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Photo tour part 2: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair
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Photo tour part 2: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair

Part two of NK Pro's exclusive photo tour of the recently held 6th annual Rason trade fair

Photo tour part 2: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 18, 2016
Photo tour part 1: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair
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Photo tour part 1: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair

Part one of NK Pro's exclusive photo tour of the recently held 6th annual Rason trade fair

Photo tour part 1: Inside North Korea’s Rason intl’ trade fair
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 17, 2016
Mongolia enforces latest sanctions on North Korean ships
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Mongolia enforces latest sanctions on North Korean ships

But other countries including Tanzania may have broken the new UN resolution

Mongolia enforces latest sanctions on North Korean ships
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne August 12, 2016
Remarkable achievements: North Korean missile programs are far from bluff
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Remarkable achievements: North Korean missile programs are far from bluff

Within less than one year, the North Koreans have advertised the testing of almost every kind of advanced rocketry

Remarkable achievements: North Korean missile programs are far from bluff
Uzi Rubin
Uzi Rubin August 11, 2016
Daily duty: Inside North Korea’s regular police force

Daily duty: Inside North Korea’s regular police force

Though secret police get most intl' attention, its the regular force doing the bulk of the work

Daily duty: Inside North Korea’s regular police force
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy August 10, 2016
What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?

What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?

Late '70s reform in foreign trade sector one of the earliest catalysts for marketization

What is marketization and when did it begin in North Korea?
Peter Ward
Peter Ward August 10, 2016
Touring North Korea part 5: Detentions and arrests
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Touring North Korea part 5: Detentions and arrests

Are arrests going up under Kim Jong Un due to greater volume of tourists, or new security policies?

Touring North Korea part 5: Detentions and arrests
Robin Tudge August 9, 2016
Why South Koreans shouldn’t be surprised by THAAD-crisis with China

Why South Koreans shouldn’t be surprised by THAAD-crisis with China

"Chinese worries are reasonable, and unlikely to be placated through smiles and assurances"

Why South Koreans shouldn’t be surprised by THAAD-crisis with China
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov August 8, 2016
Chinese defense company opened subsidiary North Korea office in 2011
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Chinese defense company opened subsidiary North Korea office in 2011

Beijing Changfeng is foreign business arm of Chinese aerospace and defense company

Chinese defense company opened subsidiary North Korea office in 2011
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne August 4, 2016
July leadership activity in N.Korea balanced between economic, military issues
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July leadership activity in N.Korea balanced between economic, military issues

Economics, military affairs, diplomacy on Kim’s agenda after creation of SAC, new title

July leadership activity in N.Korea balanced between economic, military issues
John G. Grisafi
John G. Grisafi August 3, 2016