Kyung Hee Global Collaborative Summer 2016

NORTH KOREA, THE HERMIT KINGDOM? ISSUES, PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES

Faculty:

SUH Bo-Hyuk, Seoul National University

GO Myong-Hyun, Asan Institute for Policy Studies

BAEK Buhm-Suk, Kyung-Hee University

Course Syllabus:

Week 1 Politics and Foreign Relations (SUH Bo-Hyuk) Class 1: Formation and development of Political System Class 2: Governing Ideology and Power Structure Class 3: Goals and Directions of Foreign Policies Class 4: Foreign Relations Class 5: Economic Structure and Policy

References: (additional reading materials will be announced soon) - Suh Bo-Hyuk, Understanding North Korea (Seoul: The Institute for Unification Education, 2014)

Week 2 Society and Economy (GO Myong-Hyun) Class 1: Demographic Background - Demographic distribution and composition of the population in North Korea Class 2: Economy and Trade I - Energy, food production, and foreign direct investment Class 3: Economy and Trade II - Private markets, illicit goods trade, and corruption Class 4: Human Security - Public health and impact of foreign aid Class 5: Regime Viability and Contingency Scenarios - Refugee crisis and informational spread

References: (additional reading materials will be made available in class and/or available online) Books and Articles - Nicholas Eberstadt. North Korea’s “Epic Economic Fail” in International Perspective. Asan Report. The Asan Institute for Policy Studies. 2015 - Go Myong-hyun, Resettling in South Korea: Challenges for Young North Korean Refugees. Issue Brief 2014/24. The Asan Institute for Policy Studies. 2014 - Go Myong-hyun, Economic Improvement in North Korea. Issue Brief No. 58. The Asan Institute for Policy Studies. 2013 Websites - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country Profile: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  http://www.fao.org/countryprofiles/index/en/?iso3=prk - World Health Organization (WHO) Country Profile: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea  http://www.who.int/countries/prk/en/

Week 3 North Korea Human Rights (BAEK Buhm-Suk) Class 1: Historical and Political context to Human Rights violations in DPRK I - Discrimination on the basis of Songbun, Freedoms of expression and religion etc. Class 2: Historical and Political context to Human Rights violations in DPRK II - Right to food, Political prison camps, Abduction etc. Class 3: CoI DPRK, Crimes against Humanity and International Criminal Law Class 4: Humanitarian Assistance and Human Rights in DPRK Class 5: Transitional Justice in post unified Korea

References: (additional reading materials will be announced soon) Books and Articles - White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2015. Korea Institute for National Unification, 2015 - Patricia Goedde, Legal Mobilization for Human Rights Protection in North Korea: Furthering Discourse or Discord?, 32 Hum. Rts. Q. 530 (2010) UN Documents - UN Human Rights Council, Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 7 February 2014, A/HRC/25/CRP.1. - ______, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1 February 2013, A/HRC/22/57.