A new class of wealthy citizens are currently fueling changes within the North Korean economy, leading to the creation of unofficial financial services, an international panel of experts said today at a conference in Seoul.
Speaking at the “Doing Business in North Korea: Business and Finance in the DPRK” hosted by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), the experts concluded that looser controls on private capital were creating a new class of rich North Koreans, called donju (money masters).
A new class of wealthy citizens are currently fueling changes within the North Korean economy, leading to the creation of unofficial financial services, an international panel of experts said today at a conference in Seoul.
Speaking at the “Doing Business in North Korea: Business and Finance in the DPRK” hosted by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), the experts concluded that looser controls on private capital were creating a new class of rich North Koreans, called donju (money masters).
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