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 […]
Read more »North Korea: Like China In 1980
February 19th, 2015
Via the unofficial Jim Rogers tracking blog, interesting commentary on North Korea: Jim Rogers: Yes, and Korea, when it’s united, is going to be probably the most exciting country in the world for a decade or two. You know, this will be a country of 75 million people right on the Chinese border with vast, […]
Read more »Russia Interested In Developing North Korean Roads, Water, And Electricity
February 12th, 2015
Via North Korea News, a report on increased Russian interest in developing the DPRK’s road, water and electrical infrastructure: Vitali Survillo, chairman of the new Russia-North Korean bilateral business council told Voice of America (VOA) that Russia is interested in developing the DPRK’s road, water and electrical infrastructure. The new council, set up last month, will […]
Read more »North Korea: New Foreign Investment Agreements
February 4th, 2015
Via NK News, a report on some new foreign investment related agreements coming out of North Korea: The DPRK government made agreements promoting mutual investment and preventing double taxation for foreign investors, particularly highlighting cooperation with Russia, according to an article from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published this week. Governments often form tax […]
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