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Fur coats and strength pills: North Korea’s curious exports

Fur coats and strength pills: North Korea’s curious exports

A fur coat company and pills with remarkable benefits featured in DPRK's Foreign Trade Magazine

Fur coats and strength pills: North Korea’s curious exports
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 9, 2015
Russia, North Korea trade drops in Q1
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Russia, North Korea trade drops in Q1

Bilateral imports, exports apparently down in first quarter 2015 despite cooperation

Russia, North Korea trade drops in Q1
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 4, 2015
North Korea’s new tech: hybrid tablets and ‘iMacs’

North Korea’s new tech: hybrid tablets and ‘iMacs’

Photos and video from Pyongyang's Spring trade fair show new tablets, hybrids and iMac copies

North Korea’s new tech: hybrid tablets and ‘iMacs’
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne June 2, 2015
Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?

Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?

New technology, combined with satellite internet and solar panels, could allow independent cell network

Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 28, 2015
North Korea exports record coal in April
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North Korea exports record coal in April

DPRK imports of gasoline also show 20% increase on last year

North Korea exports record coal in April
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne May 28, 2015
Imagery reveals renovations of Pyongyang airfields

Imagery reveals renovations of Pyongyang airfields

North Korea developing airports around country for economic, military benefits

Imagery reveals renovations of Pyongyang airfields
John G. Grisafi
John G. Grisafi May 28, 2015
Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism takes dive due to combination of factors caused by Pyongyang

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 21, 2015
Document shows N. Korea’s plan to lure Wonsan-Kumgang investment

Document shows N. Korea’s plan to lure Wonsan-Kumgang investment

Regime intends to improve tourism infrastructure; past investors skeptical about prospects

Document shows N. Korea’s plan to lure Wonsan-Kumgang investment
Ha-young Choi
Ha-young Choi May 20, 2015
Banned from the industry: One agent’s North Korea travel experience

Banned from the industry: One agent’s North Korea travel experience

Walter Keats looks back on running tours to – and getting banned from – the DPRK

Banned from the industry: One agent’s North Korea travel experience
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham May 15, 2015
The (North Korean) Prince

The (North Korean) Prince

Some Machiavellian advice on maintaining the Northern kingdom’s survival

The (North Korean) Prince
Andrei Lankov
Andrei Lankov | Peter Ward May 11, 2015