• 천문학논총
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2016

We summarize our preliminary study on the research cooperation method in the astronomy field between Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). To investigate the recent astronomical activities of North Korea, we have surveyed the published records of research papers and international collaborations associated with North Korean astronomers. We found only 4 astronomical papers among the identified 260 SCI papers related to North Korean researchers for the past 11 years. North Korean astronomers had very few interactions with the international astronomical society before rejoining IAU in 2012. Recently, North Korea made several astronomical research exchanges with China and Netherlands. They seemed to attend several international conferences and present their research results. We have studied possibilities to establish international networks to encourage the cooperation between South and North, and suggest to start collaboration in the historical astronomy. The collaboration can be expanded gradually to other fields in astronomy. There are many obvious political difficulties to have interactions with North Koreans. However, it will be necessary to make a long-term plan considering the reunification.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제24권69호
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• pp.121-132
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• 2001

South and North Korea have many questions pending .Inter-Korea trade is the best actual problem among question pending. The biggest problem of inter-Korea trade in logistics cost. The logistics cost of inter-Korea is the highest position in the middle of foreign trade. We present that the cost reduction is possible by inter-Korea logistics standardization. This paper also shows logistics standardization strategy of South and North Korea.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.294-305
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• 2018

Quantitative assessment on the impact from North Korean emissions to surface particulate matter(PM) concentration in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA), South Korea is conducted using a 3-dimensional chemistry transport model. Transboundary transport of air pollutants and their precursors are important to understand regional air quality in East Asian countries. As North Korea locates in the middle of main transport pathways of Chinese pollutants, quantifiable estimation of its impact is essential for policy making in South Korean air quality management. In this study, the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System is utilized to simulate regional air quality and its sensitivity, using the Comprehensive Regional Emissions inventory for Atmospheric Transport Experiment 2015 and the Clean Air Policy Support System 2013 emissions inventories for North and South Korea, respectively. Contributions were estimated by a brute force method, perturbing 50% of North and South Korean emissions. Simulations demonstrate that North Korean emissions contribute $3.89{\mu}g/m^3$ of annual surface PM concentrations in the SMA, which accounts 14.7% of the region's average. Impacts are dominant in nitrate and organic carbon (OC) concentrations, attributing almost 40% of SMA OC concentration during January and February. Clear seasonal variations are also found in North Korean emissions contribution to South Korea (and vice versa) due to seasonal characteristics of synoptic weather, especially by the change of seasonal flow patterns.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.289-315
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• 1997

Living culture, which is a pattern of peoples' everyday living, is influenced by the socio-economic conditions as well as ideology of the society. south and North Korean societies have been segregated during the past 50 years with different socio-those two societies share the same traditional culture. This project was developed to identify the differences in living cultures between South and North Korean societies, and to make suggestions for their successful integration. The first part of the project was concentrated on finding out the current living culture of North Korean families. References on North Korean living culture were reviewed, and North Korean movies related to family living were also analyzed. Besides, in depth interview was conducted with ten people who escaped from North Korean after 1990. The subjects with various demographic backgrounds were asked about lifestyles concerning food, clothing, housing, time management, consumption, child rearing, and family living that they experienced when they were in North Korea. The subjects were also asked to respond to the questionnaires measuring collectivism, materialism, and familism, which were developed for the study to find out the relationship between value orientation and lifestyles. This study revealed differences in many aspects of living cultures of South and North Korea, and relationships were suggested between value orientation and lifestyle. This exploratory study was intended to provided ground for more objective study with large number of subjects in the following year.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.565-573
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• 2015

The study interviewed 102 North Korean defectors residing in South Korea after completing the Hanawon program through face-to-face interviews. The most celebrated holiday in South Korea was found to be Seollal at 65.7%, followed by Chuseok at 23.2%, Christmas at 7.8%, and Hansik at 1%. With respect to the question of wheather or not North Korea creates a more festive mood compared to South Korea, 33.3% of respondents answered that they felt similar in both countries 2.6% said "yes", they were in a more festive mood in North Korea, whereas 21.6% said "no", and 18.6% said they felt "very different". The most representative traditional food was ranked in the order of rice dishes with kimchi (19.6%), rice cake (11.8%) and boiled rice (8.9%) on National Liberation Day of Korea; rice dishes (17.6%), rice cake (7.8%) and boiled rice (4.9%) on North Korea Constitution Day; and rice cake (57.8%), noodles (9.8%), dumplings (9.8%) and boiled rice (8.8%) on Lunar New Year's Day. In regard to positive recognition about festival foods, "festival food of South Korea has diverse recipes" showed the highest positively in South Korea. The respondents positively recognized that festival foods of North Korea are not sweet, have a unique taste are traditional and have a table setting.

