Asia Review Vol. 15 | No. 1 | 2025

Urban Landscapes and Visual Arts in Modern and Contemporary North Korea

Preface: Urban Landscapes and Visual Arts in Modern and Contemporary North Korea | Baek Yung Kim 

Topophilia and Visual Representations of the Daedong River in Modern Pyeongyang: A Study of Paintings and Photographs | Min Ju Cho

Desire for National Art: North Korean Art in the 1960s as a Postcard Book of Joseon Art | Soo-kyung Shin

The Divergence of Socialist Realist Art: A Comparison of the ‘Field’ of Art in East Germany, Vietnam, and North Korea | Hyun Jong Noh

The Emergence of the Daedong River View and the Han River View: A Comparative Urbanism Interpretation of Waterfront Residential Complexes and the Formation of Desirous Gazes in Pyeongyang and Seoul | Jin-Tae Hwang

Free Themes

From Saving the Nation through Science to Enlightenment through Literature: An Interpretation of Lu Xun’s ‘Qiyi Congwen (棄醫從文)’ from a Design Historical Perspective | Xiaonan Wang, Min-soo Kim

Singapore’s Hedging Strategy Toward China: A Study Focused on Cases of Regime Utilization | Chaemin Lee 

Evaluating Ecological Security and Sustainability in Border Cities: A Case Study of the Transboundary Tumen River Region in China | Qiuyun Liu, Xinyu Liu, Mingyu Li

Book Review

The Memory of History That Cannot Be Buried | Younmi Jang

Types and Characteristics of East Asian Patriarchy through the Lens of the Housewife | Eunsook Jee 

A Place to Stay at the Edge of Life | Jieun Kim 

Toward a New ‘World History of Korea’ | Goeun Son 

Asian Youths’ Perceptions of the World through Public Opinion Data | Suk Jung Yoon