First Session: The Current Economic Crisis and Perspectives for Economic Reform in North Korea ◆ Reform without Transition:Situation in North Korea after July 1st Economic Measures/ Un-Chul Yang ◆ North Korea’s Trade and FDI: Does North Korea Follow Vietnam’s Path?/ Park Kang-H ◆ Kaesung Industrial Complex: Implications, Assessment and Challenges/ Lim Eul-Chul Second Session: Political and historical perspectives on North Korea’s development ◆ The Social Construction of North Korean Women’s Identity: Victimization, Romanticization, and Vilification in South Korea/ Kim Mikyoung ◆ Likely Impact of the U.S.Economic Crisis on Negotiations with North Korea/ Chang Semoon ◆ The Northeast Asian Energy Situation and the North Korean Factor/ Kim Suk-Hi