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Information related to the North Korea business sector
Why Seoul’s dream to barter for North Korean booze may soon fall apart
If supply chains involve previously sanctioned entities, then even barter trade would be blocked by U.N. sanctions
China opens new customs office along border with North Korea
The Changbaishan Customs Office will handle the only Sino-DPRK land passage at Shuangmu Peak land port
US lifts sanctions against Macao bank accused of North Korea money laundering
U.S. abandons sanctions against Banco Delta Asia after 13 years of enacting them and over a decade of appeals
Twitter abruptly restricts North Korean state media’s @coldnoodlefan account
@Coldnoodlefan drew global attention this year for promoting a new English-language DPRK media initiative
North Korean ships spotted returning to old coal smuggling routes near Vietnam
The most suspicious ship, the Mi Yang 5, was placed on a banned vessels list by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2018
North Korea in July 2020: a month in review and what’s ahead
An analysis of the main developments between July 1 and July 31
Singaporean resident fined for shipping luxury goods to North Korea
The fines follow a flurry of Singaporean court decisions related to illegal luxury goods exports to the DPRK
The strange reason North Korean email addresses are designed to fail
North Korean factories and service providers increasingly embrace the web, but emails remain a major business setback
North Korean insurance company data gives unprecedented peek into DPRK economy
National insurer is facing growing competition from new, small companies
Tour operators believe North Korea won’t open until sometime in 2021
Practitioners from the travel industry speculate that the border could reopen sometime between 2021 and 2022
