The lecture discusses changes in the lives of the North Korean people in comparison to unchanging nature of the North Korean regime, and forcasts the possibility of change in the nation.

Index

CHAPTER 1: Approaching the subject of change in North Korea
1. Definition of change
2. Perspectives of change

CHAPTER 2: Changing North Korea
1. Marketization of the economy
2. Influx of external culture
3. Change in the people's value system

CHAPTER 3: Unchanging North Korea
1. One-person dictatorship and hereditary power succession
2. Market control and currency reform
3. State control over the people and human rights violations
4. North Korea’'s policy towards South Korea
5. Development of weapons of mass destruction and brinkmanship tactics

CHAPTER 4: Prospects for change
1. Drivers of change
2. Inhibitors of change
3. Assessment and prospects of the future