North Korean strategic culture: survival and security

Food security experiences of displaced North Korean households

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Food shortage situation in North Korea has gained much interest, however food insecurity caused by the food shortage in North Korean households has not been much investigated. This study examined food security experiences and food consumption pattern of displaced North Korean households currently living in South Korea. SUBJECTS/METHODS Food security experience among 51 N...

Understanding Information Security Culture for Strategic Use: A Case Study

Changes in body weight and food security of adult North Korean refugees living in South Korea

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Relocation to new environments can have a negative impact on health by altering body weight and dietary patterns. This study attempted to elucidate changes in body weight, food security, and their current food and nutrient consumption in adult North Korean refugees (NKR) living in South Korea (SK). SUBJECTS/METHODS This study analyzed data on 149 adult NKR from a North K...

Security via Strategic Randomization

The ARMOR (Assistant for Randomized Monitoring Over Routes) project has been developing methods for creating randomized plans and processes, so that even if an attacker observes the plans over time, he/she cannot predict its progression or how it will unfold in the future, thus providing risk reduction while guaranteeing a certain level of protection quality. Our key research accomplishments ha...

North Korean children: nutrition and growth

North Korea suffered from severe famine in the mid-1990s; this impacted many areas, including people's transnational movement, child growth, and mortality. This review carefully examined nutritional status trends of children in North Korea using published reports from national nutrition assessment surveys. Nutritional adaptation of North Korean child refugees living in South Korea was also stud...