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 22 - South Korean Political Art at UC Irvine

Sep 23 - Oppa Songun Style

Sep 24 - South Korean Lemons Withering in North Korea

Sep 25 - The Mine Theory Lives! More Cheonan

Sep 25 - Noland interview on “Elusive Economic Reforms in North Korea: Part I.”

Sep 26 - The 6th Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA)

Sep 27 - Noland interview on “Elusive Economic Reforms in North Korea: Part II.”

Sep 28 - Camelot

Sep 29 - Sources: Kirkpatrick on the Underground Railroad

Sep 30 - Can’t Get Enough Gangnam Style?

Oct 1 - China: Paranoia Strikes Deep

Oct 2 - The Return of the Axis of Evil

Today’s Post - Slave to the blog: Death, taxes, thermonuclear war

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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