North Korea’s Cement Industry: Further Concrete Leads
After not one but two articles this month already on North Korea’s cement industry, 38 North readers might feel that…
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North Korea’s Cement Industry: More Than Meets the Eye
Background For decades, cement has been the preferred building material in North Korea. Limestone, a key ingredient in making cement, is…
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…