Economy
Information related to the North Korea economic sector
More metered taxis take to the streets in N. Korean border city
Air Koryo vehicles also spotted in Sinuiju, photos show
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
Could N. Korea’s C1 Chemistry industry enhance its self-sufficiency?
North Korea seeks to generate synthetic fuels and other products
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
The View from Jingshan: China reacts to election of Moon Jae-in
Throughout the country, discourse on North Korea has softened
Following dip, North Korea cereals imports increased in April
Numbers, however, still reflect a continuing downward trend for DPRK food imports
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
North Korean iron exports to China remained high in April
Though other sanctioned minerals all fall to zero for the first time
Despite reported price hike, North Korean imports of gasoline, diesel normal in April
Although diesel imports did fall, trade was in line with the DPRK's normal import practices
The fish-trading young pioneers of North Korea’s market economy
How "running traders" during the 1990s laid the groundwork for the DPRK's fledging private markets
