• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.213-219
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• 2023

The wetland ecosystem has a key role in climate change and can capture and store carbon long-term as blue carbon. Currently, the Republic of Korea and People's Republic of China are preparing for the UNESCO World Natural Heritage Phase II inscription, and cross-border cooperation among the two Koreas and the People's Republic of China is expected in term of the coastal wetland in the Yellow Sea region. However, there is a lack of research on the importance of coastal wetland in the Yellow Sea region for migratory bird habitats, roosting sites, feeding grounds, and stop-over sites. Thus, this study focused on the coastal wetland of the Yellow Sea region, including the southwestern coastal wetlands in the Republic of Korea, the Yancheng National Nature Reserve in the People's Republic of China designated as UNESCO World Natural Heritage, and the Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which is listed on the Tentative List. The cooperation for ecosystem conservation between the two Koreas and China was analyzed. The importance of coastal wetlands in the Yellow Sea region as habitats for migratory birds, roosting sites, feeding grounds, and stop-over sites, significant characteristics of Yellow Sea coastal wetlands, and conditions for cooperation among three countries, were analyzed. The direction of ecosystem conservation cooperation for coastal wetlands in the Yellow Sea region in this study will be developed into Pan-Yellow Sea conservation.

• Life and Agrochemicals
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• v.27 no.4 s.217
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• pp.30-32
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• 2006

한국작물보호협회(회장 염병만)는 지난 4월 19일 협회 회의실에서 최근 만능인양 무분별 하게 확산되고 있는 친환경농업에 대한 올바른 이해를 제고하고 남북농업협력위원회 구성 등으로 더욱 활발한 교류가 예상되는 북한농업 현황 및 작물보호산업 협력방안에 대한 이해를 제고하기 위한 외부강사 초청강연회를 개최했다. 협회 및 회원사 관계자 약 40여명이 참석한 가운데 열린 이날 강연회에서 첫 번째 연사로 나선 농업과학기술원 친환경농업과 최두회 과장은“친환경농업에 대한 올바른 이해와 작물보호산업의 나아갈 방향”에 대해 발표했다. 두 번째 연사인 고려대학교 북한학과 남성욱 교수는 “최근 북한의 농정변화와 작물보호산업 협력방안”에 대해 발표해 참석자들의 비상한 관심을 모았다. 이날 발표된 주요 내용을 간단히 요약, 정리해 본다

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.224-238
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• 2022

North Korea has actively participated in the international community related to environmental agreements. It has proposed various environmental policies internally since the Kim Jong-un regime. In particular, it emphasizes activities related to climate change response, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the conservation of ecosystems including forests and wetlands. In this study, a new security cooperation plan was proposed with an understanding of the climate crisis and environmental regime as a starting point. To this end, trends and recent activities for climate-environment cooperation in the international community and on the Korean Peninsula were analyzed. In addition, North Korea's conditions for cooperation on the Korean Peninsula, technology demand, and the projected future environment of the Korean Peninsula were dealt with. Ultimately, through advice of experts, we were able to discover cooperation agendas by sector and propose short-term and long-term environmental cooperation strategies for the Korean Peninsula based on them. In this study, conditions and directions for cooperation in fields of climate technology, biological resources, air/weather, water environment, biodiversity, renewable energy, bioenergy, and so on were considered comprehensively. Among 21 cooperation agendas discovered in this study, energy showed the largest number of areas. Renewable energy, forest resources, and environmental and meteorological information stood out as agendas that could be cooperated in the short term. As representative initiatives, joint promotion of 'renewable energy' that could contribute to North Korea's energy demand and carbon neutrality and 'forest cooperation' that could be recognized as a source of disaster reduction and greenhouse gas sinks were suggested.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.111-114
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• 2008

지난 2005년부터 남한은 개성공단에 배전 및 송전 방식을 통하여 전력을 공급해왔다. 개성공단 전력 공급은 정치적으로 민감한 사안이며, 많은 비용이 소요되기 때문에 논란의 대상이 되고 있다. 따라서 개성공단 2단계 사업 및 여타의 다른 남북경협 사업을 앞두고 대북 전력 공급의 여러 대안에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 개성공단에 전력을 공급할 경우 가능한 대안들의 정성적인 특성을 분석하여 바람직한 대안들을 선정해보았다. 선정된 대안은 대북 송전, 해주 발전소 건설, 풍력 에너지 공급인데, 이 중 풍력발전시설 지원이 가장 경제적인 대안이라는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• The Korean Journal of Petroleum Geology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 2006

