A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS ON KIM JONG-UN REGIME’S STABILITY

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dc.contributor.advisorHuntley, Wade L.
dc.contributor.authorJang, Min Hee
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs (NSA)
dc.contributor.secondreaderWeiner, Robert J.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-19T22:56:52Z
dc.date.available2024-02-19T22:56:52Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines whether there has been a change in the stability of Kim Jong-un’s regime after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study adopts a double examination, using analyses from two different analytical frameworks. The second chapter compares the differences in the levels of stability of Kim Jong-un’s regime before and after the crisis. The third chapter focuses on North Korea’s crisis management, in order to provide explanations for the former chapter’s findings. The conclusion argues that far from the crisis weakening the level of stability, it enabled Kim Jong-un to strengthen his power. This was achieved through implementing authoritarian tools to lessen the impact of the crisis and to convert it into an opportunity for maintaining the regime’s superiority over society. The result implies that as the Kim Jung-il regime survived the famine crisis, the public health crisis could not be a destabilizing factor for the North or other authoritarian regimes. In other words, the conclusion suggests premising a long shadow of the future when planning North Korea policy, since the Kim regime will last for a while unless significant structural changes happen.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.description.serviceCaptain, Republic of Korea Armyen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode682, Regional Security Studies - East Asia and the Indo-Pacific
dc.identifier.thesisid39415
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/72554
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is reserved by the copyright owner.en_US
dc.subject.authorKim Jong-un regimeen_US
dc.subject.authorauthoritarian regimeen_US
dc.subject.authorregime stabilityen_US
dc.subject.authorCOVID-19en_US
dc.subject.authorpublic health crisisen_US
dc.subject.authorcrisis managementen_US
dc.titleA STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS ON KIM JONG-UN REGIME’S STABILITYen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (East Asia and the Indo-Pacific)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Arts in Security Studies (East Asia and the Indo-Pacific)en_US
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