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

Aug 6 - The “June 28 Directive” and July 26 “Let us Effect Kim Jong Il’s Patriotism…”: Not Yet Time to Break out the Soju

Aug 7 - Not Satire: US Concerned About DPRK Money Laundering

Aug 8 - Summer Reading IV: Kwon and Chung’s North Korea: Beyond Charismatic Politics

Aug 9 - Nigeria scams North Korea. Or vice versa.

Aug 10 - Good governance or competing for rents? The closure of the Taepung Group

Aug 11 - To All Olympians: We Salute You!

Aug 12 - Wet Hot North Korean Summer: It’s Summer Camp Season in Wonsan

Aug 13 - North Korean Economic Performance in 2011

Aug 14 - DJ BO set list contest winners!

Today’s Post - If It’s Illegal, Someone is Doing It

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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