DPRK Economy, trade and business

DPRK Economy, trade and business

Articles on current developments, compiled by Tim Beal.
This page also includes

Reports on economic policy and sessions of the Supreme People's Assembly
Nuclear reactors issue; KEDO; IAEA
International training of DPRK officials
Railways, including N-S rail links, ROK rail developments and Trans Siberian Railway

I attempt to post stories in date order, but sometimes unfortunately this is more a matter of when I come across the story, rather than its publication date.

2002

2001

2000

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JULY 2002

Chongryon Seeking Increase of N.K.-Japan Trade
[Chongryon] [Foreign trade]
North's academics forming close ties with production sector
[Education]
N.K. enforces reform in payrolls, consumer price
[Economic reform] [Markets]
Deer widely bred
[Agriculture]
N.K. on power-plant building spree
[Electricity][Military economy]
Modern stock farm on outskirts of Pyongyang
[Agriculture]
Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Plant
[Railways]
Seoul to suspend plans for inter-Korean flights
[KEDO]
Inter-Korean trade rose in 1st half
[Foreign trade]
Glimpses of change in N.K.
[Reform] [Predictions]
How Much Longer, Kim Jong Il? Tantalizing hints of a new era are seeping out of Pyongyang, despite continued confrontations between the Koreas
[Reform] [Predictions]
Two Koreas Fail to Reach Agreement on Pilot Inter-Korean Flight
[KEDO]
North Korea's Foreign Trade Increased 15.1% to US$2.27 billion in 2001
[foreign trade] [opening]
North Korean Businesses Seeks Trade With Japan
[foreign trade] [opening]
North Korea Exports Many Consumables to Switzerland
[foreign trade]
N.K. Firms Keen to Import Chemicals, Machinery, Secondhand Goods
Britain Provides Meteorological Equipment to N. Korea
2nd stage of Seoul-Busan rail project to start
[railways]
North's fishery exports to neighbors rose sharply last year
North doing well in export to Switzerland
North's fishery export to China saw sharp rise
S. Korean Professors Open Lecture in Pyo'yang
[ICT]
North Korea's Crab Exports to China Increases Sharply Last Year
N.Korean Nuclear Experts Visit South for Safety Training
[KEDO]
Stationery Becomes Treasured Comodity
Countryside Buses Disappearing in North Korea
North Korea's Crab Exports to China Increases Sharply Last Year
N.K. officials here for nuclear reactor training
[KEDO]
Professors to go ahead with lectures in North
[ICT][border]
N.K. officials here for nuclear reactor training
[KEDO]
DPRK business and training delegation visits New Zealand
Wonsan University of Fisheries

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MAY 2002

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MARCH 2002

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APRIL 2000

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ARCHIVE
Articles prior to April 2000

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KOTRA ARCHIVE
A selection of stories and reports from the KOTRA North Korean Economy page

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