DPRK publishes environmental regulations for SEZs
In the most recent issue of Foreign Trade (2016, No. 2), the DPRK publishes “REGULATIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ON ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARKS“. I have...
View ArticleNorth Korea Sells South Korean Cookware Seized at Kaesong
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Reports Radio Free Asia: South Korean cookware seized illegally by North Korean authorities after the Kaesong joint industrial park was closed last year are being found for...
View ArticleSouth Korean companies gearing up to rush north
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein These days, it seems that scarcely no South Korean company isn’t looking north. Hopes are high that with a diplomatic opening – if this time is different, which we...
View ArticleSeoul says reopening Kaesong will wait till sanctions are lifted
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Korea Herald: “The government’s stance remains unchanged when it comes to the issue of the resumption of the Kaesong Industrial Complex,” Lee Eugene, a deputy spokesperson...
View ArticleHyundai’s aspiration to reverse N Korea fortunes
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Reuters: South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who has pushed for rapprochement with the North since his election last year, calls the Kaesong industrial park a “lifeline”...
View ArticleSouth Korean banks preparing for inter-Korean improvements
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Korea Herald had an interesting article about South Korean banks and Kaesong the other day, not least about the blurred lines between the public and private spheres in...
View ArticleNorth Korea has skipped Kaesong liaison office meetings for eight weeks
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Reports Yonhap: North Korea skipped a weekly meeting of the co-chiefs of an inter-Korean liaison office for the eighth straight week on Friday, deepening concerns about...
View ArticleRenewable energy power plant for Sinuiju modernization project
Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Daily NK reports: “A massive renewable energy power plant was built to deal with the chronic lack of electricity in North Pyongan Province,” a source in North Pyongan...
View ArticleChina’s Xi promised funding for bridge connections in North Korea, reports say
By Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein This is quite interesting, and hardly surprising. Overall, I’ve seen very little to suggest that China regards the current sanctions pressure as anything but a temporary...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Kumgang plans
By: Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Kim Tok Hun, the North Korean premier, visited the Mt Kumgang Tourism Zone on Sunday December 20th, 2020. KCNA: He called for pushing ahead with the development project...
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