Tag Archives: North Korea
North Korea and Development
North Korea and the Geopolitics of Development is authored by Kevin Gray and Jong-Woon Lee and published by Cambridge University Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Jihyun Kim. The book seeks to explain the “seemingly enigmatic juxtaposition of North … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2022 published
After quite a delay, Volume 52, No. 1 is out and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This issue includes the JCA Prize announcement, six research articles, a commentary and three book reviews. The contents are: The Journal of … Continue reading
De-demonising North Korea and China
East–West Reflections on Demonization: North Korea Now, China Next? is a new book edited by Geir Helgesen and Rachel Harrison, and published by NIAS Press. It is reviewed for JCA by Jihyun Kim of the Institute of International Studies at … Continue reading
Issue 5 for 2020 published
Issue number 5 of Volume 50 of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This is the final issue in the Journal’s 50th year anniversary and the third of three special issues in … Continue reading
North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and Economic Reform
A new review article is available from JCA. “The North Korea Problem: Perspectives on the Nuclear Debate, Economic Reforms and Beyond” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2020. 1793378) is by Jihyun Kim of the Institute of International Studies, Bradley University, Peoria, USA. The abstract … Continue reading
Issue 1 for 2018 published
Issue number 1 in Volume 48 (2018) of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically. It is available from the publisher’s site. This number is a regular issue, featuring research articles, a commentary and book reviews. This … Continue reading
China and Sino-North Korean Relations
Kevin Gray is with the Department of International Relations at the University of Sussex in the UK and Jong-Woon Lee is with the Arete College of Liberal Arts at the Far East University in South Korea. They have a new … Continue reading
Change in North Korea
Kevin Gray of the Department of International Relations in the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex has a new review available of Hazel Smith’s North Korea: Markets and Military Rule (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2016.1151543), published by Cambridge University Press. … Continue reading
Issue 4 for 2015 published
The latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Asia is now available online. The issue includes six research articles comprising a Feature Section, two additional research articles, one Commentary and two book reviews. The Feature Section, “Rethinking Resistance: Subaltern Politics … Continue reading
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