North Korean Review

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North Korean Review (NKR) is a referred academic journal of the Institute for North Korean Studies (INKS) at the University of Detroit Mercy and is distinguished as the first academic journal in North America or Europe to focus exclusively on North Korea.

NKR was founded in 2004 by INKS and McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers in the United States, with the inaugural fall-spring issue appearing in print and online in fall 2005. The journal is published bi-annually in the spring and fall by McFarland.

The stated purpose of NKR is to provide an improved understanding of the complexity of North Korea and its threat to global stability. In March 2006, the Library Journal said NKR is "the first journal of its kind” and that “NKR belongs in most university libraries.”

As an international and interdisciplinary journal, NKR publishes policy-oriented articles, short papers, commentaries, and case studies on all aspects of North Korea, including culture, history, economics, business, religion, politics, and international relations.

The North Korean Review editor is Prof. Dr. Suk Hi Kim of the University of Detroit Mercy, the book review editor is Dr. Bernhard Seliger of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, and the newsbriefs editor is Mr. Alzo David-West of Duksung Women's University.