Tag: exports
North Korea-China trade grows, but new customs rules shut out small...
China's customs authorities have sharply tightened export requirements for North Korea-bound goods since the second half of last year. The new rules are squeezing...
How North Korea built its African empire of stone and steel
For decades, North Korea has generated foreign currency by designing and constructing commemorative monuments across Africa — statues, museums, and public memorials built for...
Built by Pyongyang: The North Korean company behind Africa’s most iconic...
North Korea has long relied on unconventional means to earn hard currency in the face of sweeping international sanctions that have effectively shut off...
North Korean trading companies ghost Chinese clients, sell goods for triple...
Contract manufacturing accounts for such a large share of North Korea's official trade with China that wigs and false eyelashes are its top exports....
N. Korea aims to expand mineral trade despite sanctions
North Korea has recently taken steps to expand its mineral trade despite international sanctions.
According to a Daily NK source in China recently, a large...
North Korea dramatically increases fisheries law penalties to combat illegal exports
North Korea bolstered punishment provisions in its fisheries law to emphasize "criminal accountability" in amendments made in May, with those caught illegally exporting fishery...
North Korean island vanishing as Pyongyang extracts sand and gravel for...
Daily NK reported that uninhabited islands in Pyongyang's Taedong River have recently begun disappearing due to indiscriminate aggregate extraction. Satellite image analysis of the...
Currency chaos hits North Korea as yuan drops but prices stay...
The exchange rate between North Korean won and Chinese yuan has crashed in the border city of Sinuiju following Kim Jong Un's visit to...
N. Korea credits Russia cooperation for economic gains during five-year period
North Korea's Cabinet has reviewed economic progress during the five years of the Eighth Party Congress and announced tasks for the remainder of the...
Kim Jong Un’s China visit triggers massive coal build up at...
North Korea has been amassing large quantities of coal at Nampo Port since Kim Jong Un's visit to China. This appears to be preparation...
