Story Archive
2015-11-30
Secretive state that once sold narcotics for hard currency sees domestic drug use spiral but can't admit the problem.
2015-10-28
While old-style rhetoric continues, Pyongyang in practice plays up comparative advantages in cheap labor and coal.
2015-09-11
Even the modest political relaxation of reform-era China appears unlikely to occur in North Korea.
2015-08-11
Confidence about North Korea's economy appears to breed indifference about drawing aid and support from abroad.
2015-07-08
Farmers better prepared to meet food needs than during 1990s famine, while neighbors ready to aid Pyongyang.
2015-06-01
Reports emanating from North Korea indicate an expected economic transformation has at best been postponed, at worst, cancelled entirely
2015-04-15
North Korea, with little to sell to the world, is unlikely to follow Iran's path out of isolation.
2015-03-04
Farmers' response to rules allowing them to keep more of harvest could spur output growth seen in late-1970s China.
2015-01-21
Pyongyang needs cash and Seoul wants to reassure South Koreans that ties are stable, a North Korea expert says.