The Demise of Jang Song Thaek and the Future of North Korea’s Financial System
The demise of Jang Song Thaek and those loyal to him just may be good news for the prospects …
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That Ain’t My Truck: Where North Korea Assembled Its Chinese Transporter-Erector-Launchers
This article is co-authored by Jeffrey Lewis, Melissa Hanham and Amber Lee. On April 15, 2012, …
Exhausting Its Reserves? Sources of Finance for North Korea’s “Improvement of People’s Living”
Jang Song Thaek has been purged, in a way that suggests that Kim Jong Un wanted to make a …
Let’s Be Friends
US Vice President Joseph Biden’s tour of Northeast Asia could not be timelier, as the region …