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Dr. Gerald Pech is a researcher at the DPRK Strategic Research Center at KIMEP University and associate professor of economics at KIMEP University.

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Analysis & Opinion

N. Korea now holds all the cards but can it last?...

Dr. Gerald Pech - June 23, 2025

Recent Articles

A person seen from behind through a wire fence, wearing a light-colored headscarf and carrying a dark sack on their back, bends over green shrubs to pick something on a rocky, sunlit slope.

North Koreans race into the hills at dawn as the acorn...

September 29, 2026

Map of North Korean farmland overlaid with the August 2026 eVIIRS vegetation index

Satellite data shows North Korea’s 2026 crop conditions on par with...

September 29, 2026

South Hwanghae grain store managers escape punishment after hiking rice prices

September 29, 2026

North Korean vendors sell fruit from the roadside between Nampo and Kaesong, 2015

Poor road conditions leave North Korean drivers paying for constant tire...

September 29, 2026

North Korean women in Dandong sojourn

Chinese brokers openly advertise North Korean workers on WeChat

September 28, 2026

North Korean province launches student tracking app, but glitches pile up

September 24, 2026

A green bus travels along an elevated approach road leading to the New Yalu River Bridge in Dandong, China, with the bridge's white cable-stayed tower visible in the background.

Will the New Yalu River Bridge finally open? Border traders point...

September 24, 2026

North Korea revises science and technology law, adds unpaid labor penalties

September 23, 2026

Collapse at factory-run coal mine in North Hamgyong province injures worker

September 22, 2026

Kim Jong Un inspects troops in North Korea.

Diverted military morphine raises health fears for North Korean officer’s wife

September 22, 2026