This study examines non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) settlement assistance to North Korean migrants into South Korean society from 2006 to 2008. This paper argues that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and clients need to develop an effective partnership in which trust is deeply...

A series of tit-for-tat events — from North Korea’s missile launch on April 13, 2012 and its third nuclear weapons test on February 12, 2013 to the UN Security Council Resolutions 2087 and 2094 — has only escalated the North Korean nuclear crisis to its new height. It is highly...

This paper aims to evaluate IKCF (Inter-Korean Cooperation Fund) based on the ODA/DAC standard. For this purpose, the ODA expenditure in IKCF is investigated, after which the trend for the past 20 years is analyzed. By comparing with the ODA guideline suggested by the DAC, this paper suggests...

Though it is neither desirable nor likely that an emergency will materialize in North Korea in the near future, it is necessary to be prepared for such an abrupt incidence. This paper examines necessary measures to take in the case of a North Korean collapse. The policy goal of a potential...

This paper analyzes the knowledge partnership (KP) between North Korea and the international community between 1997-2006. The paper focuses on broadly-defined economics-related projects, which are expected to help the DPRK start economic transition and development by providing the country with...

This paper examines how the distribution of target ownership is related with takeover premium in owner-manager dominant acquisitions, in which a firm is managed by managers and directors nominated and directed closely by controlling shareholders. We find that there exists the agency problem...

Outside directors and audit committees are widely considered to be central elements of good corporate governance. We use a 1999 Korean law as an exogenous shock to assess how board structure affects firm market value. The law mandates 50% outside directors and an audit committee for large public...

With the removal of statute-based anti-takeover provisions during the aftermath of Asian crisis, a significant number of Korean firms started to introduce charter-based measures. In this paper, we make use of this unique situation where firm-level anti-takeover provisions (ATP) vary over time...