Few Signs of Production at Sunchon Fertilizer Plant
The creation of an advanced chemical industry in North Korea would enable it to reduce its reliance on foreign imports…
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North Korea’s Tideland Reclamation Efforts
Overview Adequate domestic food production is a persistent challenge in North Korea, given its limited arable land. Long-term efforts to…
Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Pyongyang’s Views on Banking
As the third project in our series on understanding Kim Jong Un’s economic policymaking, we examined how North Korean academic…
Understanding Kim Jong Un’s Economic Policymaking: Defense Versus Civilian Spending
There is a generally accepted view that a large—perhaps the largest—portion of the DPRK economy in one way or another…