A Glass Half-Empty: Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policies One Year After the 2019 Plenum Speech
In late December 2019, Kim Jong Un gave a speech at a Korean Workers’ Party Central Committee …
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Thousands of New Dwellings Declared Complete in Samjiyon
According to North Korean state media on November 14, thousands of people moved into newly …
North Korea’s Post-Typhoon House-Building Boom
Two months after a powerful typhoon lashed North Korea’s east coast, residents are already …
The North Korean Economy: Assessing the Flood Damage
In the late summer and early fall, as happens in most years, the DPRK was hit by massive …