Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Foreign Trade Narrative
Attention on North Korean external trade tends to focus on the numbers, the import-export balance or earnings from specific export…
Examining developments and trends in North Korea’s economy, economic infrastructure, and political institutions.
Attention on North Korean external trade tends to focus on the numbers, the import-export balance or earnings from specific export…
Background Developing the tourism industry has been a high priority under Kim Jong Un, at least up until 2020, when…
Continuing our study of North Korean economic policies under Kim Jong Un, this article is focused on the North’s thinking…
Overview In 2020, Typhoon Maysak ravaged North Korea’s northeast provinces, devastating large portions of the mineral-rich mining region of Komdok.…