China's engagement-oriented strategy towards North Korea: achievements and limitations

North Korea: From Failing towards Reforming State?

According to most criteria, North Korea would be classified as a failing state. More often than not the country’s destiny has been predicted as collapse, chaos, and in the end, absorption by South Korea. However, so far the Kim Jong-il regime proved viable and cultivated the art to survive within a globalizing world without opening up. More recently, North Korean authorities appeared to revive ...

Software Reliability Modelling: Some Achievements and Limitations

Achievements and Limitations of Evidence-Based Medicine.

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has a long history, but was revived in the early 1990s by a campaign mounted by a movement that took its name. The EBM movement focused attention on the need for greater objectivity in medical decision-making and led to the Cochrane Collaboration, which provides reviews of evidence on the basis of comparative research. Important limitations of EBM's effect on medic...

A new strategy for tuberculosis control in North Korea

Tuberculosis is one of the most prevalent diseases in North Korea. Despite some positive accomplishments by current aid projects, it is still necessary to investigate the existing aid system. The following are necessary for improvement: sustaining a high degree of expertise, cooperation among various related parties including the international community, mediation to induce this cooperation, a ...

Towards a Strategy for Employment-oriented