May 18, 2024
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More than 2800 companies in North Korea – researcher

Research focused on manufacture and energy companies, not smaller individually owned enterprises

There are more than 2,800 companies involved in manufacturing, resource development and energy in North Korea, according to Lee Seok-gi at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade.

Lee and a team of five looked through articles by the North Korean state newspaper Rodong Sinmun dated 2010 to 2013 looking for North Korean company names.

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