Strategic Value, but Limited Prospects: North Korea’s Cement Industry
In recent months, Kim Jong Un has focused significant attention on the cement industry; he specifically highlighted it in his…
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The Pandemic and North Korea’s Tourism Industry: Another Shock for the Regime
Just when its numbers were booming, and it had become a solid source of foreign currency for the regime, the…
Kim Jong Un’s Risky Economic Gambit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly unveiled economic strategy aims to reconfigure the state’s relationship with private entrepreneurs, increase…
Reports of North Korea’s Return to a Command Economy Have Been Exaggerated
A popular refrain about the North Korean economy is that it is reverting to a command-and-control economy in the face…