Outputs (2)

The Advance of Marketization in North Korea: Between political rigidity and economic flexibility (2019)
Journal Article
Kong, T. Y. (2020). The Advance of Marketization in North Korea: Between political rigidity and economic flexibility. Modern Asian Studies, 54(3), 830-867. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X18000550

North Korea is a unique regime that has not followed the ‘mono transition’ path (economic reform under modified one-party rule) of other surviving communist regimes (China, Vietnam, Cuba) in the post-Cold War era. Debates over North Korea’s unique fe... Read More about The Advance of Marketization in North Korea: Between political rigidity and economic flexibility.

How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era (2019)
Journal Article
Kong, T. Y. (2021). How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. The Pacific Review, 34(1), 85-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/09512748.2019.1651384

China’s policy of restraint (avoidance of crippling economic sanctions) towards North Korean provocation is typically explained in terms of geopolitical concern with North Korean regime stability. The strategic and diplomatic costs of restraint would... Read More about How China Views North Korea's Readiness to Reform and Its Influence on China's North Korea Policy in the Post-Cold War Era.