The Demise of Jang Song Thaek and the Future of North Korea’s Financial System
The demise of Jang Song Thaek and those loyal to him just may be good news for the prospects of…
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Exhausting Its Reserves? Sources of Finance for North Korea’s “Improvement of People’s Living”
Jang Song Thaek has been purged, in a way that suggests that Kim Jong Un wanted to make a point.…
North Korea’s Push for Special Enterprise Zones: Fantasy or Opportunity?
In recent weeks North Korea has actively publicized in domestic and foreign news media its determination to pursue an aggressive…
The Kaesong Opportunity
Some analysts, like Bruce Klingner writing in the Wall Street Journal on August 18, 2013[1] lament the recent agreement between…