Staying Alive Why North Korea will not change- Andrei Lankov

Introduction

North Koreans? responses to the regime's militant nationalism have shifted during the crisis of socialism from the 1990s through the present. While there has been no change in North Korea's aggressive militant nationalism from above, people's reactions to the regime's anti-American power can be described as persistent, conflicting, and challenging.

Discussion

Most North Koreans have strengthened their militant way of life through fatalistic patriotism. Some have hoped to overcome their hardships through war or other alternatives. Others have demonstrated passive resistance toward the regime by departing from their previously militant lives or by ...