Son, S.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-7939 (2018) North Korea’s human rights insecurity : state image management in the post-UN COI era. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 5 (1). pp. 138-149.
Abstract
The 2014 report of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea marked a watershed moment in international awareness and action on North Korea's human rights problem. It sparked widespread international condemnation, and prompted anxiety and insecurity on the part of North Korea, evident in the North's immediate response. This included a verbal counter‐offensive, some surprising willingness to engage with UN mechanisms, and a range of diplomatic engagement. I argue that contrary to the popular perception of North Korea as impervious to external criticism, when viewed through the conceptual lens of ontological security, the North's response to the UN COI revealed a desire to defend and secure its image in the eyes of the international community. While acknowledging continuing obstacles to a genuine normative transition in its approach to human rights, the article supports a deeper understanding of North Korea's self‐identity to guide measures to bring about change.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial‐NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | North Korea; human rights; United Nations; ontological security; identity |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Apr 2020 13:37 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2020 18:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd and Crawford School of Public Policy |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/app5.219 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158926 |