North Korea: A “Formidable Player” Once It Opens Up
January 27th, 2015
Via the Jim Rogers (unofficial) blog, an interesting commentary on North Korea via a reprint from “Street Smarts” Copyright © 2013 by Jim Rogers: In 2007, my wife Paige and I received permission to visit North Korea. I wanted to go there because I sensed that changes were coming. Now I am not a tour […]
Read more »North Korea: Dabbling With Reform?
January 22nd, 2015
Via The New York Times, an Op-Ed examining North Korea’s modest moves towards economic liberalization: While North Korea draws world attention with spectacular and seemingly bizarre actions like the hacking of Sony’s computers or outbursts of bellicose rhetoric, Pyongyang has quietly initiated a round of reforms aimed at liberalizing the economy. It’s unlikely that Kim Jong-un, […]
Read more »Russians And Chinese Are Rushing Into North Korea, But Not Americans
January 7th, 2015
From the unofficial Jim Rogers blog, some interesting comments on North Korea attributed to the legendary investor: FM: I thought North Korea was still a closed society. Are they making reforms? Jim Rogers : The problem is that everyone is looking to American propaganda. [Kim Jong-un] has been there less than three years, he grew […]
Read more »Reforming North Korea
December 7th, 2014
Via Al Jazeera, an interesting article on how North Korea, at long last, may have decided to begin Chinese-style reforms: There is big news coming from North Korea recently, though it has gone largely unnoticed. Indeed, when North Korea is mentioned in the international media, it is usually because of the unending saga of the […]
Read more »North Korea: Open For Business
November 19th, 2014
Via Foreign Policy, an interesting look at Rason, a special economic zone far from the police state in Pyongyang: For the few who have ever been to North Korea, it might be a familiar feeling: that of being inside a country, while at the same time feeling outside of it. Visitors stroll through the streets […]
Read more »North Korea’s Art Factory Has An International Market Niche
August 6th, 2014
Via the Daily Beast, a look at a very interesting niche North Korean company: Did the Hermit Kingdom’s Soviet-style Kim Jong-il statue catch your eye? You’re in luck! The art studio-cum-propaganda factory is taking international orders. There are a lot of things North Korea is known for—threats of missile strikes, visits from Dennis Rodman, collecting […]
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