Categorie: Leiden Asia Centre

This is the follow-up project to the Slaves to the System project: Research DPRK Forced Labour in the EU. The international reactions to the research report have been very positive and encourage further research. The present project builds on the research results from the first project (as well as on the goodwill created through extensive…

Japanese elderly care is in dire need of more workers, and it has been known for quite some time thatthe growing elderly population is placing an increasing burden on the economic mechanics of theJapanese welfare structure.1 Government initiatives are abundant, and technological development is central tenet of current Prime Minister Abe’s policy objectives, although technological…

Researching contemporary North Korea and North Koreans is fraught with danger. Not necessarily for the researchers themselves (although the DPRK regime has shown not to be above threats and intimidation aimed at academics), but also and primarily for North Koreans themselves. It does not take a great feat of imagination to picture what could happen…