Foreign Relations
Information related to the North Korea’s foreign relations
Business across North Korea’s border
China-based trader details six years of business deals with the North, including recent troubles
Kim Jong Un doesn’t deserve an olive branch
Even talking of reconciliation risks undermining an international consensus against Kim's crimes
North Korea balances threats with promises at the Seventh Congress
Five-year economic growth plan is only possible based on confidence in national economy
Wendy Sherman hints at Hillary Clinton’s Korea policy
Sherman may be the next secretary of state and her speech suggests 2017 may be a dangerous year
Little to be hopeful of after N.Korea’s Seventh Congress
Kim Jong Un doubles down, offers little sign his country will be more welcoming for investors
The highlights and hindrances of teaching N.Koreans entrepreneurship
Despite difficulties obtaining donor support, NGO trained record number of N.Koreans last year
North Korea’s slaves: It’s about agency, not pay
The North must be forced to use its free citizen market, curtail use of coerced foreign laborers
A Korean Autonomous Territory in Mongolia?
North Korean economic nationalism has an exploitative side, which can backfire
What would Clinton, Trump presidencies mean for Asia, Korea policy?
Rhetoric used on the campaign trail has consequences regardless of who is elected in November
Sanctions will hurt everyone but North Korea’s leaders
If anything sanction will cause authorities to crack down on nascent marketization in the North
