kim jae ryong Archives - 38 North

The Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Plant Is One Year Old, but Is It Operating?

Martyn Williams, Peter Makowsky and Olli Heinonen

Apr 30, 2021

Satellite Imagery

May 1 marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer …

Highlights of North Korea’s Latest Party Meetings: Setting a New Agenda

38 North

Aug 21, 2020

Domestic Affairs, Media Analysis

North Korea’s announced decision to hold the Eighth Party Congress this coming January …

The North Korean Parliamentary Session and Budget Report 2019: Signs of Economic Stagnation and an Open Claim to Leadership on the Korean Peninsula

Apr 13, 2019

Commentary, Domestic Affairs, Economy

On April 11, 2019, the first session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA, the DPRK’s …