Kim Kwan Ho

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Kim Kwan-ho is a senior researcher at the Rural Research Institute of the Korea Rural Community Corporation. Questions about his articles can be directed to dailynkenglish(at)uni-media.net.

Hard-hatted miners in front of an inscribed stone monument at the 2.8 Jikdong Youth Coal Mine

Analysis & Opinion

What’s behind North Korea’s coal industry push?

Kim Kwan Ho - July 14, 2026

A farmer in North Korea using machinery to harvest rice.

Analysis & Opinion

Kim Jong Un’s 9th party congress sets a new course for...

Kim Kwan Ho - March 10, 2026

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Realities N. Korea faces in improving agricultural production

Kim Kwan Ho - January 23, 2020

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