The possibility of oil reserve has been conformed because the oil has been produced by 450 barrel per day in the West Korea Bay basin of the North Korea. There is also possibility of giant oil reserve since it is geographically close to one of the biggest oil fields of Bohai Basin, China. Based on the on-going oil exploration and the present condition of investment, the areas of ongoing oil exploration are three: West Korea Bay B&C prospect explored by Swedish Taurus, the north of West Korea Bay and Anju basin explored by Canadian SOCO, and East Korea Bay explored by Australian Beach Petroleum. However, there is little or no possibility of oil reserve in the rest sea areas of three. Even though oil reserves were discovered in the some parts of land areas such as Kilju and Myungcheon, it was presumed to have no economical efficiency. Geology in West Korea Bay off the North Korea is similar to that in Bohai Bay off China. The basement consists of thick carbonate rock of the Late Proterozoic and Early Paleozoic overlain by Mesozoic ($6,000{\sim}10,000\;m$) and Cenozoic ($4,000{\sim}5,000\;m$) units. Source rocks are Jurassic black shale (3,000 m or more), Cretaceous black shale ($1,000{\sim}2,000\;m$), and pre-Mesozoic carbonates (several thousand meters). Reservoir rocks are Mesozoic-Cenozoic sandstone with high porosity and pre-Mesozoic fractured carbonate rocks. Petroleum raps are of the anticline, fault sealed, buried hill, and stratigraphic types. It absolutely needs to take up a positive attitude, the activation of ocean science and technology exchange, and the joint research and development of modern MT (Marine Technology) considering the state of establishing new international ocean order forcing on building up 200 nautical mile EEZ (exclusive economic zone) among coastal nations. Both South and North Koreas should extend the ocean jurisdiction and contiguity, and MT development dealing with the same sea areas. It is more urgent problem to find a way to have the North Korea participated in, and then to develop ocean management and ocean industry individually.

• Defense and Technology
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• no.11 s.285
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• pp.22-31
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• 2002

많은 군사전문가들은 국방비를 국가생존권을 보장하고 국민이 생명가 재산을 보호하기 위한 '안보보험료'로 규정하곤 한다. 그러나 군관계자와 일반국민의 안보위협에 관한 인식의 차이는 90년대 이후 국방비가 1인당 자동차 보험료 수준보다도 낮은 수준으로 급격히 삭감배분되는 결과를 가져왔다. 이로 인하여 '선진 정예국방' 건설을 위해 추진중인 주요 전력증강 투자사업들이 순연되거나 축소되는 결과를 가져왔을 뿐만 아니라, 그 동안 어렵게 육성해 온 방위산업기반의 약화를 초래하였다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하고, 장차 남북간 화해협력과 평화통일을 힘으로 뒷받침하고 다양한 안보위협에 능동적으로 대처할 수 있는 국가 방위력을 갖추기 위해서는 GDP대비 3-4% 수준이상의 국방비가 매년 안정적으로 배분되는 것이 긴요하다는 것을 강조하고 싶다.

• Korean Journal of Heritage: History & Science
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• v.50 no.2
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• pp.94-115
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• 2017

'Arirang folk song in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' was inscribed to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2014 and 'Tradition of kimchi-making in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' followed in 2015. It is presumed that North Korea was influenced by the Republic of Korea inscribing 'Arirang, lyrical folk song in the Republic of Korea' to the list in 2012 as well as 'Kimjang, making and sharing kimchi in the Republic of Korea' in 2013. These cases show the necessity (or possibility) of cultural exchanges between the two Koreas through UNESCO ICH lists. The purpose of this article is to explore the possibility of inter-Korean cultural integration. Therefore, I would like to review UNESCO's ICH policy and examine the ways of cooperation and joint nominations to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity between the two Koreas. First, I reviewed the amendments to the laws and regulations of the two Koreas and how the two countries applied the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Although the cultural exchange is a non-political field, given the situation between South and North Korea, it is influenced by politics. Therefore, we devised a stepwise development plan, divided into four phases: infrastructure development, cooperation and promotion, diversification, and policymaking and alternative development. First a target group will be needed. In this regard, joint nominations to the Representative List of the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity will be suitable for cooperation. Both countries have already started separate nominations on shared ICH elements to the UNESCO lists. Therefore, I have selected a few elements as examples that can be considered for joint nominations. The selected items are makgeolli (traditional liquor), jang (traditional soybean sauce), gayangju (homebrewed liquor), gudeul (Korean floor heating system), and jasu (traditional embroidery). Cooperation should start with sharing information on ICH elements. A pilot project for joint nomination can be implemented and then a mid-term plan can be established for future implementation. When shared ICH elements are inscribed on UNESCO ICH lists, various activities can be considered as follow-ups, such as institution visits, performances, exhibitions, and joint monitoring of the intangible cultural heritage. Mutual cooperation of the two Koreas' intangible cultural heritage will be a unique example between the divided countries, so its value will be recognized as a symbol of cultural cooperation. In addition, it will be a foundation for cultural integration of the two Koreas, and it will show the value of their unique ICH to the world. At the same time, it will become a good example for joint nominations to the Representative List recommended by UNESCO.

