How Corruption Helped North Korea
June 13th, 2015
Via the Carnegie Endowment, an interesting look at the role that corruption may have played in helping North Korea: “Nobody stole under Stalin,” many old-timers in the former Soviet Union like to say. Many North Koreans who remember the reign of Kim Il-sung—known as “The Great Leader,” “Sun of the Nation,” and “Generalissimo”—felt the same […]
Read more »Jim Rogers: “I Would Buy North Korea If I Could”
May 8th, 2015
Via the Jim Rogers tracking blog, interesting commentary by the famed investor on North Korea: Yes! I’m very excited about North Korea. If I could put all of my money into North Korea, I would. Massive changes are taking place there. I would not have invested in Kim Jong Un’s father or grandfather by any stretch […]
Read more »Online Shopping Hits North Korea… Sort Of
May 6th, 2015
Via CBS News, an interesting report on North Korea’s new online shopping system: Online shopping has arrived in North Korea, though it’s as isolated from the rest of the world as the country itself, and the vast majority of North Koreans lack the technology to use it. The website Okryu, aimed primarily at smartphone users, offers […]
Read more »The $50 Device That Symbolizes A Shift In North Korea
March 30th, 2015
Via Reuters, an interesting article on North Korea: A $50 portable media player is providing many North Koreans a window to the outside world despite the government’s efforts to keep its people isolated – a symbol of change in one of the world’s most repressed societies. By some estimates, up to half of all urban […]
Read more »North Korea Promotes Foreign Investment Opportunities
March 13th, 2015
Via NK News, a report on North Korea’s efforts to promote foreign investment opportunities amid ongoing investor concerns: North Korea is renewing a push for further international cooperation and business investment in 2015, according to a Wednesday report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The article promotes a series of trade fairs taking place […]
Read more »Kim Jong Deng: Why North Korea Is Choosing Market Reforms
February 26th, 2015
Via Carnegie’s Moscow Center, a report on North Korea’s market reforms: When we talk about North Korea, a number of clichés invariably pop into our heads: of course, North Korea is a starving country (or a country on the brink of starvation); it is a relic of the Stalinist era ruled by a dynasty of irrational […]
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