Jun 16, 2024 · Mr Putin also gave Mr Kim a Russian-made limousine in February, and a second one during his latest trip—in pointed defiance of UN sanctions, which bar the export of luxury goods to North Korea.

Jul 24, 2023 · Kim Jong Un, the current despot, took isolation to a new level during the covid-19 pandemic. The border with China was slammed shut, with the construction of a new border fence and...

Sep 28, 2023 · When Abiy handed him the keys to Eritrea’s dust-blanketed embassy in Addis Ababa, the man sometimes described as “Africa’s Kim Jong Un” positively beamed.

4 days ago · Nevertheless, we must separate rhetoric from reality. The new US administration is aware of the growing security threats its East Asian allies face. While Kim Jong Un might respond to an approach from Trump, the North Korean leader will not forget the embarrassment he experienced at the failed Hanoi Summit of February 2019, when he left empty ...

Feb 16, 2022 · In a private talk with party, state and army officials on May 30, 2014, Kim formalized the three main pillars of “economic management methods of our style”: 1) the state’s unified guidance of the economy and strategic management, 2) correct implementation of SERMS within the parameters of the socialist economy, and 3) the party’s leadership over...

Jan 31, 2025 · Based on North Korea’s two premier economic journals—Kyo’ngje Yo’ngu and the Journal of Kim Il Sung University, also known as Hakpo—from 2012 to 2020, Lee and Carlin examine how Pyongyang’s economic policy decisions were made and …

Mar 24, 2022 · Experts who follow Pyongyang’s economic policies agree that Kyo’ngje Yo’ngu was the single most important North Korean source of information on the economy. This is because the journal offered insights into the regime’s current policies and the direction in which it is headed with a level of detail not available in central media.

Jan 1, 2023 · We trace trends over time in the topics covered by economics research in North Korea, and compare them with formal changes in North Korean economic policy under Kim Jong-il and, particularly, Kim Jong-un.

Based on North Korea’s two premier economic journals—Kyo’ngje Yo’ngu and the Journal of Kim Il Sung University, also known as Hakpo—from 2012 to 2020, Lee and Carlin examine how Pyongyang’s economic policy decisions were made and rolled out under Kim Jong Un.

Mar 11, 2024 · Kim Jong Un is becoming emboldened by Russian support. Will he risk war? Also on the daily podcast: animals in Ukraine and obesity. A s the hermit kingdom is getting ever cosier with...