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DPRK Economic Development Commission
UPDATE 5 (2013-10-31): North Korea Opens Fourteen Special Economic Zones Nationwide (IFES): North Korea announced that it has opened fourteen special economic zones (SEZs) in various provinces this...
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DPRK’s Minister of Trade releases information on recent foreign economic...
Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) 2013-9-12 After North Korea’s launch of a long-range rocket in December 2012 and third nuclear test in February 2013, China endorsed UN sanctions against North...
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Jang’s purge to affect HGP and Rason economic Zones
The Asahi Shimbun reports on the Hwanggumphyong SEZ (2013-12-19): The execution last week of Jang Song Thaek, North Korea’s de facto No. 2 leader, has taken its toll on a joint project with China to...
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Contract signed for Onsong Economic Development Zone
Pictured above (Google Earth): The approximate location for the North Hamgyong Provincial Onsong Island Tourist Development Zone According to China’s Global Times: A contract has been signed between...
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Choe Hyon Chol on Rason development
According to Naenara, Choe Hyon Chol is the section chief of the State Economic Development Commission (SEDC). He has previously been identified as a director of the Korean Association of Economic...
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DPRK – China trade: What is happening?
Previous reports indicated that the execution of Jang Song-thaek has to date had little effect on DPRK-China trade. According to the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (2014-3-12): Trade between North...
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Choson Exchange on HGP master plan
Choson Exchange posted a picture taken of a billboard in China that shows the master plan for the development of Hwanggumphyong (HGP) Economic Zone. Click image for larger version, or visit Choson...
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China Railway Investment Group
According to NK News: A Chinese-state affiliated and Singaporean investment group, the latter of which is allegedly directly connected to the DPRK, is calling for large-scale investment in 12 projects...
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Renewable 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...
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China’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...
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