This is the start of a short series looking in some detail at the economic laws of the DPRK. To start this nine-part series, we look at the DPRK Constitution’s economic provisions and, in particular, how the recent history of DPRK economic reform is traced within it.

Reading the DPRK’s Constitution – a word of warning

Before approaching DPRK’s Constitution we need to be mindful that in the DPRK the relationship between political representation and the State is inverse to what most of us are familiar with.

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