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Burden and Forecast of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer (1990-2038) in Five East Asian Populations: A Systematic Analysis Based on the GBD 2023 Study. [PDF]

Cancer Med
ABSTRACT Background Early‐onset colorectal cancer (EO‐CRC) is increasing globally with substantial regional variation. We assessed epidemiological changes in EO‐CRC in five East Asian populations. Methods Using GBD 2023 data, we calculated age‐standardized incidence, prevalence, mortality, and DALY rates (ASIR, ASPR, ASMR, ASDR), counts, and average ...
Jin L, Tang J, Meng C, Liao J, Liu B.
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Window of opportunity for a New Détente: “Tight Link Strategy” of Moon Jae- in Administration and ROK–DPRK–US triangle

Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies, 2020
Regarding North Korea’s denuclearization and peace-building on the Korean Peninsula, South-North Korean dialogues used to be secondary to the United States (US) and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) negotiations.
Kyungwon Choi
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The DPRK’s Changed Nuclear Doctrine: Factors and Implications

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2023
The Korean Peninsula is sliding irreversibly into a nuclear era. Since the Korean War, the nuclear threat of the United States toward the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been a constant.
Wook-Sik Cheong
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Understanding pediatric surgical needs in North Korea: a modeling analysis [PDF]

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Background Sixty-five percent of children worldwide lack access to surgical care, the majority of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Kee B Park, Sangchul Yoon, Phillip J Hsu
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Development of a Plasmodium vivax malaria model for evaluating the effects of control strategies on the malaria burden in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPlasmodium vivax malaria has been one of the most troublesome diseases in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Given that a majority of malaria cases are concentrated near the demilitarized zone, concerted elimination efforts from ...
Hye Seong, Jiyeon Suh, Jun Yong Choi, Jeehyun Lee, Joon-Sup Yeom   +4 more
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The DPRK’s Covid-19 Outbreak and Its Response

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
On 25 January 2020, the DPRK shut down its border, switched to a state-run emergency quarantine system, organized a pan-ministerial organization, the Central People’s Committee for Health (CPCH), and established emergency command centers for epidemic ...
Young-Jeon Shin
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High-Accuracy Long-Read Sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PSNK363 Isolated From the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. [PDF]

Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol
Long‐read sequencing is a valuable technique for high‐precision genome analysis. Despite the widespread use of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv genome sequence as a reference for genetic variation analysis, its suitability for comparing clinical strains is limited. Therefore, we constructed the first known whole genome of a clinical M. tuberculosis
Dang TB, Sung N, Lim K, Lee S, Jeon J, Jheon S.   +5 more
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Habitat changes and conservation challenges of black‐faced spoonbill (Platalea minor) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Conservation Science and Practice
The Black‐faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor), a globally endangered species, classified as Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List as of 2024 and reassessed as Vulnerable on June 18, 2025, is facing increasing threats in ...
Hyun‐Ah Choi
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The Overview of an Adaptive Cooperative Threat Reduction Proposal for the Denuclearization of the DPRK: Non-Governmental Perspectives

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
The DPRK is unique in that it has voluntarily suggested to work on the denuclearization even though still disputing the exact meaning of denuclearization.
Yong Soo Hwang
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As the Growing Season Progresses, the Key Driving Factor of Vegetation Growth Shifts From Spring Phenology to Temperature in the Cross-Border-Region of Northeast Asia. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
During the early growing season, the advanced SOS significantly promoted vegetation growth, but this promoting effect weakened and gradually shifted to a suppressive effect during the peak and late growing seasons. At the peak and late of the growing season, warming becomes the primary driver of increased vegetation growth.
Zhao L, Zhang J, Huang X, Liu D, Xu Z, Cui G.   +5 more
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