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This is what sanctions enforcement looks like: maximum pressure and prices
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This is what sanctions enforcement looks like: maximum pressure and prices

Data reveals the wider impact of an effective oil embargo in late 2017

This is what sanctions enforcement looks like: maximum pressure and prices
Peter Ward
Peter Ward September 15, 2019
How cyberattacks are generating billions in illicit revenue for North Korea
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How cyberattacks are generating billions in illicit revenue for North Korea

A UNSC report states hacks have contributed $2 billion to date for weapons programs

How cyberattacks are generating billions in illicit revenue for North Korea
Jonathan R. Corrado
Jonathan R. Corrado September 12, 2019
Health, light industry goods dominated scaled-down 2019 Rason trade fair 
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Health, light industry goods dominated scaled-down 2019 Rason trade fair 

Chinese company attendance lagged far behind presence at 2018 exhibition

Health, light industry goods dominated scaled-down 2019 Rason trade fair 
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 11, 2019
Russia rejects UN claims on shipment of 90,000 vodka bottles to North Korea

Russia rejects UN claims on shipment of 90,000 vodka bottles to North Korea

Embassy in DPRK insists shipment would not fall under "luxury goods" category

Russia rejects UN claims on shipment of 90,000 vodka bottles to North Korea
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham September 11, 2019
Why Russian efforts to push interests in Korea failed to gain traction at 2019 EEF

Why Russian efforts to push interests in Korea failed to gain traction at 2019 EEF

Security and sanctions discussed at the international forum, but various disputes hindering progress

Why Russian efforts to push interests in Korea failed to gain traction at 2019 EEF
Anthony V. Rinna
Anthony V. Rinna September 10, 2019
Friendship group to host Pyongyang blockchain, cryptocurrency conference in 2020

Friendship group to host Pyongyang blockchain, cryptocurrency conference in 2020

KFA offering to help assist potential U.S. participants in skirting travel ban to DPRK

Friendship group to host Pyongyang blockchain, cryptocurrency conference in 2020
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 10, 2019
North Korean media shows off “new” smartphone resembling Samsung Note 8

North Korean media shows off “new” smartphone resembling Samsung Note 8

"Kiltongmu" phone reportedly manufactured by previously-unknown DPRK company

North Korean media shows off “new” smartphone resembling Samsung Note 8
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko September 9, 2019
A return to byungjin? Signals from North Korean state media
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A return to byungjin? Signals from North Korean state media

Unusual emphasis of defense industry suggests DPRK may go back to simultaneous defense-economic development

A return to byungjin? Signals from North Korean state media
Rachel Minyoung Lee
Rachel Minyoung Lee September 6, 2019
Corrected: North Korean Won rising against the Euro since April: data
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Corrected: North Korean Won rising against the Euro since April: data

Drop may be more of a correction for an overvalued Euro

Corrected: North Korean Won rising against the Euro since April: data
Leo Byrne
Leo Byrne September 6, 2019
“Peace Economics”: cure, or chimera?
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“Peace Economics”: cure, or chimera?

Unification has an economic upside, Moon says. But are his assumptions realistic?

“Peace Economics”: cure, or chimera?
Aidan Foster-Carter
Aidan Foster-Carter September 6, 2019