ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chan Young Bang

Dr. Chan Young Bang is president of KIMEP University, principal investigator at the DPRK Strategic Research Centre, and a former economic adviser to the first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev. He has published numerous articles and books on the prospects for a peaceful settlement of the North Korean nuclear conflict.

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Opinion

Why North Korea’s bold experiment with raising wages is destined to fail

Fueled by Russian funds, the reforms substitute ideology for economics and risk inflation, deeper poverty or worse

Chan Young BangMay 27, 2025

Opinion

The US must work with China to denuclearize North Korea

Beijing has economic and political leverage, but it wants to maintain North Korea as a buffer state against US

Chan Young BangNovember 17, 2021

Opinion

Give Kim an offer he can’t refuse: exchange nukes for economic modernization

For any agreement to stand a chance, it must come with cash - and security guarantees

Chan Young BangApril 30, 2018

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