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…
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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…
Market Reforms with North Korean Characteristics: Loosening the Grip on State-Owned Enterprises
In the last few years, the seemingly ever more frequent North Korean nuclear and missile tests have been met with…