North Korea in 2024
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6415969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dohee Kim (0000-0002-8153-1422), Hayam Kim |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 228-238 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2025.65.2.228 |
| OpenAlex | W4409155029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
In 2024, North Korea worked to consolidate Kim Jong Un’s regime across political, economic, military, and social sectors. Politically, Kim emphasized independent leadership by minimizing his predecessors’ legacies and tightening ideological control. Economically, the regime prioritized self-reliance amid shortages and inflation, launching localized development projects. Militarily, it focused on munitions production to support arms supplies to Russia while advancing its nuclear and missile capabilities, declaring 2024 a “golden era for war preparedness.” Socially, propaganda and suppression of South Korean cultural influences were used to counter dissent. In foreign policy, North Korea deepened military cooperation with Russia through arms and technology exchanges formalized in a strategic treaty, though this strained relations with China. Inter-Korean relations deteriorated further, with Pyongyang escalating provocations and officially declaring South Korea a hostile state
Geography · Political science · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |