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Training North Korea’s tour guides: time for tourists to step up?

Training North Korea’s tour guides: time for tourists to step up?

New volunteership opportunity lets visitors conduct tourism and language training

Training North Korea’s tour guides: time for tourists to step up?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll January 20, 2015
Capitalist credentials: N. Korea sympathizer group’s huge profit on access to country

Capitalist credentials: N. Korea sympathizer group’s huge profit on access to country

Sources, independent reporting point to KFA leader charging outrageous rates, exaggerating own status in the North

Capitalist credentials: N. Korea sympathizer group’s huge profit on access to country
Ole Jakob Skåtun
Ole Jakob Skåtun January 15, 2015
North Korean coal exports generate $1 billion a year
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North Korean coal exports generate $1 billion a year

The DPRK's coal exports to China remained at more than a million tons a month throughout 2014

North Korean coal exports generate $1 billion a year
NK News
NK News January 9, 2015
North Korea imports more jet fuel, gasoline and diesel in 2014
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North Korea imports more jet fuel, gasoline and diesel in 2014

Chinese oil product exports to North Korea increase over 2013 figures, could indicate refinery problems

North Korea imports more jet fuel, gasoline and diesel in 2014
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NK News January 8, 2015
North Korea and Libya: friendship through artillery

North Korea and Libya: friendship through artillery

As war tears through Libya products of old bond with N. Korea continue to appear

North Korea and Libya: friendship through artillery
Joost Oliemans
Joost Oliemans | Stijn Mitzer January 5, 2015
Russian oil keeps flowing to North Korea in the New Year

Russian oil keeps flowing to North Korea in the New Year

Supplies from Russia's far-east appear relatively constant since August, crude oil tanker still loading in China

Russian oil keeps flowing to North Korea in the New Year
NK News
NK News January 5, 2015
Without sponsors, can North Korea grow?

Without sponsors, can North Korea grow?

China’s disapproval, Western outrage, Russia’s economy give Pyongyang few investment options

Without sponsors, can North Korea grow?
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov December 29, 2014
China exports shotgun ammo to North Korea without notifying UN

China exports shotgun ammo to North Korea without notifying UN

Ammunition export is likely a "technical violation" of the DPRK arms embargo

China exports shotgun ammo to North Korea without notifying UN
NK News
NK News December 4, 2014
Will Kim Jong Un ever deliver economic success in North Korea?

Will Kim Jong Un ever deliver economic success in North Korea?

Will North Korea's economy ever make significant improvements?

Will Kim Jong Un ever deliver economic success in North Korea?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll December 1, 2014
North Korean workers abroad aren’t slaves

North Korean workers abroad aren’t slaves

Far from exploited, laborers outside the North make much more than at home

North Korean workers abroad aren’t slaves
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov November 27, 2014