The North Korean Economy in April 2019: Sanctions Are Pinching—But Where and How Much?
Wonsan-Kalma and the North Korean Economy What does one single resort construction project on North Korea’s east coast say about…
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The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report 2019: Signs of Economic Stagnation and an Open Claim to Leadership on the Korean Peninsula
On April 11, 2019, the first session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA, the DPRK’s Parliament) convened at the…
Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Speech: On the Domestic Front
Commentary on Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech on January 1 has understandably focused almost exclusively on what it means…
Hints for 2019: Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s Address
In his January 1st New Year’s speech, Kim Jong Un was almost relentlessly positive in discussing DPRK-US relations, a topic…