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More articles by 'Andrei Lankov'
The bustling North Korean consumer goods market
Far from impoverished, Northerners’ ownership of TVs and home phones continues accelerating
Critique, but don’t dismiss, N. Korean refugee testimony
Past treatment of Soviet, Cambodian atrocity survivors highlights dangers of disregarding defector's stories
The Kaesong calculus: Is the inter-Korean project worthwhile?
North and South both play brinksmanship, but seem to understand KIZ’s importance
The new isolation: Why N. Korea doesn’t mind the friendlessness
Thanks to recent economic turnaround, Pyongyang sees little urgency in warming up to other powers
Few boundaries: A history of the North Korea-China border
Border security may be at its tightest now, but still far from the prime of other communist nations
How private finance took hold in North Korea
Despite technical illegalities and potential for crime, underground money transfers work startlingly well
No one is safe in Kim Jong Un’s court
When it comes to ruthlessness, North Korea’s leader surpasses his father and grandfather
North Korea’s new avenues for private trade
What do cars, boats and restaurants have in common? They’re how more Northerners are making money
Industrial reforms: What is North Korea waiting for?
Successful small-scale liberalization not being expanded, some possible explanations cause for worry
The other North Korean famine
The disaster of the mid-1990s was not the first time bad decisions left many to go hungry
