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North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?
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North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?

Citizens have more new IT than ever before, but the state's paranoia remains an obstacle to widespread use

North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?
Could N. Korea’s C1 Chemistry industry enhance its self-sufficiency?

Could N. Korea’s C1 Chemistry industry enhance its self-sufficiency?

North Korea seeks to generate synthetic fuels and other products

Could N. Korea’s C1 Chemistry industry enhance its self-sufficiency?
Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald June 14, 2017
Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017
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Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017

A strictly-controlled visit saw the state show off its developing economy, but contradictions abound in the DPRK

Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 13, 2017
In full: All the companies exhibiting at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
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In full: All the companies exhibiting at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017

Document reveals all the companies registered at the PITF 2017

In full: All the companies exhibiting at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
NK Pro
NK Pro June 9, 2017
North Korea’s subtle, and not-so-subtle, tech knockoffs

North Korea’s subtle, and not-so-subtle, tech knockoffs

In pictures: comparing tech products released in recent years with their foreign predecessors

North Korea’s subtle, and not-so-subtle, tech knockoffs
Kevin Search
Kevin Search June 9, 2017
In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
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In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017

Numerous international businesses were seen at PITF, selling everything from health supplements to cigars

In pictures: Foreign and joint ventures at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
Kevin Search
Kevin Search June 7, 2017
Five North Korea-linked vessels visit multiple coal ports in China
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Five North Korea-linked vessels visit multiple coal ports in China

Three ships visited coal handling facilities in Shanghai since Sunday: ship tracker

Five North Korea-linked vessels visit multiple coal ports in China
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 7, 2017
In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
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In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017

From health foods to medicine and nicotine patches, DPRK companies were active at PITF

In pictures: N. Korean companies at the Pyongyang International Trade Fair 2017
Kevin Search
Kevin Search June 6, 2017
How North Korea’s electricity supply became one of the world’s worst

How North Korea’s electricity supply became one of the world’s worst

How the DPRK went from producing 85% of all electricity in Korea to regular blackouts

How North Korea’s electricity supply became one of the world’s worst
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov May 31, 2017
20th Pyongyang International Trade Fair kicks off in North Korea
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20th Pyongyang International Trade Fair kicks off in North Korea

Number of foreign companies attending in decline, data suggests

20th Pyongyang International Trade Fair kicks off in North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 23, 2017
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