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North Korean study is to analyze, explain, forecast the various present status occurring in the North. And it is to recognize overall facts of North Korean society by the objective, general, and scientific methods. These approaches make no difference in the method analyzing and studying social science. But North Korean study has problem in knowing facts exactly. If facts do not correct, analyses do not agree. In order to overcome this problem, various approaches have been implementing. But it goes through difficulty as before in analyzing various situations and realities systematically taking place in the North.
Considering these problems, this study is to grasp the present status and focuses on North Korean study, and to know not only internal and external approaches but also theoretical and empirical approaches. In addition, it attempts to recognize limits and problems and suggest desirable directions with respect to North Korean study.