Asia Review Vol.13 | No.1 | 2023

How Should We Look at the Urban Change in North Korea in the Kim Jong-un Era?

Introduction: How Should We Look at the Urban Change in North Korea in the Kim Jong-un Era | Baek Yung Kim 

The Production of ‘Socialist Civilized’ Urban Space in the Kim Jong-un Era: Lefebvre’s Space Production Theory | Sujin Lim 

Characteristics of North Korean Urban-Housing Policies under the Kim Jong-un Era: Pyongyang Housing | Soon-Jick Hong 

Construction of Future Science City in the Kim Jong-un Era and Its Mapping in Art: The Emergence of New Urban Landscape Paintings in Impressionist Style | Min Ju Cho 

The Emergence of North Korean-style Desakota Regions in the Kim Jong-un Era? Extracting Urban-rural Dichotomy from North Korean Urban Studies | Jin-Tae Hwang 

Free Themes

From Banquet of Yoji to the Song Life is Yojigyeong: The Symbol of Yoji in Korean Culture | Jeongha Lee 

Suspension of Housing in the City: Construction Workers and Migrant Housing Conditions in China | Hae Young Chung 

Civilized yet Colored: The Racial Barrier of the US Immigration Act of 1924 and the Japan Problem | Wonkyoo Lee 

Changes and Challenges Facing Islamic Parties after the Arab Spring: Transformation of Tunisian and Moroccan Islamic Parties from Marginalized to Established Political Parties | So Yeon Ahn 

Unplanned and Unauthorized Prosperity under the Planned Economy: A County-Level Revisit of Chinese Peasants’ Participation in Illegal Markets during the Cultural Revolution | Sanjiao Tang

Book Reviews

Making the Future with the Past: A Review on the Genealogy and Future of East Asian Discourse: The Road to Alternative System | Chang-Joon Ok 

The Conceptual History of ‘Citizens’ in East Asia and Issues in Comparative Study of the East and the West: A Review on the Comparative Study of East Asian Concept of Citizen  | Jinwook Shin 
Islamic Finance, the Gap between the Real and the Ideal: A Review on Is Finance without Interest Possible?: Theory and Reality of Islamic Finance in Malaysia an Indonesia | Seunghoon Seok