• 한국학교수학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.197-215
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• 2016

남한에서 학습하는 탈북학생들의 낮은 학업성취도가 보고되면서 이 학생들의 학습지원에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 한편으로 통일시대의 준비라는 관점에서 북한 교육에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 탈북학생들의 수학학습 지원에 대한 연구는 주로 인터뷰를 통해 연구 자료를 수집하고, 북한의 수학교육 연구는 교과서 분석을 위주로 하는 문헌연구에 치중되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 함경북도에서 중학교(남한의 중고등학교) 고학년까지 수학한 후 우리나라에서 다시 고등학교 과정을 이수하고 있는 두 탈북학생들을 인터뷰함으로써 학생의 관점에서 북한의 중등학교 수학수업의 모습을 남한과 비교하여 살펴보았다. 인터뷰를 통해 남북한 중등학교 수학수업의 유사점이 차이점 못지않게 존재한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 인터뷰 분석을 바탕으로 두 학생의 경험이 수학수업 및 평가에 주는 시사점을 논의하였다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.705-711
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• 2015

South Korea's oral health care non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have played a crucial role in South-North relations, although a formal intergovernmental relationship is difficult to establish and also easily breaks down. Humanitarian assistance by NGOs in the oral health care sector is an area that receives wide support from South Korean society for its urgency and for its appeal to humanity. This humanitarian assistance started in the late 1990's and continued to grow until the late 2000's. This assistance continued throughout the tension between the two administrations that resulted in a radical decrease in overall assistance from South Korea to North Korea. However, concerns remain about the transparency and efficiency of NGO activities. In this article, the NGOs and their major activities are delineated, and South Korean legislation is examined. A current act, the Law on the Development of South and North Korean Relations serves as a basis for governmental regulation and support of NGO's. Humanitarian assistance in the oral healthcare area is directly related to the oral health of the North Korean people, and it should not be influenced by political changes. Long-term planning and close discussions between NGOs, their North Korean counterparts, and the South Korean government are needed. NGOs need to overcome their shortcomings such as a lack of expertise and shortage of financial support. For this, NGOs must improve their administration transparency and professionalism.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2014

창조경제 정부가 들어서면서 통일에 대한 기대가 확산되고 있지만 정보기술이나 컴퓨터교육 분야에서는 접근상의 문제로 아직까지 북한의 현황에 대해 연구된 결과가 거의 없었다. 본 연구에서는 통일을 대비한 시작단계로 남한과 북한의 초등학교 컴퓨터교육 현황을 비교해보고 향후 방향을 진단해 보고자 하였다. 연구방법으로는 주로 남북한 컴퓨터 교재를 대상으로 역추적 하였다. 연구결과, 남북한 모두 소프트웨어 활용중심으로 학습하는 공통점이 있었고 북한은 인터넷 응용 교육을 하지 않으며 사용 소프트웨어의 종류가 남한과 다르다는 차이점이 있었다. 앞으로의 컴퓨터교육 방향은 북한이 역할 모델로 삼을 수 있는 중국, 베트남과 남한이 참고할 수 있는 미국, 영국, 인도를 분석하였으며 남북한 모두 소프트웨어 활용에서 프로그래밍 위주의 교육으로 전환될 것을 예측할 수 있었다.

• 한국학교수학회논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.165-175
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• 2000

The situation of unification has been changing in the rapid speed. In this condion it is most important that we understand North Korea's current situation correctly, by overcoming the differences between South and North Korea and trying to pursuit the national homogeneity. One of the most effective ways to understand North Korea is to understand their education. So, I wrote this thesis as a way of getting ready for the united Korea by konwing mathematics texts and their system, composition, contents of junior high school in North Korea Anyway, I hope that this study will be helpful to the integration of mathematics education after unification of North and South

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.329-339
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• 1996

We examined the science education system in North Korea from the elementary to the high schools. We also analyzed the physics textbooks used in North Korea and compared the results with the textbooks used in South Korea. We compared the goal and system of physics education, and the content, order of study, and volume of the textbooks. Physics education starts at the 4th year at the elementary school, and is taught through the whole school years in North Korea. The science process skills are regarded to be important and figures, tables, problem sets, experiments, and sample solutions are exclusively used in the textbooks. Electomagnetism occupies the largest portion in physics textbooks, but subjects related to the application of physics are more stressed. There are a few subjects which are included in the North Korean textbooks but not in the South Korean textbooks. We have compiled about 60 North Korean physics words which are different from the South Korean words used in the textbooks. Overall, there will be not much difficulty in integrating the physics education system and physics textbooks after the two Koreas are unified.