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While public attention has been focused on restarting denuclearization talks with North Korea, an important component of any renewed dialogue with Pyongyang will be controlling its ballistic missile

[Intro] Is Crackdown on North Korean Refugees the Best Way? Refugees Expected This Winter Fees for Border Crossing Skyrocket as Surveillance Increases Border-crossing Families Increase due to Food Crisis No Means of

Walking the streets of Pyongyang after an absence of eight years it’s easy to be seduced by a superficial optimism that things have changed for the better. Apartment

Peter Hayes, David von Hippel and Scott Bruce discuss changes in the DPRK energy sector (particularly since 1990) and look at the current supply and demand balance in North Korea,

Theory tells us that weak rule of law and institutions deter cross-border integration, deter investment relative to trade, and inhibit trade finance. Drawing on a survey of more than

Kim Jong Il’s field guidance visitations decreased significantly in recent weeks. In place of the North Korean leader, Premier Choe Yong-rim is known to be making solo economic

As the number of defectors from North Korea arriving in the South has surged in the past decade, there is a growing understanding of how difficult it would

An interview with Stephan Haggard and Daniel Pinkston, published by  The National Bureau of Asian

Download PDF (6.07 MB) Table of Contents Preface Map of DPRK Section A: Funding needs: The humanitarian context of DPRK Section B: Thematic analysis of the humanitarian situation in the DPRK Section C: Operating conditions in the