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North Korea continues to claw back control from the private economy
After flirting with reformism, Kim Jong Un appears eager to return to central planning
May 17, 2021
Kim Jong Un’s battle with teen spirit, foreign media and bureaucracy goes public
Kim is no longer airing out his social concerns to just his close cadres or the party faithful
May 4, 2021
How renewed North Korean border trade will affect currency, food and fuel
Mounting evidence suggests that North Korea will soon allow more imports into the country
April 21, 2021
North Korea is ordering small-time secretaries to clean up its ideological mess
DPRK leader Kim Jong Un gave a speech to party cell secretaries last week at a special conference
April 13, 2021
North Korea is sending mixed signals about the state of its market reforms
North Korea hinted that it was going to exert more state control over the economy, but is that really happening?
March 29, 2021
From McDonald’s to Walmart: How North Korea can reinvent its economy
Large Western retail corporations could serve as a model for Pyongyang’s centrally-planned production
March 10, 2021
North Korea’s economy is in a state of catastrophe, but the issue is decades-old
New data shows that the DPRK’s economic stagnation started much earlier than researchers previously thought
February 26, 2021
Open for business? North Korea can learn a lot from Cuba’s economic reforms
North Korea has a similar history to Cuba, but has lagged behind since the collapse of European communism in the 1990s
February 17, 2021
North Korea is fighting to take back control of its economy from the markets
Kim Jong Un steered his country away from economic reform at the recent Eighth Party Congress and Second Plenary Meeting
February 16, 2021
So far, North Korea’s new economic plan is full of bad signs
State media shared vague details about Party Congress economic reforms that suggest more state control on DPRK markets
January 11, 2021
