One of the only newspapers to have a foreign correspondent based in Pyongyang is the Choson Sinbo, operated by the pro-North Korea General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. From March to October, they published a seven-part series about “innovations to revive the Korean Economy.”

The series provides an executive summary on economic policy objectives and includes a number of interesting passages about the state of reforms and the goals of the leadership, as well as the balance of power between different political institutions in the capital on economic matters. Key conclusions to draw from this series