Building a New Elite for the Post-Kim World
Andrei Lankov Column - Part 1

When considering the future of North and South Korea, we can see that the time has come to raise an alternative elite, the kind that meets the expectations of the modern world and has no relationship with the Kim Jong Il regime. But since it is i.. [2010-03-25 10:48]
New Rasun Investment Act a Flop
In December of 1991, North Korea merged Rajin and Sunbong, on the northernmost borderland of North Hamkyung Province where North Korea, China and Russia meet, and designated Rasun City a Free Economic Trade Zone. Drawing up a plan to make this area a hub f.. [2010-03-16 16:07]
The One and Only Path to Survival
It has been almost three months since North Korea redenominated and replaced its currency. Through the currency redenomination, the North Korean regime sought to solve problems of inflation and expand its control over the economy. However, the currency redenomina.. [2010-02-24 10:46]
Redenomination And Its Place in Juche Socialism
The recent North Korean redenomination has been compared to Vietnam's 1985 redenomination, but there are stark limitations to the similarities between the two. In truth, North Korea seems to have carried out its redenomination for different reasons.In which case.. [2009-12-23 20:27]
What North Korea Wants
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth's visit to the North took place in early December. The visit was the first official one by a high-ranking figure since the Obama administration took office, and took place in the midst of con.. [2009-12-20 00:27]
Currency Reform: Rationales and Reasons
Several issues which become evident when comparing North Korea and VietnamNorth Korea undertook blitzkrieg currency reform (redenomination) on November 30th, converting its old currency into a new one at a 100:1 exchange rate. Yet the North Korean authorities,.. [2009-12-17 11:21]
Incorrect Analysis Misleading on Famine Risk
The latest ¡°KDI Review of the North Korean Economy¡± was issued by the Korea Development Institute on June 30. Its key conclusion is that North Korea is facing another March of Tribulation, just like the famine which followed shortly after Kim Il Sung¡¯s death in 1.. [2009-07-21 18:00]
Follow the Path to Save the Nation
Recently, North Korea has been sending warning threats to South Korea, and has fired off long and medium-range missiles regularly, 18 to date, from the intercontinental ballistic missile which it launched on April 5th up until July 4th, Independence Day in the.. [2009-07-08 11:12]
Strategic Information Muddies Korean Waters
On January 15th, South Korea's Yonhap, citing information from various sources, reported the following:"Lee Jeh Gang, First Vice Director of the Korean Workers' Party's (KWP) Guidance Department, after mobilizing high-level officials and relaying the design.. [2009-06-21 23:38]
The Way to Win the North Korean Nuclear Game
I. Kim Jong Il¡¯s threats against South Korea are ever increasing. Although North Korean threats against South Korea do not make headlines, it is still necessary to plan out a careful and cautious policy by which to respond. Considering the fact that current threa.. [2009-02-04 18:25]
1112 13 14 15 16 17
Log in Subscribe Management
Latest News
Most Popular
13.05.01
       
  8,470 8,580 8,500
  5,600 5,700 6,300
 
Company  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy  |  Copyright  |  Affiliation Information  |  DailyNK Bookmark  | 
Columns  |  Analysis  |  Commentary  |  Politics  |  Inside NK  |  Interview  |  News  |  Database  |  All Articles
NORTH KOREA Inside North Korea   Defector's Stories   NK Media Output
How North Korea Works   Zoom in Kim Jong Il  
OPINION Columns   Commentaries   With Hwang Jang Yop   Editorials   Guest Columns  
NEWS ARTICLE News   Politics   Interview   Photo | Pence Cartoons | Video   Analysis   NK Democratization   SERIES Remembering the Cheonan   With Hwang Jang Yop   Hwang Jang Yop's Memoires   Trip to Cinema Paradiso   Prison Tales   Brutality Beyond Belief   16 Years in North Korea   NK Freedom of Religion   The Kim Family Dynasty   Keys Review  
COMPANY President's Message    
The Daily NK, Brightening the Future of Korea
2nd F. Hongsung bldg., 18-5 Chebu-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, ROK 110-045
Tel. 82-2-732-6998  |  Fax. 82-2-732-6711


Copyright(c) DailyNK . All Rights Reserved. Contect : solidarity@dailynk.com for more information