In this blog, we report on developments in and around North Korea, including the broader security setting and political, economic and social change in the country.

Marcus Noland: Deputy Director & Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics

Stephan Haggard: Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor at the University of California, San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies

Weekly Update

Sep 1 - Enemy Cemeteries

Sep 2 - Let There be (mini) Golf

Sep 3 - Job training for refugees

Sep 4 - Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Go Back Into the Water…

Sep 5 - More on “If You Build It…”: Parsing the State of Sino-DPRK Relations

Sep 6 - China, Japan, Korea: Will History and Politics Trump Economics?

Sep 7 - Captain Renault Department: “Prosecutors Link Money from China to Iran”

Sep 8 - Sources: Lankov on Russia, the Koreas and Koreans

Sep 9 - Glimpses: Traces of Life: South Korean Photography, 1945-1992

Sep 10 - The Supreme People’s Assembly Meeting

Today’s Post - The Return of Macroeconomic Instability

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Find the book at: Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea

Please direct questions to Alex Melton, Research Analyst, Peterson Institute for International Economics amelton@piie.com