at DPRK strengthened DP...

PURPOSE The purpose of the present study was to examine the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI-2) in Korean patients with eating disorders and healthy controls, and to investigate cultural differences of EDI-2 between a Korean group and a North American standardization sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Korean version of the EDI-2 was prepare...

The Korean real estate market is currently experiencing a slowdown due to the global economic crisis which has resulted from subprime mortgage lending practices. In response, the Korean government has enforced various policies, based on intend to deregulate real estate speculation, such as increasing the Loan to value ratio (LTV) in order to stimulate housing supply, demand and accompanying hou...

Collections of parasitoids attacking the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in South Korea yielded specimens that were originally identiÞed as Binodoxys communis (Gahan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). We report here on laboratory studies indicating that this population is actually a previously unknown species of Binodoxys. Four classes of comparisons weremade between th...

OBJECTIVES The goal of this paper is to examine the social network effects on post-traumatic sdress disorder (PTSD) in female North Korean immigrants who entered South Korea in 2007. Specifically, it attempts to verify if the density and composition of networks make a difference after controlling for the network size. METHODS A multivariate logistic regression is used to probe the effects of ...

This article explores the postures of last three former US presidents towards North Korean nuclear issue. The study applies Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis (CDA) model as a new approach to examine this topic. By analyzing 17 speech corpuses, sheds light on foreign policy adapted G. W. Bush, Obama, and Trump address Korea Nuclear Theoretically, uses both Waltz’s Aristotle modes persuasi...

Korean credit :::union:::s (CUs) are considered to be a hidden contributor to the “Korean miracle”, characterized by remarkable economic growth and relatively low income inequality. The Korean miracle not only generated wealth in an economically strapped and socially under-privileged people, but also contributed to regional community development and the democratization of Korean society. In...

The effects of ice ages on speciation have been well documented for many European and North American taxa. In contrast, very few studies have addressed the consequences of such environmental and topographical changes in North East Asian species. More precisely, the Korean Peninsula offers a unique model to assess patterns and processes of speciation as it hosts the northern- and eastern-most di...