| Crop
and Food Supply Assessment Mission to the DPRK |
Report by the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization & UN World Food Programme (Oct. 30, 2003) |
| Digital
KOTRA NK: North Korean Economy |
News, bulltetins & data compiled
by Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) |
| DPRK
Briefing Book: Economy |
The Nautilus Institute's compilation
of issue brief, analysis & reference materials |
| DPRK
Briefing Book: Energy |
The Nautilus Institute's compilation
of issue brief, analysis & reference materials |
| FAO/WFP
Food & Crop Supply Assessment Mission to the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea |
Report on skyrocketing food prices
in North Korea sparked by economic reform & private
farmers' markets, with tables & figures (Nov. 22, 2004;
PDF format) |
| How
North Korea is Embracing Capitalism by Any Other Name |
Jonathan Watts on how "Market
forces are reshaping the world's last Orwellian state" (Guardian
Unlimited, Dec. 3, 2003) |
| Land
Form, Land Cover and Crop Use Intensity Mapping for Agriculture
Rehabilitation and Food Security in the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea |
A United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP) Internet map server |
| North
Korea: Market Forces Have Female Faces |
Andrei Lankov on the rising economic
strength & status of North Korean women over the last
decade (Asia Times, Apr. 6, 2005) |
| North
Korea: Through a Glass, Darkly |
Report on North Korea's economic reforms
in The Economist (Mar. 11, 2004) |
| North
Korea Banks on China |
Michael Rank on North Korea's growing
trade relations with China & the opening of the first
North Korean bank in China (Asia Times, Mar. 24,
2005) |
| North
Korea Country Analysis Brief |
A brief compiled by the Energy Information
Administration (Sept. 2001) |
| North
Korean Economic Reforms a Non-Starter |
Bruce Klingner's commentary in Asia
Times (Sept. 1, 2004) |
| North
Korea Promotes Vacations with Wacky Flash Movie |
Boing Boing entry on Flash movie produced
by the state-run Korean Friendship Association in North
Korea, with link to the movie & comments from readers
(Mar. 5, 2005) |
| North
Korea's Economic Reforms and Security Intentions |
Testimony by Victor Cha of Georgetown
University before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
(March 2, 2004) |
| The
Prospect of Economic Reform in North Korea |
Paper by Yukie Yoshikawa, Columbia
University (The Nautilus Institute's DPRK
Briefing Book, Mar. 15, 2004) |
 Perils
of Investing in N. Korea Become Clear to a Pioneer |
Anthony
Faiola and Joohee Cho's report on South Korean investment
in North Korea & Hyundai Group's recent dispute with the North Korean government (Washington Post, Nov. 24, 2005) |
| Pyongyang
Watch: Seoul's Secret Success |
Aidan Foster-Carter's essay on North
Korea's foreign trade (Asia Times , Nov 19, 2003) |
| Reuters
Foundation AlertNet: North Korea Famine |
News reports on the food
crisis in North Korea in 2005 in the midst of economic
reforms |
| Rigorous
Speculation: The Collapse & Revival of the North Korean
Economy
|
Institute for International Economics working
paper by Marcus Noland,
Sherman Robinson & Tao Wang
|
| Social
Watch Country Report : Korea, Dem. Rep. |
Compiled by an international network
checking on the fulfillment of internationally agreed
commitments on poverty eradication & equality: present
situation; progress & regression; signatures & ratifications |
| United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): First Report
on the State of the Environment in the DPR Korea |
Produced by DPR Korea officials
from 20 different government and academic agencies & identifying "priority
issues related to forests, water, air, land and biodiversity" (August
2004; PDF format) |
| Where
are North Korea's Shenzhens? |
Jamie Miyazaki's essay on North
Korea's program of economic reform (Asia Times ,
Oct. 24, 2003) |
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