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Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.
Top members of North Korea’s parliament enacted a new law that requires businesses to take on extra land, energy and cost-saving practices, signaling that resources are tight in the country.
State media announced on Thursday that North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) Presidium held a meeting on Nov. 4, where leaders added new measures to the existing “Law on Enterprises.”