• Korea and Global Affairs
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.71-96
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• 2017

This study speculates on responses to the nuclear threats of North Korea and mutual assistance and cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and China for the unification of the Korean Peninsula. As for the North Koreas nuclear issue and unification of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea is the subject of national division, the U.S. is a responsible country in international issues and does not have diplomatic ties with North Korea. China is a traditional socialist nation and a supporter of North Korea. As North Korea's strategic weapons including nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles are international issues, to defend against Kim Jung-Eun's unexpected acts, the three countries should actively cooperate with each other and develop countermeasures. However, with respect to the road map of the North Koreas issue, there are subtle differences between the U.S. and China in recognition of and sanctions against North Korea as a resolution of the U..N. Security Council. The U.S. has continued a deterrence policy and sanctions against North Korea based on joint threats between South Korea and the U.S. while China has showed a negative position in the process of solving the North Korean nuclear issue because of the unstable security derived from the U.S. 's intervention in the Korean peninsula. North Korea should change its diplomatic policy in a more concrete way towards world peace although it has continued trade of strategic weapons with Middle Eastern countries to maintain its political system. For example, to restart the summit talks and open multilateral security channels. Although the issue of unification of the Korean peninsula should be resolved by South and North Korea themselves, it is strange that South and North Korea depend on the logic of powerful countries for the resolution of a national problem. As for North Koreas nuclear and the Unification issues, peaceful solutions presented by South Korea seem more persuasive than the solution presented by North Korea which did not secure any international support. However, South Korea, the U.S. and China need to develop uni-directional two-tract strategies for sanctions against North Korea and talks with North Korea for peace on the Korean peninsula, and should continue to support the economic independence of North Korea.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.84-105
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• 2020

This paper is designed to deal with the gaps and differences between the two Koreas, which have gradually increased since the Korean War. The purpose of this study, in particular, is to assess the digital and AI gap between the two parts of the peninsula in the emerging 4^th industrial revolution era that is rapidly innovating the industrial structures, and to present a cooperation plan for the realization of a peace economy and economic prosperity of the Korean Peninsula in the future. In this study, policy alternatives for assessing and bridging the digital gap between South and North were drawn using the comprehensive policy (model) for closing the digital divide, which was one of Korea's past informatization policies. The derived alternatives are meaningful in that they can spark discussions for building the AI-driven society that realizes the integrated economy of the two Koreas complying with the future industrial structure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.266-266
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 기후변화로 인한 남북공유하천유역의 미래 수문특성 변화를 전망하기 위해 ArcGIS 프로그램을 통해 산정된 격자형 수문특성 매개변수를 분포형 모형인 GRM에 적용하여 임진강유역의 미래 유출수문특성 변화를 분석하였다. 분포형 모형에 사용되는 강우량 자료는 기상관측소 단위로 상세화된 13개 전지구 기후 모델 중 RCP4.5, 8.5 시나리오의 공유하천유역 인접 11개 관측소별 빈도해석 결과를 시·공간적으로 분포하여 사용하였다. 또한 미래기간별 유출특성 변화추이를 분석하기 위하여 참조기간(1981-2005), 21세기 전반기(F1, 2011-2040), 중반기(F2, 2041-2070), 후반기(F3, 2071-2100)로 구분하여 분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과 본 연구의 대상지점인 임진강유역은 기후변화로 인해 확률강우량이 증가하여 유역의 유출수문특성에 직접적인 영향이 있을 것으로 예측되었다. RCP 4.5 시나리오에서는 21세기 후반기인 F3에 확률강우량 및 유출량의 증가추세가 줄어들 것으로 전망되나, 참조기간 대비 F1에서 20.4%, F2에서 35.7%, F3에서 34.6%의 평균 유출량 증가율을 보였으며, RCP 8.5 시나리오에서는 F1에서 19.9%, F2에서 38.3%, F3에서 67.8%로 지속적인 증가가 전망되었다. 또한 첨두홍수량 발생시각은 참조기간 대비 약 4.6~13.3% 감소가 예상되었다. 기후변화로 인한 홍수량의 변화는 재해위험을 증가시킬 수 있으며, 이러한 상황에서 남한과 북한의 협력을 통한 유역통합관리의 필요성은 점차 커질 것으로 보인다. 이를 위해서는 정확한 수문학적 분석을 선행하여야 하며, 본 연구가 남북공유하천유역의 재해위험을 평가하는 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.