@article{ART003183674},
author={Lee, Jiyoung and Moonseok Cha},
title={Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification},
journal={The Journal of Northeast Asia Research},
issn={2005-4432},
year={2025},
volume={40},
number={1},
pages={45-75},
doi={10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee, Jiyoung
AU - Moonseok Cha
TI - Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification
JO - The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
PY - 2025
VL - 40
IS - 1
PB - The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
SP - 45
EP - 75
SN - 2005-4432
AB - Entering the Kim Jong-un era, the spatial configuration of Pyongyang has been undergoing dramatic and rapid changes. In parallel with these transformations, the city’s residential areas have experienced significant qualitative shifts. This study first undertakes a historical examination of the evolution of Pyongyang’s housing allocation system along with the corresponding changes in residential spaces. It reveals that the housing policies and residential patterns of Pyongyang’s citizens have undergone profound transformations as a consequence of the government’s establishment, the upheavals of the Korean War, and the economic hardships experienced during the 1990s. Secondly, the study methodically categorizes the emerging trends in Pyongyang’s housing distribution system that have arisen as the traditional socialist housing policies face increasing pressure to adapt to a changing environment. In a broad sense, as the long-standing state-led housing allocation system disintegrates, a market-oriented distribution mechanism is steadily taking its place. Thirdly, the research analyzes the current state of residential space distribution in Pyongyang. At present, the socialist “housing micro-zone” system has largely collapsed, setting the stage for the initial phases of marketization and the nascent emergence of gentrification. Notably, this process of gentrification in Pyongyang is characterized by a unique convergence of state authority and market forces, resulting in a distinct ‘state-market hybrid’ model of urban transformation.
KW - Pyongyang;Housing Allocation System;‘State-Market Hybrid’ Gentrification
DO - 10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
ER -
Lee, Jiyoung and Moonseok Cha. (2025). Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 40(1), 45-75.
Lee, Jiyoung and Moonseok Cha. 2025, "Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification", The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, vol.40, no.1 pp.45-75. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung, Moonseok Cha "Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 40.1 pp.45-75 (2025) : 45.
Lee, Jiyoung, Moonseok Cha. Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification. 2025; 40(1), 45-75. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung and Moonseok Cha. "Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 40, no.1 (2025) : 45-75.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung; Moonseok Cha. Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research, 40(1), 45-75. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung; Moonseok Cha. Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification. The Journal of Northeast Asia Research. 2025; 40(1) 45-75. doi: 10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung, Moonseok Cha. Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification. 2025; 40(1), 45-75. Available from: doi:10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
Lee, Jiyoung and Moonseok Cha. "Changes in Pyongyang’s Housing Allocation System and Residential Spaces : Focusing on Marketization and Gentrification" The Journal of Northeast Asia Research 40, no.1 (2025) : 45-75.doi: 10.18013/jnar.2025.40.1.002
