What Uganda has that North Korea does not
In mid-June, I visited Uganda for an agricultural survey. It fulfilled a long-held wish after turning 60 — an impossible dream had I still...
N. Korea’s path out of economic hardship is clear
North Korea's economic hardship in the 1990s, known as the Arduous March, led to countless starvation deaths. North Korea has worked for 80 years...
What N. Korean farmers could learn from South Korea
Not long ago, I happened to visit a farming village in Icheon, an area in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province. There was a touching beauty...
Why are N. Korea’s agricultural areas seeing a rising mortality rate?
The mortality rate in North Korea's agricultural areas is more than three times than that in urban areas, according to a source inside the...
N. Korea’s monitoring of political tendencies won’t work
In late April, North Korea’s ruling party ordered all organizations to place the highest priority on monitoring trends among the general public, and among...
Seafood is a luxury for N. Koreans living in the country’s interior
As a peninsula surrounded by the sea on three sides, Korea has easy access to a wide variety of seafood. Seafood is nutritionally excellent,...
N. Korea’s shortage of scrap metal highlights its inefficient economic system
Kim Jong Un's ambitious 20x10 regional development plan is already running into problems. In addition to the shortage of common materials such as cement...
Controversy grows in N. Korea over disparity in grain prices
The huge disparity between the prices at which ruling party officials and ordinary people buy grain is causing controversy. The general public pays more...
N. Korea’s recent firings of officials are excessive
North Korea is moving forward with an excessive level of personnel changes in a push to achieve state-led projects.
On Mar. 8, a source inside...
