Asia Review Vol.16 | No.1 | 2026
Asia Review Vol. 16 | No. 1 | 2026
How Should We Understand the Changing Modes of “Self-Representation” in the Kim Jong-un Regime amid the Reconfiguration of the International Order?
Introduction – How Should We Understand the Changing Modes of “Self-Representation” in the Kim Jong-un Regime amid the Reconfiguration of the International Order? | Baek Yung Kim 
Transformations in the Modes of Representation of North Korean Political Festivals in the Kim Jong-un Era: A Focus on Media-Based Outdoor Performances | Baek Yung Kim, Min Ju Cho
Why Does Absolute Ruler Kim Jong-un Cry So Often?: Existential Crisis and Emotional Dynamics of an Isolated Being | Yun Hee Kim
North Korea’s Self-Representation Strategy through the “Two Hostile States” Narrative: The Transformation and Effects of the “Nation” and “Peace and Coexistence” Discourses | Sujin Lim
The Gaze upon the Representation of Representation: Chinese Perceptions of North Korean Restaurants and “North Koreanness” | Lan Jin
Free Themes
Yikufan and the politics of memory: Chinese people eat ‘Recalling Bitterness Meals’ | Choong-Hwan Park
Discursive Institutionalism in an Authoritarian Context: Discursive Subsumption and Path Transformation in China’s Foreign Policy Discourse
Network (2017–2025) | Sangmin Seo
The Multi-Scalar Reconfiguration of the Care Regime: (In)Formality in Paid Domestic Work in Jakarta | Junyoung Park
A Comparative Study of Capital-Centered Spatial Politics in Authoritarian Regimes: The Cases of Ashgabat, Nur-Sultan (Astana), and Pyongyang | JeeMan Han, SungChul Kang, YeChan Moon
Book Reviews
Imperial Nostalgia – Reading Jang Moon-seok, Choi In-hun’s Asia: Rewriting World History through the Dream of Solidarity and Coexistence (Teumsaeui Sigan, 2025) | Jongwook Hong
How Far Can the Nature of the Corporation Expand under Anarchy? – Reading William Dalrymple, The East India Company: The Corporation That Became an Empire, trans. Choi Pail (Thinking Power, 2025)| Soonchul Lee
Strategic Competition after Nuclear Deterrence — Reading Kim Tae-hyung, Understanding the India–Pakistan Conflict: Nuclear Development and Changes in Security Strategy through the Lens of Neorealism (Sogang University Press, 2025) | Yoonjung Choi