The North Korean Economy: The Pandemic and North Korean Food Security
The main planting season is underway in North Korea, amidst reports of food shortages due to the COVID-19 crisis.[1] Judging…
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The North Korean Economy Under Sanctions and COVID-19
While North Korea’s COVID-19 containment measures are already showing negative impacts on its economy, the pandemic is just the latest…
Can Kim Jong Un Use the Pandemic to Restore State Control Over the Economy?
The COVID-19 pandemic poses major governance challenges to dictatorships and democracies alike, but it has also proven to be something…
I Am Kim’s Heart: The Health Status of Chairman Kim Jong Un
During the 1960s and 1970s, Reader’s Digest ran a series of one of the most popular columns— over 7 million…