@article{ART003350714},
author={Kim, Soohyung and Nakato, Sachio},
title={Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability},
journal={JAPAN SPACE},
issn={1976-1481},
year={2026},
number={39},
pages={189-253},
doi={10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Soohyung
AU - Nakato, Sachio
TI - Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability
JO - JAPAN SPACE
PY - 2026
VL - null
IS - 39
PB - The Institute of Japanese Studies
SP - 189
EP - 253
SN - 1976-1481
AB - Upon entering the new Cold War in 1980, North Korea encouraged the Rangoon incident, and North Korea carried out “progress actions” to make the reorganization of the three-way talks completely impracticable.
The three-way talks were completely inconsistent with North Korea’s internal political discourse. In the event of such a Rangoon incident, the Japanese Socialist Party tried to lessen the diplomatic burden on North Korea by inducing North Korea to agree to three-way talks in order to prevent diplomatic isolation in the international community and the expansion of the North-Soviet triangular relationship into military cooperation. The Socialist Party, which had been in a party-based relationship, worked hard to faithfully mediate the role of both countries by acting as an active cooperative relationship and coordinator with North Korea. At the same time, the role of the Socialist Party became ambiguous in the strategy of seeking new expectations in North Korea, and at this time, the Pachinko scandal occurred, the inherent instability between North Korea and the Socialist Party emerged, and the party-based relationship between North Korea and the Socialist Party began to transform into a dream-like relationship in cooperative diplomacy.
As a result, in the 1980s, North Korea had to maintain a consistent balance with Japan by maintaining solidarity with the Socialist Party and stable relations with the Liberal Democratic Party in order to “balancing” the “Southern Triangle Alliance System” centered on the United States. In the context of the situation at the time, the Japanese Communist Party’s antagonism and sabotage caused North Korea a serious dilemma in party-based relations, but North Korea overcame it by projecting cooperative action with the Liberal Democratic Party through ‘strategic alliances’. Since then, North Korea’s new regime search and calculated realism have become North Korea’s strategic ‘assets’ that can stabilize party-based relations with the Socialist Party and strategic alliances with the Liberal Democratic Party in a balanced way.
KW - DPRK;DPRK–Japan Party Relations;Japanese Communist Party;Social Democratic Party of Japan;embedded Instability;Liberal Democratic Party of Japan
DO - 10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
ER -
Kim, Soohyung and Nakato, Sachio. (2026). Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability. JAPAN SPACE, 39, 189-253.
Kim, Soohyung and Nakato, Sachio. 2026, "Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability", JAPAN SPACE, no.39, pp.189-253. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung, Nakato, Sachio "Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability" JAPAN SPACE 39 pp.189-253 (2026) : 189.
Kim, Soohyung, Nakato, Sachio. Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability. 2026; 39 : 189-253. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung and Nakato, Sachio. "Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability" JAPAN SPACE no.39(2026) : 189-253.doi: 10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung; Nakato, Sachio. Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability. JAPAN SPACE, 39, 189-253. doi: 10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung; Nakato, Sachio. Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability. JAPAN SPACE. 2026; 39 189-253. doi: 10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung, Nakato, Sachio. Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability. 2026; 39 : 189-253. Available from: doi:10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
Kim, Soohyung and Nakato, Sachio. "Formation of New Cold War-Type Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)–Japan Party Relations in the 1980s: The Manifestation of Embedded Instability" JAPAN SPACE no.39(2026) : 189-253.doi: 10.35506/jspace.2026..39.005
