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North Korean Railway Mobility and the Dynamics Inside and Outside of Discipline -Based on the comparison between Gangwon Line and Pyeongui Line in North Korean Defectors' Fictions-

  • 탈경계인문학Trans-Humanities
  • 2022, 15(2), pp.109-134
  • DOI : 10.22901/trans.2022.15.2.109
  • Publisher : Ewha Institute for the Humanities: EIH
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : September 15, 2022
  • Accepted : October 13, 2022
  • Published : October 31, 2022

Chung, Jaeho 1 Ha Shin Ae 2

1연세대학교
2연세대학교 국학연구원

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ABSTRACT

This article aims to analyze the railway mobility shown in 『North Korean Writers' Fiction Collection of Railroad Stories-From Wonsan to Cheorwon』(2020) and 『North Korean Writers' Fiction Collection of Railroad Stories 2- From Sinuiju to Gaesong』(2021), to examine how the mobile transportation system, and surrounding contemporary political and economic situation caused the residents to execute the movement practice. In particular, by bringing North Korean residents' political and economic practices unfolded along railway stations positioned at politically significant places or border trade cities into focus, this article demonstrates the mobility abilities of North Korean citizens who have complied with the disciplines of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea but also shown dynamics that transcend governance from various angles. This movement of residents needs to be treated as important in terms of creating cracks in the closed agent-connection network that has been the bedrock of North Korea's governance and, furthermore, redefining the geography around the railway line and leading to North Korean defections.

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