@article{ART003281380},
author={MinJu Park},
title={Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule},
journal={아시아여성연구},
issn={1225-9241},
year={2025},
volume={64},
number={3},
pages={63-108}
TY - JOUR
AU - MinJu Park
TI - Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule
JO - 아시아여성연구
PY - 2025
VL - 64
IS - 3
PB - Research Institute of Asian Women
SP - 63
EP - 108
SN - 1225-9241
AB - This study empirically examines gender disparities in ICT access and usage in North Korea, exploring whether technological advancement within an authoritarian regime can foster equality. The findings indicate that ICT development in North Korea serves as an institutional mechanism for control rather than the diffusion of information, with information production and management concentrated in male-dominated technical and administrative elites. Regional, educational, and economic analyses reveal uneven development—women’s access has improved, but men’s proficiency has advanced faster, deepening gender gaps. These results demonstrate that technological progress does not inherently lead to equality; instead, North Korea’s ICT expansion extends hierarchical order into the digital sphere. Nonetheless, some urban women are appropriating digital tools for practical purposes within constrained spaces. The North Korean case illustrates how the convergence of technological development and centralized power entrenches inequality, underscoring the need to redefine technology through the lens of gender equality and civic rights.
KW - North Korea;ICT;gender inequality;authoritarianism;digital governance
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MinJu Park. (2025). Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule. 아시아여성연구, 64(3), 63-108.
MinJu Park. 2025, "Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule", 아시아여성연구, vol.64, no.3 pp.63-108.
MinJu Park "Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule" 아시아여성연구 64.3 pp.63-108 (2025) : 63.
MinJu Park. Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule. 2025; 64(3), 63-108.
MinJu Park. "Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule" 아시아여성연구 64, no.3 (2025) : 63-108.
MinJu Park. Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule. 아시아여성연구, 64(3), 63-108.
MinJu Park. Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule. 아시아여성연구. 2025; 64(3) 63-108.
MinJu Park. Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule. 2025; 64(3), 63-108.
MinJu Park. "Gendered Inequality and Digital Control in North Korea: ICT Development under Authoritarian Rule" 아시아여성연구 64, no.3 (2025) : 63-108.
